Dr. Lifland provides comprehensive training to internal medicine resident physicians.

Expertise

Board certified in nephrology, Dr. Lifland has more than 38 years of extensive experience caring for patients with kidney disease and hypertension. He is a member of the American Society of Nephrology, the Renal Physicians Association and the American College of Physicians, among other organizations. Dr. Lifland presently serves as chief medical officer at Carolina Kidney Partners in Charleston, South Carolina, overseeing a team of physicians and medical offices across South Carolina and Georgia. In addition to his practice, he is a principal investigator and sub-investigator for several pharmaceutical clinical trials, chairs the South Carolina Department of Public Health Renal Dialysis Advisory Council and serves on the medical advisory board for the National Kidney Foundation and South Carolina Transplant Foundation.

Background

Dr. Lifland graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and earned his medical degree from the University of Rome, Italy. He then completed his residency at University of Virginia Affiliated Hospitals in Roanoke and his nephrology fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.