He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons as well as the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the nation’s leading cosmetic surgery organization. After graduating with a Phi Beta Kappa membership and summa cum laude from Duke University in 1981, he attended medical school 1981-1985 at the University of Pittsburgh. During medical school he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. After completing general surgery residency and chief residency at the Medical College of Virginia, Dr. Liszka was selected to train at Johns Hopkins Hospital—one of the world’s most respected medical institutions.