PeterStephenHershMD

Ophthalmology • Teaneck, NJ

Cornea & External Disease, Refractive Surgery

Director, Cornea and Laser Eye Institute - Hersh Vision Group

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Office
Cornea and Laser Eye Institute
300 Frank W. Burr Blvd
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Phone+1 201-692-9434
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Education & Training

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery, 1986 - 1987
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Ophthalmology, 1983 - 1986
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 1988 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1982 - 2021
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Senior Honor Award American Academy of Ophthalmology
Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Inside Jersey: Top Cosmetic Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2011
New Jersey Life: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2005
New Jersey Monthly: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2001, 2003
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology
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Clinical Trials

Corneal Collagen Cross-linking for Progressive Keratoconus Start of enrollment: 2007 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for Ectasia (CXL) Start of enrollment: 2007 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
Corneal Collagen Crosslinking and Intacs for Keratoconus and Ectasia Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Corneal Collagen Crosslinking for Progressive Keratoconus and Ectasia Using Riboflavin/Dextran and Hypotonic Riboflavin Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Transepithelial Corneal Collagen Crosslinking for Keratoconus and Corneal Ectasia Start of enrollment: 2011 Nov 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Safety and Efficacy Study of Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking in Eyes With Keratoconus Start of enrollment: 2012 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 3
Microwave Treatment and Corneal Collagen Crosslinking for Keratoconus Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 3
Corneal Tissue Inlay for Keratoconus Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Safety and Efficacy of a Sub-epitheilal Transform™ Corneal Allograft (TCA) for Presbyopia Correction Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 01
Withdrawn
Not Applicable
Safety and Effectiveness of the PXL Platinum 330 System With Riboflavin Solution for Previously Untreated Corneal Ulcers Start of enrollment: 2022 Mar 14
Recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Corneal tissue addition keratoplasty: new intrastromal inlay procedure for keratoconus using femtosecond laser-shaped preserved corneal tissue.
Steven A Greenstein, Austin S Yu, John D Gelles, Hamoon Eshraghi, Peter S Hersh> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2023 Jul 1
13 citations
Corneal Crosslinking for Progressive Keratoconus and Corneal Ectasia: Summary of US Multicenter and Subgroup Clinical Trials.
Steven A Greenstein, Peter S Hersh> ;Translational Vision Science & Technology. 2021 Apr 29
Descemetocele Management With Therapeutic Scleral Lens Wear.
John D Gelles, Vladislav P Bekerman, Steven A. Greenstein, Misbah Shafiq, Peter S. Hersh> ;Eye & Contact Lens. 2021 May 1
8 citations
Corneal Haze After Transepithelial Collagen Cross-linking for Keratoconus: A Scheimpflug Densitometry Analysis.
Michael J. Lai, Steven A. Greenstein, John D Gelles, Peter S. Hersh> ;Cornea. 2020 May 4
11 citations
Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations After Crosslinking and Intracorneal Ring Segments for Keratoconus
Steven A. Greenstein, Daniel Chung, Lauren Rosato, John D Gelles, Peter S. Hersh> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2020 Apr 10
14 citations
Corneal crosslinking and intracorneal ring segments for keratoconus: A randomized study of concurrent versus sequential surgery
Peter S. Hersh, Reda Issa, Steven A. Greenstein> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2019 Jun 1
13 citations
Incidence and associations of intracorneal ring segment explantation.
Natalie Nguyen, John D Gelles, Steven A. Greenstein, Peter S. Hersh> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2019 Feb 1
27 citations
Transepithelial corneal crosslinking for keratoconus.
Peter S. Hersh, Michael J. Lai, John D Gelles, Sebastian P. Lesniak> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2018 Mar 1
69 citations
U.S. Multicenter Clinical Trial of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking for Treatment of Corneal Ectasia after Refractive Surgery.
Peter Hersh, R. Doyle Stulting, David Muller, Daniel S. Durrie, Rajesh K. Rajpal, Perry S. Binder, Eric D. Donnenfeld, Daniel Durrie, David R. Hardten, Peter S. Hersh,...> ;Ophthalmology. 2017 Oct 1
156 citations
United States Multicenter Clinical Trial of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking for Keratoconus Treatment
Peter Hersh, R. Doyle Stulting, David Muller, Daniel S. Durrie, Rajesh K. Rajpal, Perry S. Binder, Eric D. Donnenfeld, Daniel Durrie, David R. Hardten, Peter S. Hersh,...> ;Ophthalmology. 2017 Sep 1
1 citations
Removal and Repositioning of Intracorneal Ring Segments: Improving Corneal Topography and Clinical Outcomes in Keratoconus and Ectasia.
Kahei Chan, Peter S Hersh> ;Cornea. 2017 Feb 1
Removal and Repositioning of Intracorneal Ring Segments: Improving Corneal Topography and Clinical Outcomes in Keratoconus and Ectasia.
Chan, K., Hersh, P. S.> ;Cornea. 2016 Dec 6
28 citations
Intraoperative corneal thickness change and clinical outcomes after corneal collagen crosslinking: Standard crosslinking versus hypotonic riboflavin.
Elan Rosenblat, Peter S. Hersh> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2016 Apr 1
1 citations
Getting Double Crossed
Peter S. Hersh, Grace Lytle, Marc D. Friedman> ;Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2016 Jan 1
11 citations
Use of a hydrogel sealant in epithelial ingrowth removal after laser in situ keratomileusis.
Sandhya S. Ramsook, Peter S. Hersh> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2015 Dec 1
2 citations
New intrastromal corneal reshaping procedure using high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses.
Tae-hee Han, Deng Li, Peter S. Hersh, Szymon Suckewer> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2015 Jun 1
41 citations
Transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus: six-month results.
Sebastian P. Lesniak, Peter S. Hersh> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2014 Dec 1
14 citations
Corneal collagen cross-linking: a review of 1-year outcomes.
Clark Y. Chang, Peter S. Hersh> ;Eye & Contact Lens. 2014 Nov 1
81 citations
Characteristics influencing outcomes of corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and ectasia: implications for patient selection.
Steven A. Greenstein, Peter S. Hersh> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2013 Aug 1
75 citations
Effect of topographic cone location on outcomes of corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia.
Steven A. Greenstein, Kristen Fry, Peter S. Hersh> ;Journal of Refractive Surgery. 2012 Jun 1
47 citations
Patient subjective visual function after corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia.
Nneka O. Brooks, Steven A. Greenstein, Kristen Fry, Peter S. Hersh> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2012 Apr 1
84 citations
Higher-order aberrations after corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia.
Steven A. Greenstein, Kristen Fry, Matthew J. Hersh, Peter S. Hersh> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2012 Feb 1
80 citations
In vivo biomechanical changes after corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia: 1-year analysis of a randomized, controlled, clinical trial.
Steven A. Greenstein, Kristen Fry, Peter S. Hersh> ;Cornea. 2012 Jan 1
124 citations
Corneal topography indices after corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia: one-year results.
Steven A. Greenstein, Kristen Fry, Peter S. Hersh> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2011 Jul 1
44 citations
Relationship of age and refraction to central corneal thickness.
Archna Prasad, Kristen Fry, Peter S. Hersh> ;Cornea. 2011 May 1
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Press Mentions

$Refractive Year Characterized by Expanding Array of Treatment Choices$
Refractive Year Characterized by Expanding Array of Treatment ChoicesDecember 1st, 2017
Sustained-Release Drug Therapies Emerge for Dry Eye, Glaucoma in 2015December 9th, 2015
$System for the Treatment of Corneal Ectasia Following Refractive Surgery$
System for the Treatment of Corneal Ectasia Following Refractive SurgeryJuly 19th, 2016