Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Oakland University Wm Beaumont SOM

Ophthalmology

Doctor Robert Folberg, MD is an expert in the field of Ophthalmology. He went to Temple University School of Medicine. He has 1 awards "Fellow (FAAO)". Robert Folberg is a published physician. He published 49 publications, including: 'Swept-source optical coherence tomography features of choroidal nevi.' Dr. Robert Folberg is registered with Medicare.

Publications

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• Swept-source Optical coherence tomography features of choroidal nevi.
• Intraocular hemorrhage after intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma in sickle cell trait.
• Retinoblastoma presenting in a child with hypomelanosis of Ito.
• Intra-arterial and oral digoxin therapy for retinoblastoma.
• Histopathologic findings of eyes enucleated after treatment with chemosurgery for retinoblastoma.
• Intraocular teratoma in association with sacrococcygeal teratoma: a clinicopathologic report.
• The molecular classification of uveal melanocytic lesions: an important discovery in context.
• Comparison of tumor-associated vasculatures in uveal and cutaneous melanomas.
• Inadvertent evisceration of eyes containing uveal melanoma.
• Authenticating cell lines in ophthalmic research laboratories.
• Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with neuroendocrine/neuronal differentiation: report of 3 cases.
• 3D medical volume reconstruction using web services.
• A pilot study of vasculogenic mimicry immunohistochemical expression in hepatocellular carcinoma.
• Using the direct-injection model of early uveal melanoma hepatic metastasis to identify TPS as a potentially useful serum biomarker.
• Serum markers to detect metastatic uveal melanoma.
• Modeling the behavior of uveal melanoma in the liver.
• Diagnosis of limited ophthalmic Wegener granulomatosis: distinctive pathologic features with ANCA test confirmation.
• Comparing vasculogenic mimicry with endothelial cell-lined vessels: techniques for 3D reconstruction and quantitative analysis of tissue components from archival paraf...
• Avellino dystrophy in a patient after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis surgery manifesting as granular dystrophy.
• Epigenetic reversion of breast carcinoma phenotype is accompanied by changes in DNA sequestration as measured by AluI restriction enzyme.
• Role of tumor invasiveness, the extracellular matrix, and chromatin sequestration in the susceptibility of uveal melanoma to herpes simplex virus type 1.
• Tumor cell plasticity in uveal melanoma: microenvironment directed dampening of the invasive and metastatic genotype and phenotype accompanies the generation of vascul...
• Tadalafil-induced subretinal and choroidal hemorrhage in a patient with an unsuspected uveal (choroidal and ciliary body) melanoma.
• Osteopontin expression and serum levels in metastatic uveal melanoma: a pilot study.
• Association between microarray gene expression signature and extravascular matrix patterns in primary uveal melanomas.
• Distinguishing fibrovascular septa from vasculogenic mimicry patterns.
• Reconstruction and exploration of three-dimensional confocal microscopy data in an immersive virtual environment.
• Chromatin organization measured by AluI restriction enzyme changes with malignancy and is regulated by the extracellular matrix and the cytoskeleton.
• Vascular perfusion of choroidal melanoma by 3.0 tesla magnetic resonance imaging.
• Age of retinal hemorrhages by iron detection: an animal model.
• Vasculogenic mimicry.
• Panophthalmitis due to clostridium septicum.
• Noninvasive in vivo detection of prognostic indicators for high-risk uveal melanoma: ultrasound parameter imaging.
• Spectral parameter imaging for detection of prognostically significant histologic features in uveal melanoma.
• Recommendations for the reporting of tissues removed as part of the surgical treatment of common malignancies of the eye and its adnexa.
• Three-dimensional reconstruction of extravascular matrix patterns and blood vessels in human uveal melanoma tissue: techniques and preliminary findings.
• Recommendations for the reporting of tissues removed as part of the surgical treatment of common malignancies of the eye and its adnexa. The Association of Directors o...
• Optic nerve tissue shrinkage during pathologic processing after enucleation for retinoblastoma.
• Complex microcirculation patterns detected by confocal indocyanine green angiography predict time to growth of small choroidal melanocytic tumors: MuSIC Report II.
• An orthotopic model for human uveal melanoma in SCID mice.
• p53 Immunoreactivity, Ki-67 expression, and microcirculation patterns in melanoma of the iris, ciliary body, and choroid.
• The effect of prinomastat (AG3340), a synthetic inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases, on uveal melanoma rabbit model.
• Control of melanoma morphogenesis, endothelial survival, and perfusion by extracellular matrix.
• Uveal melanoma cell staining for CD34 and assessment of tumor vascularity.
• Research: the track record justifies expanded support.
• Molecular determinants of human uveal melanoma invasion and metastasis.
• Competency-based residency training in pathology: challenges and opportunities.
• Exclusion of AR-CHED from the chromosome 20 region containing the PPMD and AD-CHED loci.

Schools

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• Temple University

Conditions Treated

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• Corneal Ulcer
• Keratitis
• Optic Neuritis

Doctors Specialties

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• Anatomic Pathology
• Ophthalmology

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
• Cofinity PPO
• Commercial Insurance Company
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Golden Rule
• Health Alliance
• Humana
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• Molina
• Priority Health
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Fellow (FAAO)

Education

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• Wills Eye Hospital
• Temple University Hospital
• Temple University School of Medicine

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1255343950
Last Name Of The Provider	FOLBERG
First Name Of The Provider	ROBERT
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