Clinical Strategies in the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy ― A Step-by-step Guide for Ophthalmologists

Marco Attilio Zarbin, MD, PhD, FACS was appointed chair of the Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, New Jersey Medical School and chief of ophthalmology at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., in 1994. He is a professor of ophthalmology and neuroscienceat the New Jersey Medical School and holds the Alfonse A. Cinotti,MD/Lions Eye Research Chair in the Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Zarbin is also co-director of the Ocular Cell Transplantation Laboratory and the co-director of the Center for Macular Degeneration Research at UMDNJ. His research is focused on developing new surgical treatments for age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in persons over age 55 in the United States and Western Europe. He is the editor-in-chief of Translational Vision Science and Technology, and has served as associate editor of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science and as a member of the editorial board of Survey of Ophthalmology. Dr. Zarbin is a vice chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation Fighting Blindness and is an ex officio member of the board of Governors of the New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology and the National Advisory Eye Council of the National Institutes of Health. In addition, he is a member of the American Ophthalmological Society, the Retina Society, the Macula Society and the Vitreous Society and is past president of the board of trustees of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) and has served as the alternate AUPO representative to the Council of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Zarbin has been listed among the "Best Doctors in America," as well as among the "Best Doctors in New Jersey" and the "Best Doctors in New York."