EliTZivMD

Summary

• Dr. Ziv was born in California and raised in the San Fernando Valley. He attended Birmingham High School where he was a National Merit Scholar. Dr. Ziv attended UCLA for his undergraduate studies, earning a Bachelor's degree in Psychobiology. At UCLA, he worked in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery where he co-authored multiple research studies and flew with the heart transplant team. Dr. Ziv earned his medical degree (M.D.) from UC Irvine where he was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha honor society and received several academic awards. He then spent 5 years performing his residency at the USC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery where he divided his time between LA County-USC Medical Center, USC University Hospital, and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Ziv then performed his Hand Surgery Fellowship at the prestigious NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York.
  He then practiced orthopaedic hand surgery for 10 years at the Center for Orthopaedic Specialists in West Hills and Westlake Village, performing over 4,000 operations, most in the hand and elbow. In 2013, Dr. Ziv was sworn in as Major Ziv in the U.S. Army Reserve (Medical Corps) and in 2014 left his practice for 4 months and deployed to Afghanistan, where he was part of an elite Forward Surgical Team.
  In January 2015 he opened a new practice, Valley Hand & Orthopaedics, with offices in Sherman Oaks, Thousand Oaks, and Valencia. Dr. Ziv continues to serve in the Army Reserve and deployed to Iraq in 2017 and to Kuwait in 2020 and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
  He believes that at heart, the doctor’s history and examination are the key to successful diagnosis and treatment. The saying ‘”treat the patient and not the test” has never been more true. He is Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery and holds a Certificate in Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery.
  He is practice partners with two other outstanding hand surgeons, George Balfour, MD and Jenniefer Kho, MD.