Robert M. Greenberg, MD

Professional overview

RWJBarnabas Health currently lists Robert M. Greenberg, MD, on its ECT team and identifies his specialties as psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry.

RWJBarnabas Health described Dr. Greenberg in a 2021 article as the ECT Medical Director for its Behavioral Health Network. Because that article is historical, the title is not presented here as a current appointment without direct confirmation.

Career and training

Dr. Greenberg’s supplied professional biography describes more than four decades of work in geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and ECT. It lists prior clinical and academic roles at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn and NYU School of Medicine, medical education at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and internship and psychiatry residency training at New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center.

These roles describe his career history; they are not presented as current academic appointments.

Research and professional contribution

The National Library of Medicine credits Dr. Greenberg as a co-author of peer-reviewed work from the Prolonging Remission in Depressed Elderly (PRIDE) study, including the randomized continuation ECT study published in 2016 and a 2018 quality-of-life analysis. PubMed also records his 2005 co-authored review of ECT in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

This biography summarizes professional history only. It does not provide individual medical advice or make a treatment recommendation. Readers learning about treatment can review the site's separate educational overview of ECT.

Clinical contribution to Advanced Depression Care

Dr. Greenberg contributed clinical feedback on ECT’s role in severe depression and on the interpretation of memory research. The resulting articles explain why urgency and severity matter, how modern ECT techniques differ, and why recovery on cognitive tests must be distinguished from personal memory gaps.

• ECT vs. TMS for depression
• ECT and memory loss
• Questions to ask a treatment center

These resources support a conversation with a treating clinician. They do not establish a physician-patient relationship or replace an individual assessment.