Doctors
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Charles D. Crowley, M.D.
Dr. Charles D. Crowley received his Bachelor of Arts from Lehigh University and worked for several years with Upjohn Company as a Hospital and General Pharmaceutical Sales Representative. He graduated from New York Medical College in 1990 and completed his ophthalmology residency at the New York Medical hospital affiliates where he served as Chief Resident. Dr Crowley is the Medical Director of Associated Eye Physicians and has expanded it to a three physician multidisciplinary ophthalmology office.
Dr. Crowley has a special interest in LASIK refractive surgery. He trains and consults with eye care specialists throughout the country to improve their LASIK surgery results. Dr. Crowley is an attending physician at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in Manhattan where he trains ophthalmology residents. He is a member of the medical staff Valley Hospital and the Medical Director of Ophthalmology at The Clifton Surgical Center, participating member of the Bergen Passaic cataract and laser surgical center. Dr Crowley is one of the first surgeons in the country to preform cataract surgery with the Restor lens and Acrosoft Aspheric lens along with the first lens to repair astigmatism.
He is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American and International Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Medical Association, as well as the State Societies of Ophthalmology in New York and New Jersey. Dr. Crowley has also been a member of the Police Chiefs Association of Passaic County, New Jersey since 1999.
Dr. Crowley resides in Bergen County NJ with his wife and 4 children, when he is not practicing ophthalmology Dr Crowley enjoys coaching various athletic teams his children participate on.
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Marta Ponce-Contreras, M.D.
Dr. Ponce-Contreras is a graduate from Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City, Guatemala. 1998. In 2005, she completed a residency as a general ophthalmologist at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in Manhattan, New York. Dr. Ponce-Contreras has a special interest in ophthalmic ultrasound (2-D and 3-D) and early in her career did research in the Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. She has authored and co-authored various publications, posters, and journal articles.
Dr. Ponce-Contreras is particularly skilled in the treatment of cataracts, glaucoma, plastics and all aspects of adult and pediatric eye diseases. She is an attending surgeon at Valley Hospital, in Ridgewood, New Jersey and at the Bergen-Passaic Cataract and Laser Surgical Center. She is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Sociedad Oftalmologica de Guatemala, and Colegio de Medicos de Guatemala.
Dr. Ponce-Contreras enjoys traveling to Guatemala for various charity and humanitarian opthalmological drives typically performing cataract, strabismus and Pterygium surgeries. An additional important aspect of her voluntary effort is educating poor communities about ocular pathology an there prevention.
Dr. Ponce-Contreras resides locally in Ramsey, New Jersey, with her husband and two children and enjoys hiking, biking, and water skiing with her family.
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Ceaser Pitta, M.D.
Dr. Ceaser Pitta received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He did his internship at the University of Southern California and his residency at the New Jersey College of Medicine. His fellowship training in retinal diseases was at the Massachusettes Eye and Ear infirmary in Boston as a Harvard fellow.He has been in practice for over 25 years in Passaic, Essex and Hudson counties. He is presently on Staff at Clara Maass Medical Center as a full attending and was recently Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology. He is also a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
He specializes in diseases of the retina including Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Holes, Macular Pucker as well as Detachment surgery.