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Meet Dr. Margaret Liu

Dr. Margaret Liu is a Board-Certified, Fellowship-Trained Ophthalmologist and she provides compassionate and skilled care in comprehensive ophthalmology as well as specialized treatment for cataracts, vision correction, and corneal diseases such as Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy and Keratoconus. Using the latest technological advancements, Dr. Liu performs customized eye surgery including small-incision cataract surgery with astigmatism and presbyopia correction, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), intraocular lens exchanges, pterygium excision, corneal transplants, and crosslinking. Furthermore, Dr. Liu evaluates patients for vision correction surgery such as LASIK, photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), implantable collamer lenses (EVO ICL), and refractive lens exchange (RLE).

In addition to serving as founder and CEO of San Francisco Eye Institute, Dr. Liu is also the Medical Director of the Pacific Vision Surgery Center and Co-Chief of the Cornea Service at California Pacific Medical Center, where she volunteers time teaching residents complex cataract and corneal surgery and caring for the underserved population in the surrounding community. Her training and dedication to cataract, vision correction, and corneal surgery has led to national lecture invitations and paper presentations at conferences held by the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins, Byers Eye Institute at Stanford, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Liu is also frequently featured as an expert for media articles, many of which you can read here.

Born in Taiwan and fluent in Mandarin, Dr. Liu grew up on the East Coast. In her free moments, she enjoys spending quality time eating with family and friends, hiking, biking, and snowboarding. Dr. Liu is the proud mother of a young son and daughter, and loves seeing and exploring the world through their eyes.

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude | University of Pennsylvania
  • Medical Degree | SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
  • Ophthalmology Residency | SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
  • Fellowship in Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery | The WIlmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins

Professional Affiliations

  • Chief Executive Officer and Founder
  • San Francisco Eye Institute
  • Medical Director
  • Pacific Vision Surgery Center
  • Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Co-Chief of Corneal and External Disease Service
  • California Pacific Medical Center

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Academy of Ophthalmic Executives
  • International Society of Refractive Surgery
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • Cornea Society


4.9/5 Average Rating based on over 200 reviews
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Dr. Liu and Dr. Cheng are [each] the perfect fit for my eye care and personality. The supporting staff is kind and efficient. I left another practice last year because I lacked confidence in the treatment plans there. The doctors at San Francisco Eye Institute have gathered information from [the] examinations and tests they performed on me. Paired with records from my other other eye care practitioners, they have developed a plan for my eye care. I trust them.

Debra T.

All of the staff are welcoming, efficient, friendly and competent. Dr. Liu and Dr. Cheng are both awesome. They take their time to explain the details of the procedures. Dr. Liu performed cataract surgery on me several years ago followed by YAG laser treatment most recently.

E.C.

Dr. Margaret Liu (surgeon) & Dr. Helena Cheng (optometrist) are quite a team. I have particularly good things to report about Dr. Liu, since she’s the one who actually restored the full sight to my under-achieving left eye. My cataract-impaired natural lens had to be removed and replaced with a plastic one. The startling vision improvement that resulted added a crisp new dimension to the whole world. Dr. Peggy was reassuring, empathetic, and most importantly, competent — a very important trait in an eye surgeon.

Rhonni C.

I had vision correction surgery with Dr. Liu (ICL placement). Dr. Liu and the staff of San Francisco Eye Institute were amazing from start to finish! She was extremely thorough, took the time to explain things, and guided me through the process and decision making of having this life changing surgery step by step. Her office staff was friendly and also took excellent care of me. The surgery went perfectly and my results couldn’t be better. I am a surgeon myself, so my vision is absolutely critical for my livelihood and career, so going through with this surgery was no small undertaking. I’ve worn coke bottle thick glasses since I was a child, but after surgery I don’t need glasses or contacts anymore to work, operate, and also do the fun active things I love to do like working out, snowboarding, playing basketball etc. It has been about 2 years since my surgery and my results have still been excellent. Dr. Liu literally changed my life and I couldn’t be more grateful!

Christopher M.

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