Dr. Liegner completed his medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) in San Antonio while also receiving a Master's degree in biology under a separate academic program during the first two years of medical school training. He interned in Internal Medicine at the University-affiliated County and Veteran's Hospitals in San Antonio, and subsequently completed a residency in Ophthalmology at UTHSC in 1992.
After five years in private practice in Oregon, he moved to northern New Jersey in 1997. Specializing in corrective eye surgery, including laser vision surgery, Dr Liegner has performed thousands of intraocular and corneal refractive surgery procedures, including the LASIK procedure for near sightedness, far sightedness and astigmatism, providing patients with improved vision and a new sense of freedom.
Dr. Liegner is Board certified in ophthalmology and is certified to perform LASIK on a majority of the FDA approved eximer lasers in the United States.
He has continued his Air Force duty as a reservist, flight surgeon and physicist, and holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Dr. Liegner is married with three boys, and the family lives in Fredon Township just outside Newton.