Joseph M. Ortiz MD
Consultant in Ophthalmology, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PennsylvaniaDr. Joseph Ortiz is a consultant in ophthalmology at Abington Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania. He was formerly Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Head of the Glaucoma Division and Associate Resident Program Director at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Previously, he held a similar position at Cooper Hospital – UMDNJ in Camden, New Jersey.
He is a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology and a fellow of the American Board of Ophthalmology, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (UK), and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He is a member of the American Glaucoma Society, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the American Association of Ophthalmic Oncologists and Pathologists, and the American Medical Association.
Dr. Joseph M. Ortiz earned his medical degree from New York Medical College, following which he did 1 year of anatomical pathology at Yale – New Haven Hospital, which was then followed by an NIH fellowship in ocular pathology at the Scheie Eye Institute – University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his residency in ophthalmology. This was followed by a glaucoma fellowship at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, England. He completed a concurrent fellowship in ocular immune disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Long-Term Intraocular Pressure and Visual Outcomes in Aniridric Glaucoma
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
- 2021 Top Story in Eye Care: Risk Factors for Primary Angle Closure and Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma
- Factors Associated With Laser Trabeculoplasty Response Duration
- Ocular Biometric Risk Factors and Primary Angle Closure Disease Progression
- Visual Outcomes in Eyes With NVG and ASNVWG
- IOP Elevation Following Intravitreal Anti–VEGF Injections
- Effects of Achieving Target IOP on Visual Field Worsening
- Rescue of Failed XEN-45 Gel Implant by Nd:YAG Shock Wave
- Singapore Asymptomatic Narrow Angles Laser Iridotomy Study