Westchester Medical Center Chief of Retina and Vitreous Recognized with Induction into Retina Hall of Fame

VALHALLA, N.Y. (December 4, 2017) – Robert Josephberg, MD, Chief of Retina and Vitreous at Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), was recently inducted as a charter member of the Retina Hall of Fame for his expertise and contributions to the ophthalmology subspecialty.

Dr. Josephberg, who resides in Briarcliff Manor, joined Westchester Medical Center in 1985 and currently serves as the hospital's Chief of Retina and Vitreous. Considered a leading expert in endophthalmitis, Dr. Josephberg is also known for his role in the invention of sutureless vitrectomy, which is widely used in the field of vitrectomy surgery.

Dr. Josephberg earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin. He completed an ophthalmology residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey and a retina and vitreous fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Established in 2016, the Retina Hall of Fame honors talented physicians, scientists and related health care workers who over many generations have devoted their professional lives to innovation, research and clinical care and have saved many from blindness and improved their lives.

Robert Josephberg, MD, Chief of Retina and Vitreous at Westchester Medical Center

 

About Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network
Westchester Medical Center is the premier provider of advanced medical care in New York's Hudson Valley region. The flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, this 895-bed academic hospital located in Valhalla, New York, provides local residents with acute care services - Level I trauma and burn care, organ transplants and advanced neurovascular procedures and more - found nowhere else in the region. Westchester Medical Center is the primary referral facility for other hospitals in the Hudson Valley and serves as a lifeline for more than 3.5 million people. To learn more about Westchester Medical Center and the vital services it provides to residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond, visit WestchesterMedicalCenter.org or follow Westchester Medical Center at Facebook.com/WestchesterMedicalCenter or Twitter.com/WestchesterMed.

About Westchester Medical Center Health Network
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org.