Robert Josephberg, MD

Westchester, NY Retina Specialist

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Robert Josephberg MD

Westchester, NY Retina Specialist

Dr. Josephberg oversees the medical retina service at Westchester Medical Center where he routinely teaches and trains the ophthalmology residents. He is an associate clinical professor at New York Medical College, the academic affiliate of Westchester Medical Center, and has been on staff and an active attending physician at Westchester Medical Center for over 30 years, as well as the Chief of Retina Service for over 20 years. He is an associate clinical professor at New York Medical College. Dr. Josephberg completed his fellowship training in vitreo-retinal diseases at the prestigious Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and performed his ophthalmology residency at the New Jersey College of Medicine.

Education

Primary and Secondary

Roosevelt High School

Yonkers, New York

September 1964 – June 1968


College (B.S.)

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

September 1968 – June 1972


Medical School (M.D.)

Albany Medical College

Albany, New York

September 1972 – June 1976

Postdoctoral Training

Internship (General Medicine)

Memorial Hospital

Worchester, Massachusetts

July 1976 – June 1977


Residency (Ophthalmology)

College of Medicine and Dentistry

Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary

Newark, New Jersey

July 1977 – June 1980

       

Training (Basic Science)

Wills Eye Hospital - July 1977

Columbia University – September, October 1977


Fellowship (Retina & Vitreous)

Alice M. McPherson, M.D.

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas 

July 1980 – January 1982


Clerkship

Walter Reed Army Hospital

Washington, District of Columbia

June 1974 - August 1974

Licensure
  • New Jersey | MA 33921 | Expiration Date: June 30, 2025
  • New York | 134320 | Expiration Date: September 30, 2024
  • Florida | ME 0050751 | Expiration Date: January 31, 2026
Narcotics Certification
  • New Jersey CDS | D2336 | Expiration Date: October 31, 2024
  • New Jersey DEA | FJ1864506 | Expiration Date: December 31, 2024
  • New York DEA | AJ8085537 | Expiration Date: December 31, 2024
Certification
  • American Board of Ophthalmology – May 1981
  • American Society of Retina Specialists – Fellow (FASRS) - 2020
University Appointments
  • New York Medical College – Clinical Associate Professor – Valhalla, NY – 1986 to present.
  • University Hospital– Assistant Clinical Professor – Newark, NJ – 1982 to present
  • Chief of Retina and Vitreous – Westchester Medical Center – Valhalla, NY – 1997 to 2021.
  • Chief of Medical Retina and Uveitis – Westchester Medical Center – Valhalla, NY – 2021 to present.
Hospital Appointments
  • University Hospital, Newark, NJ– Associate Attending – 1982 to present.
  • Centrastate Medical Center, Freehold, NJ– Associate Attending -1982 to 2019
  • Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY– Associate Attending –1986 to present.
  • St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yonkers, NY– Associate Attending – 1987 to present.
  • St. John’s Hospital, Yonkers, NY– Associate Attending – 1988 to present.
  • St. Agnes Hospital, White Plains, NY– Associate Attending – 1990 to 2000.
  • Dobbs Ferry Hospital, Dobbs Ferry, NY – Consultant – 2003 to present.
Other Professional Positions & Major Visiting Appointment
  • Education Commitee – Jewish Home for the Blind – Visiting professor – June 1991 to 1997.
  • Project Orbis (Teachers Ophthalmology Around the World) Visiting professor – 1982 Columbia, 1982 Peru, 1984 Jamaica, and 1986 Costa Rica.
Boards of Directors / Trustees
  • Board of Directors – American Diabetes Association – 1985 to 1995
  • Board of Directors – Jewish Guild – 1991 to 1997
Memberships & Committee Assignment in Professional Societies
  • New Jersey Retina Society – 1982 to 2010
  • American Society of Retina Specialist – 1985 to present
  • Aspen Retina Detachment Society – 1982 to present
  • Board of Directors – American Diabetes Association – 1989 to 1997
  • Florida Medical Association – 1987 to present
  • University of Wisconsin Alumni Association – 1972 to present
  • Atlantic Coast Fluorescein Club – 1985 to present
  • Baylor College Alumni Association – 1982 to present
  • Albany Medical College Alumni Association – 1976 to present
  • New Jersey Ophthalmology Residency Alumni – 1980 to present
  • Wills Eye Hospital Fluorescein Club – 1982 to 2000
  • New York State Medical Society – 1987 to present
  • Westchester County Medical Society – 1987 to present
  • Phi Eta Sigma – 1972 to present
  • Phi Kappa Phi – 1972 to present
  • New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology – 1982 to 2016
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology – 1981 to present
  • American Medical Association – 1980 to present
  • New York State Ophthalmology Society – 1985 to present
  • Westchester Ophthalmology Society – 1985 to present
Major Teaching Experience
  • New York Medical College – 1986 to present
  • Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. New Brunswick, NJ – 1982 to 2014
  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/ University Hospital. Newark, NJ - 1982 to present
Principal Clinical & Hospital Service Responsibilities
  • Chief – Retina Clinic. Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY – 1985 to present
  • Bi-monthly Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of New Jersey – 1982 to 1990.
  • Daily Instructor of Ophthalmology residents in Retina of New York Medical College – 1985 to present.
  • Chief of Retina – Westchester Medical Center – Valhalla, NY – 1997 to 2021.
  • Chief of Medical Retina and Uveitis – Westchester Medical Center – Valhalla, NY – 2021 to present.
Private Practice

984 North Broadway

Yonkers, New York 10701

1988 to present


Westchester Ophthalmology

40 Saw Mill River Road

Hawthorne, New York 10532

2016 to present

Publications
  • Beketova T R, Snyder K, Jiang A, Josephberg R G. (February 26, 2023) Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy with Associated Papillitis. Cureus 15(2): e35499. doi:10.7759/cureus.35499.
  •  Josephberg, R.G., Hussain, A., Vitreous Biopsy for Endophthalmitis, Uveitis, or Cytology. Operative Techniques in Vitreoretinal Surgery. Abdhish R. Bassar. 2022. Pages 104-112 (Book Chapter).
  •  Sendek J.K., Goyal A, Josephberg R.G., Nitroglycerin as a Treatment Modality for Recurrent Isolated Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy: A Case Report. Cureus. December 2021; 13(12): e20447.
  •  Mahdavi P, Bielory B, Josephberg R.G., Hyperbaric Therapy for Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Is It Really Worth It? A Cost Benefit Analysis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 58.8 (2017): 3647.
  •  Nattis A, Josephberg R.G., Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of CSC. Retinal Physician. October 2015 Vol 12: 18-21.
  •  Nattis A, Mahdavi P, Josephberg R.G., A Case of a Migrating White Retinal Lesion. EyeNet Magazine. October 2015.
  •  Nattis A, Mahdavi P, Josephberg R.G., Rifampin as an Efficacious Therapy for Chronic CSC. Retinal Physician. April 2015.
  •  Nattis A, Josephberg R.G., Rifampin Therapy for Central Serious Choroiretinopathy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences. June 2015 Vol 57 (7).
  •  Josephberg RG, Besser E. A New Scleral Depressor. Retina Today. May- June 2012. Page 79.
  •  Shukla S, Cohen A, Josephberg RG. Nonfamilial vitreous amyloidosis diagnosed by portable sutureless vitrectomy. Retinal Case Brief Rep 2008 Fall; 2(4):264-5.
  •  Josephberg RG. Vitreous biopsy for endophthalmitis or cytology. Bhavsar AR, Retina and vitreous surgery. 2008. pp. 189-99. Department(s): Ophthalmology (Book Chapter).
  •  Koch F.H.J., Josephberg R.G., Quadruple therapy for AMD significantly reduced retreatment rates at 14 months. Retina Today, January 2008, Pages 108-114.
  •  Camillo R, Josephberg R.G., Besser E. Josephberg-Besser Scleral Depressor. Retina; 2007; 27(7):991-992.
  •  Josephberg R.G., Management of acute endophthalmitis in office settings.  Expert Review of Ophthalmology. June 2007, Vol 2 (3): 343-345.
  •  Josephberg R.G., Endophthalmitis: the latest in current management. Retina, July/August 2006, Vol 26 (6): S47-S50.
  •  Josephberg, R.G., Sutureless Vitrectomy Surgery. Ophthalmology; 2003 Dec: 110 (12).       
  •  Hilton G.F., Josephberg R.G., Halperin L.S., Madreperla S.A., Brinton D.A., Lee S.S. Gordon S.F. Office Based sutureless transconjuctival pars plana vitrectomy.  Retina. 2002 Dec; 22(6): 725-3.
  •  Garelick J, Khodabakhsh A, Josephberg R.G. Acute postoperative endophthalmitis caused by Actinomyces neuii. American Journal of Ophthalmology; 2002; 133 (1):145-147. Department(s): Ophthalmology.
  • Singh S, Josephberg RG, Zaidman GW. Office based diagnostic pars plana vitrectomy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1996; 37:402
  • Josephberg R.G., Vitrectomy made easy. Ophthalmology Times, January 15-21, 1996.
  • Josephberg R.G., Vitrector may be useful in endophthalmitis regimen. Ophthalmology Times, 1996.
  • Josephberg R.G., Kanter E.D., Jaffe, R.M., Fluorescein Angiographic study of patients with pars planitis and peripheral exudation before and after cryopexy. Ophthalmology, 1994 July; 101(7): 1262-6.
  • Pagan P.R., Oteiza E.E., et al., Exogenous endophthalmitis initially treated without systemic antibiotics. Ophthalmology, 1994, 101: 1289-1297.
  • Margolis T.P., Josephberg R.G., et al., Varicella-zoster virus retinitis in patients with the Immunodeficiency syndrome. Am J Ophthalmol, Aug 1991; 112 (2): 119-131.
  • Cangemi F.E., Friedman A.H., Josephberg R.G. Tuberculoma of the Choroid. Ophthalmology, 1980, 87: 252.
Presentations
  • Josephberg R.G., Nattis A. Retinal Macroaneurysms. OCT Grand Rounds. WCMC-Dept. of Ophthalmology. 10/16/2023.
  •  Sendek J, Goyal A, Josephberg R.G., Niacin as a Possible Preventative
  • Drug for Blindness (Loss of Vision) in Patients with Vascular Dementia. Alzheimer’s 2022. Paris, France March 9-10 2022.
  •  Mahdavi P, Josephberg R.G., et al. Hyperbaric for Retinal Artery Occlusion: Is It Worth It? A Cost Benefit Analysis. ARVO, Baltimore MD, 2017.
  •  Nattis A. Josephberg R.G., Rifampin Therapy for Central Serious Chorioretinopathy. ARVO. Denver CO, 2015. 
  • Josephberg R.G., Husney D., LaFebre C., PPD Negative QuantiFERON Negative Biopsy Proven Tuberculous Retinal Vasculitis. ARVO. Fort Lauderdale- May 3, 2011.
  • Josephberg R.G., Esposito D.M., The Holy Grail Treatment for Intermediate Uveitis: What are the Options? Cryopexy, Steroids, Immunosuppressives, Immunomodulators, Lasers, Anti-Antiogenics, or Observations? ARVO 2010.
  •  Josephberg R.G., Esposito D.M., In-office and bedside sutureless vitrectomy for the diagnosis of uveitis. ARVO, Fort Lauderdale- May 7, 2009.
  •  Josephberg R.G., Nguyen T.L., Esposito D.M., Medical-legal implications of rapid clearance of retinal hemorrhaging in shaken baby syndrome (SBS). ARVO, Fort Lauderdale-May 5, 2009.
  •  Issacs D.K., Josephberg R.G., Multiple bilateral optic nerve pits with multiple colobomas and correlation with imaging using domain optical coherence tomography. ARVO, Fort Lauderdale-May 5, 2009.
  • Luloh P.,Koss M.J., Koch F.H.J., Josephberg R.G., A single stick 23 gauge portable injection/infusion and aspiration/vitreous cutting instrument – The “Intrector®”.  ARVO, Fort Lauderdale-May 1, 2008.
  •  Shukla S., Koss M.J., Koch F.H.J., Josephberg R.G., Quadruple therapy and the suspected role of posterior vitreous detachment in the treatment of exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration.  ARVO, Fort Lauderdale-April 27, 2008.
  •  Josephberg R.G., Nguyen T.L., Esposito D.M., Medical-legal implications of rapid clearance of retinal hemorrhaging in shaken baby syndrome (SBS).  ASRS, Maui –October 2008.
  • Koch F.H.J., Josephberg R.G., Shukla S.S., More oxygen in the vitreous cavity?! Do we want it?  ASRS, Palm Springs-December 2, 2007.
  •  Koch F.H.J., Josephberg R.G., Quadruple therapy for AMD significantly reduced retreatment rates at 14 months. ASRS 2007.
  •  Josephberg, R.G., Ho, A.C., Recchia, F., Post-Cataract Endophthalmitis: Early Recognition and Effective Management. Conversations with Experts.  AAO. 2007.
  •  Koch F.H.J, Augustin A.J., Josephberg R.G., et al. Vitrectomy in Triple Therapy for Choroidal Neovascularization. European VitreoRetinal Society 2006.
  •  Josephberg R.G., Bodine S., In-office and bedside sutureless vitrectomy for the diagnosis of uveitis.  European VitreoRetinal Society - Oct 2006.
  •  Shah A, Josephberg R.J., Cryopexy in the Treatment of Pars Planitis. ARVO 2000.
  •  Josephberg, R.G., Intravitreal Injection of Vancomycin in Endophthalmitis: Are the correct dosages being used?  Vitreous Society.  Alaska-July 6, 1998.
  •  Josephberg R.G., Khodabakhsh A.J., High doses of intravitreal vancomyacin are safe and efficacious in humans.  Vitreous Society, Alaska-July 1998.
  •  Zaidman G, Josephberg R.G., Office based vitreous biopsies in the diagnosis and treatment of non-evs eligible patients with endophthalmitis. AAO, San Francisco -October 29, 1997.
  •  Josephberg R.G., A new one-step twenty-three-gauge portable battery-operated MVR Vitrectomy probe.  Vitreous Society, New Orleans- September 20, 1997.
  •  Josephberg R.G., Outpatient no stitch battery operated diagnostic pars plana vitrectomy. Vitreous Society, Mexico- December 10, 1996.
  •  Josephberg R.G., Office based diagnostic pars plana vitrectomy. Vitreous Society, London, England – August 14, 1995.
  •  Josephberg R.G.  Pars Planitis – Treatment with Cryoplexy.  Presented at American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting Dallas – November 12, 1992.  Presented in person.
Awards
  • 2017 - Retina Hall of Fame | Charter Inductee, Chicago., IL.
  • 2015 - Doctors of Distinction | Excellence in Medical Research, Armonk, NY.
  • 2015 - Resident Writer Award (Finalist) | Ophthalmology Program.
  • 2009 - Certificate of Excellence | Extraordinary Achievement, New York, NY.
  • 2008 - Senior Honor Award | Based on contribution, Maui, HI.
  • 2007 - Rhett Buckler Award | Best Movie “Losing Nemo”, Palms Springs, CA.
  • 2005 - Humanitarian Award | Project Orbis, New York, NY.
  • 1999 - Rhett Buckler Award | New instrumentation “Visitrec”, Rome, Italy.
  • 1998 - Honor Award | Based on contributions, Alaska.
  • 1972 - Rhodes Scholar Candidate | Undergrad – U Of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Commercial Devices
  • Intrector ® 23 ga. Portable Vitrectomy and Infusion/Injection System.
  • Josephberg-Besser Scleral Depressor ™.
  • Josephberg Trocar Fixation Plate 3.50mm (ASICO and STORZ).
Patents
  • Pars plana vitrectomy tool

Patent #5,716,363 | 02/10/1998 | Commercially on the market


  • Sutureless pars plana vitrectomy tool

Patent #5,989,262 | 11/23/1999 | Commercially on the market


  • Sutureless ocular surgical methods and instruments for use in such methods

Patent #7,077,848B1 | 07/18/2006 | Commercially on the market


  • Scleral depressor

Patent #8,235,893B2 | 08/07/2012 | Commercially on the market

  • Magnifying Apparatus

Pending Application

Scientific Reviewer
  • Retinal Cases & Brief Reports
  • Retina, The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases 
  • Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Cureus (Editorial Board)
  • Ophthalmology Management
  • Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases
Scientific Advisor
  • EyeScience
Television Appearance
  • Today Show -NBC – Lasers in Children (2011)

Link:  http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/41640703#41640703


  • 20/20 with Gerald Rivera, 1982 - Project Orbis

Dr. Josephberg is a recognized ophthalmologist

and is a world Renowned Retinal specialist in Diseases and Surgery of The Retina and Vitreous

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