About Dr. Liva
Dr. Douglas Liva is the Center’s Medical Director. He is a third generation physician who graduated with honors from Harvard College in 1976. From Harvard he obtained a B. A. in the biochemical sciences. Postgraduate studies in immunology and neurophysiology followed at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Liva obtained his medical degree from University of Miami’s School of Medicine in 1981. He interned in internal medicine at Denver Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center and completed his ophthalmology residency at New Jersey College of Medicine graduating in 1986. He became Board Certified in 1987 by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
In 1986 Dr. Douglas Liva founded Liva Eye Center with his father Edward Liva, MD who began his ophthalmology practice in Ridgewood in 1957. Liva Eye Center was originally located in Bergen Medical Center which was built in Paramus by the Liva’s in 1985. Edward Liva, MD retired in 1996. In 2014 Dr. Douglas Liva relocated to Ridgewood creating a new dedicated eye care facility designed to facilitate the implementation of the latest technologies offered to diagnose and treat most ocular diseases. Dr. Liva maintains staff privileges at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, Ramapo Valley Surgical Center in Ramsey and Bergen-Passaic Cataract Laser and Surgery Center in Fair Lawn.
He was one of the few chosen as a “Top Doctor in the New York Metro Area” by the Castle Connolly guide for 25 consecutive years. He has been a recipient of the Inside New Jersey Top Doc award for last 15 years and New York Magazine Top Doctor for the last 5 years.
About Dr. Saunders
Dr. Eric Saunders has joined Liva Eye Center. Dr. Saunders is a board certified ophthalmologist who received his medical degree at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1996. He completed his ophthalmology residency at Vanderbilt University in 2000. In addition he obtained a fellowship in refractive surgery at Woodhams Eye Clinic in 2001. He is the Team Ophthalmologist for the NY Giants. He has practiced ophthalmology in Ridgewood since 2001. He accepts most major medical insurances.