Marco A. Zarbin, MD, PhD
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School
Professor of Ophthalmology & Neuroscience
90 Bergen Street
Room 6155
Newark, NJ 07103-2499
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zarbin@rutgers.edu
(973) 972-2038 office
Professional Affiliations
Academic Appointments- Professor of Ophthalmology & Neuroscience
- Alfonse Cinotti, MD/Lions Eye Research Professor
- Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
- New Jersey Medical School
- Rutgers University
- Chief of Ophthalmology
- University Hospital
- Newark, NJ
Biography
Dr. Zarbin graduated from Dartmouth College (PhiBetaKappa, summa cum laude, with highest distinction, 1978). He graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Medical Scientist Training Program, a?a, 1984). Dr. Zarbin completed resident and fellowship training (vitreoretinal surgery and medical retina) at the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute (1985-1990) and was an Assistant Chief of Service at Wilmer (1989). Dr. Zarbin is Chair of the Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) and Chief of Ophthalmology at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. (1994-). He is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience at NJMS and holds the Alfonse A. Cinotti, MD/Lions Eye Research Chair. Dr. Zarbin is co-Director of the Ocular Cell Transplantation Laboratory at NJMS. Dr. Zarbin has co-authored 170 peer-reviewed publications, 63 book chapters, 165 abstracts, and one book on age-related macular degeneration.
Dr. Zarbin is the Editor-in-Chief of Translational Vision Science and Technology and is a Vice Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Dr. Zarbin is a member of Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis, the American Ophthalmological Society, the Retina Society, the Macula Society, and the American Society of Retina Specialists. Dr. Zarbin is a Past President of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology. Dr. Zarbin has received the Francis S. Schwentker and Heed Awards. Dr. Zarbin's clinical practice is focused on medical and surgical diseases of the retina and vitreous.