Robert G. Josephberg

Robert G. Josephberg, M.D., is currently the Chief of the Medical Retina and Uveitis service at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York. He is also a Daily Instructor of Ophthalmology residents at New York Medical College. He maintains a private practice, while also teaching at New York Medical College and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Dr. Josephberg obtained his Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and went on to medical school at Albany Medical College, where he graduated in 1976. He completed his Internship at Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts and a Residency in Ophthalmology at Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary, finishing in 1980, which included training at Wills Eye Hospital at Columbia University. His Fellowship was at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Dr. Josephberg is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He maintains university appointments at New York Medical College, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Westchester Medical Center where he is Chief of Retina. He has hospital appointments at Newark Eye Institute, Westchester Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and several others. He is a scientific reviewer for Retinal Cases and Brief Reports, the Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases, and the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. He has also made a television appearance on the Today Show.

In addition, Dr. Josephberg has also been a visiting professor at the Jewish Home for the Blind, and through Project Orbis in Columbia, Peru, Jamaica and Costa Rica. He has been on the Board of Directors the American Diabetes Association and the Jewish Guild.

Dr. Josephberg is involved with numerous professional societies and committees including the New Jersey Retina Society, American Academy of Ophthalmology, New York State Ophthalmology Society, and many others. Dr. Josephberg has created three medical commercial devices. He has received many awards, such as the Humanitarian Award through Project Orbis, and the Rhett Butler Award for new instrumentation “Visitrec” in Rome, Italy. He has published and presented extensively in his field.He was voted into the Retinal Hall of Fame by his peers in the initial induction year .