J. Peter Bouvier, M.D.

Dr. J. Peter Bouvier is a recent addition to the Papale Eye Center, joining the staff in September of 2005. A trained corneal specialist, Dr. Bouvier studied external eye disease, corneal disease, and laser vision correction with one of the top corneal and refractive eye surgeons in the nation. Dr. Bouvier joins our Springfield, Massachusetts practice having spent two years in private practice at Horizon Eye Care in Margate, New Jersey and also having served as a flight surgeon with the United States Air Force.

Background & Credentials

Dr. J. Peter Bouvier's credentials are impressive and varied. He received his bachelor's degree in zoology and a master's degree in public health from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1994, graduating with honors. While at Columbia, Dr. Bouvier received the Admiral David Willard Lyon Award for Academic Excellence. Following his post-graduate internal medicine training at USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, Dr. Bouvier served as a flight surgeon with the 35th Fighter Squadron at Kunsan Air Base in the Republic of Korea, and the 23rd Fighter Squadron out of Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. His role as an aerospace medicine specialist with his squadrons took him to Alaska, Japan, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia, and Norway, and included two tours of duty with NASA directing medical support for the space shuttle emergency landing site.

Training

Dr. Bouvier completed his ophthalmology training in Manhattan at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical Center of Cornell University and at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital. In 2002, he was selected as a clinical fellow at Albany Medical College, Lions Eye Institute in upstate New York where he trained in corneal surgery, external eye diseases, and refractive surgery with one of the top eye surgeons in the country.

J. Peter Bouvier, M.D., was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 2003. He is married with five children and enjoys traveling, as well as pursuing his interests in aviation, architecture, and birds.