Dr. Erich S. Lemker MD is a double board-certified Plastic Surgeon and has served as the chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Community regional medical center in Fresno, California since 2017.

After Graduation from the University of Louisville Stritch School of Medicine, he completed a general surgery residency in the UCSF-Fresno medical education program and a plastic & reconstructive surgery fellowship at Loyola in Chicago. He enjoys putting all of his training to use by practicing a broad spectrum of plastic and reconstructive surgery including aesthetic surgery, breast reconstruction, microvascular surgery and limb salvage, complex traumatic and post-surgical wounds, body contouring & Late burn reconstruction. Getting to work with numerous other surgical specialties keeps him busy and pushes the limits of creativity. He is passionate about surgical education and mentoring general surgery residents that are interested in pursuing plastic surgery as a career.

When not in the operating room he can be found working in the woodshop, roaming the mountains of California with his camera, or indulging his fascination for the science of cooking.