{"id":277651,"date":"2026-03-31T12:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T05:02:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:02:05","slug":"joseph-lifrak-md","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Lifrak MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>&nbsp;O Dr. Lifrak licenciou-se cum laude com honras departamentais em biologia na Universidade de Tulane, em Nova Orle\u00e3es. Em seguida, obteve o seu diploma de medicina na Brown University School of Medicine em Providence.<\/p>\n<p>O Dr. Lifrak fez um est\u00e1gio em cirurgia e uma resid\u00eancia em ortopedia na Universidade de Brown, Rhode Island Hospital. Em seguida, completou uma bolsa de trauma ortop\u00e9dico no Rhode Island Hospital e uma bolsa de reconstru\u00e7\u00e3o do joelho\/medicina desportiva na Jewett Orthopedic Clinic em Winter Park, Fl\u00f3rida.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9 membro e antigo presidente da Sociedade Ortop\u00e9dica de Rhode Island. Os seus interesses cl\u00ednicos centram-se na medicina desportiva e na reconstru\u00e7\u00e3o do joelho, incluindo substitui\u00e7\u00f5es totais do joelho, cirurgia do LCA e artroscopia do joelho.<\/p>\n<p>O Dr. Lifrak tamb\u00e9m participa ativamente nos programas desportivos do Providence College, com a responsabilidade espec\u00edfica de ser o m\u00e9dico ortopedista da equipa de h\u00f3quei no gelo Providence Friars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":287584,"template":"","specialty":[193,192,965],"language":[],"keywords":[1095,528,1310,1322,1279,1320,1096,1321,966,1280,530,1314,953,533,938],"address":[45,590,622],"class_list":["post-277651","doctors","type-doctors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialties-orthopedic-surgery","specialties-orthopedics","specialties-sports-medicine","keywords-acl","keywords-knee","keywords-knee-pain","keywords-knee-reconstruction","keywords-knee-surgery","keywords-mako-robotic-surgery","keywords-mcl","keywords-orthopedic-trauma-surgery","keywords-orthopedics","keywords-pcl","keywords-shoulder","keywords-shoulder-pain","keywords-shoulder-surgery","keywords-sports-medicine","keywords-total-joint","addresses-52_282","addresses-52_329","addresses-52_334"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joseph Lifrak MD - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joseph Lifrak MD - Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp;Dr. Lifrak graduated cum laude with departmental honors in biology from Tulane University in New Orleans. He then earned his medical degree at the Brown University School of Medicine in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T10:02:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lifrak-joseph-150x200.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/\",\"name\":\"Joseph Lifrak MD - Southcoast Health\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lifrak-joseph-150x200.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-31T17:34:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-20T10:02:05+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"pt-PT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"pt-PT\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lifrak-joseph-150x200.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lifrak-joseph-150x200.png\",\"width\":150,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Headshot of provider Joseph Lifrak MD\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Doctors\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Joseph Lifrak MD\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/\",\"name\":\"Southcoast Health\",\"description\":\"More than medicine.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"pt-PT\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Joseph Lifrak MD - Southcoast Health","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/","og_locale":"pt_PT","og_type":"article","og_title":"Joseph Lifrak MD - Southcoast Health","og_description":"&nbsp;Dr. Lifrak graduated cum laude with departmental honors in biology from Tulane University in New Orleans. He then earned his medical degree at the Brown University School of Medicine in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/","og_site_name":"Southcoast Health","article_modified_time":"2026-04-20T10:02:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":150,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lifrak-joseph-150x200.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/","url":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/","name":"Joseph Lifrak MD - Southcoast Health","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lifrak-joseph-150x200.png","datePublished":"2026-03-31T17:34:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-20T10:02:05+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"pt-PT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pt-PT","@id":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lifrak-joseph-150x200.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lifrak-joseph-150x200.png","width":150,"height":200,"caption":"Headshot of provider Joseph Lifrak MD"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"","item":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Doctors","item":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/doctors\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Joseph Lifrak MD"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/","name":"Sa\u00fade no Sudeste","description":"Mais do que medicamentos.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"pt-PT"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doctors\/277651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doctors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/doctors"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doctors\/277651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279107,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doctors\/277651\/revisions\/279107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"specialties","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=277651"},{"taxonomy":"languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=277651"},{"taxonomy":"keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keywords?post=277651"},{"taxonomy":"addresses","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/address?post=277651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}