EliTZivMDQME, FAAOS

Summary

• Dr. Ziv is the only hand specialist in the San Fernando Valley listed in "Top Doctors 2024" by Los Angeles Magazine.
  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 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 M.D. from UC Irvine where he was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha honor society and received several academic awards. He t performed 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. 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 and Orthopaedics, with offices in Sherman Oaks and Thousand Oaks. 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 traveled to Ukraine in 2022 on a humanitarian mission performing orthopedic surgery near the front lines.
  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 also a Qualified Medical Examiner in California and medico-legal expert.