Roberto Roizenblatt, MD, PhD
Dr. Roizenblatt specializes in the medical and surgical treatment of diseases of the retina and vitreous. Dr. Roizenblatt received a Medical Degree from the University of Sao Paulo, and completed his Internship in Internal Medicine at the Jacobi Medical Center – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in Bronx, New York.
He successfully completed two 3-year Residencies in Ophthalmology – the first, at the Federal University of Sao Paulo, and the second, at the University of California in Irvine. He completed a 2-year Vitreoretinal medical and surgical Fellowship. Subsequently, Dr Roizenblatt received his Doctorate degree, and pursued his Post-Doctorate Research Fellowship at the Doheny Eye Institute, in Los Angeles, California, where he worked for two years.
Dr Roizenblatt is licensed by the Medical Board of California and is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, Board Certified by the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology and is Fellow of the International Council of Ophthalmology. He is a Member of the American Society of Retina Specialists, European Society of Retina Specialists and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
He holds surgical privileges at several hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange County; he is an avid tennis player and likes to spend his free time enjoying his beautiful family.
Patients can now reach me via WhatsApp!
Links:
University of California in Irvine
http://www.ghei.uci.edu/
Jacobi Medical Center
http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/jacobi/html/home/home.shtml
Doheny Eye Institute
http://www.doheny.org/
Federal University of Sao Paulo
http://www.oftalmo.epm.br/
University of Sao Paulo
http://www.fm.usp.br/
Diplomate of The American Board of Ophthalmology
Fellow of The International Council of Ophthalmology
Member of The American Academy of Ophthalmology
Member of The American Society of Retina Specialists
Fellow of The American Society of Retina Specialists
Member of The European Society of Retina Specialists
Diplomate of The Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology
“Hemi- and Central Retinal Vein Occlusion associated with COVID-19 infection in Young Patients without Known Risk Factors”
Ashkenazy N, Patel NA, Sridhar J, Yannuzzi NA, Roizenblatt R, et al
Ophthalmology Retina 2022 Mar 9; In Press
“Impact of covid-19 restrictions on retinal detachment: a multicenter experience”
J Jesse, Chang J, Oellers P, Ali M, Do Bk, Tseng Jj, Roizenblatt R, et al
Ophthalmology Retina 2022, Feb 7; In Press
“Drusen in dense deposit disease”
Mammo DA, Roizenblatt R.
Ophthalmology 2021 Aug 128(8):1221
“Scleral fixation of Intraocular lenses.”
Burnham J, Roizenblatt R
Article: Retinal Physician 2021 May, vol 18
“Quantitative assessment of UVA-riboflavin corneal cross-linking using nonlinear optical microscopy.”
Chai D, Gaster RN, Roizenblatt R, Juhasz T, Brown DJ, Jester JV.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2011 Jun 16;52(7):4231-8
“Neural responses elicited by electrical stimulation of the retina”
Chen SJ, Mahadevappa M, Roizenblatt R, Weiland J, Humayun M.
Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society 2006;104:252-9.
“Nanobiolistic delivery of indicators to the living mouse retina.”
Roizenblatt R, Weiland JD, Carcieri S, Qiu G, Behrend M, Humayun MS, Chow RH
Journal of Neuroscience Methods 2006 Nov 15;153(1):154-61
“Implantation of an inactive epiretinal electrode array in dogs.”
Guven D, Weiland JD, Maghribi M, Davidson JC, Roizenblatt R, Qiu G, Labree L, Humayun MS
Experimental Eye Research 2006 Jan;82(1):81-90
“Long-term stimulation by epiretinal implants in normal and RCD1 dogs.”
Guven D, Weiland JD, Fujii G, Mech BV, Roizenblatt R, Qiu G, Labree L, Hinton D, Humayun MS.”
Journal of Neural Engineering 2005 Mar;2(1):S65-73.
“Iris recognition as a biometric method after cataract surgery.”
Roizenblatt R, Schor P, Dante F, Roizenblatt J, Belfort R Jr
BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2004, Jan 28;3:2
“Diode laser modifications for treatment of choroidal neovascularization”
Roizenblatt R, Farah ME, Castro J, Cardillo JA, Costa RA, Roizenblatt J.
Lasers in Medical Science 2003 18(1):43-4
“Digital image system environment as a remote referral in ophthalmology”
Pennella AD, Schor P, Roizenblatt R
Brazilian Archives of Ophthalmology 2003 66:5(583-6)
“Therapeutic contact lens-related bilateral fungal keratitis.”
Hofling-Lima AL, Roizenblatt R
CLAO Journal 2002 Jul;28(3):149-50
“Comparison between Brazilian and American bottle eye drop sizes”
Roizenblatt R, Freitas D, Belfort Jr R, Höfling-Lima AL, Prata Jr.JA
Brazilian Archives of Ophthalmology 2000 64:2
“Exophiala jeanselmei causing late endophthalmitis after cataract surgery”
Hofling-Lima AL, Freitas D, Fischman O, Yu CZ, Roizenblatt R, Belfort R Jr.
American Journal of Ophthalmology 1999 Oct;128(4):512-4