Dr. Barry Lifson is originally from New York. He attended medical school at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. He completed two residencies - one in general surgery at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx and the other in urology at New York Medical College in Valhalla. He completed his fellowship in endourology (minimally invasive kidney surgery including stones) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Dr. Lifson has practiced medicine in New York as well as West Virginia. He is a member of the American Urology Association, the American College of Surgeons, and the Endourology Society.