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Amy Lambert, MD

Dr. Lambert is a board certified, fellowship trained pediatric ophthalmologist. She is a New Jersey native who grew up in Millburn and attended the public schools there. She received her AB degree from Bryn Mawr College (graduating magna cum laude) and her MD from Case Western Reserve University.

Following medical school, she trained as an intern at the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale University. Dr. Lambert then completed a three-year residency (the last year as Chief Resident) in ophthalmology at New York University. This was followed by a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at Indiana University, one of the nation’s top training programs in this subspecialty.

Dr. Lambert has been practicing in Livingston since 1993. In 1999, she designed and opened this child-friendly facility. She is affiliated with Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Overlook Hospital, and Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in New York City. She serves on the Board of Governors for the New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology, is on the Vision Screening Committee of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and serves on the School Health committee of the Essex County Medical Society. Dr. Lambert lives locally with her husband, their twins, and Mojo, their yellow Labrador Retriever.

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Anita Breckenridge, MD

Dr. Breckenridge is a board certified fellowship-trained pediatric ophthalmologist. She grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec receiving a B.Sc. in Anatomical Sciences. She then returned to her hometown and graduated with honors from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington DC.

After medical school, Dr. Breckenridge spent a transitional intern year at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California. She then returned to the East Coast and completed a three year residency in ophthalmology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She spent her last year as a chief resident.

Immediately following residency, Dr. Breckenridge joined a successful ophthalmology practice in a small town on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. As a general ophthalmologist she built a thriving practice in just under two years. When her husband, Jefferson, joined a New Jersey-based startup in his field of high-speed optical networking, Dr. Breckenridge returned to the East Coast once again. She took the opportunity to further her training by completing a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.

As the newest addition to the Pediatric Eye Associates Team, Dr. Breckenridge will be affiliated with St. Barnabas Medical Center and Overlook Hospital. She currently lives in Morristown with her husband and their two cats, Taz and Yoda.