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:
- Practice Patterns in Glaucoma Drainage Device Technique
- OCTA Artifacts in Glaucoma
- OCT RNFL Thinning Predictive of Faster Visual Field Loss in Glaucoma
- Is Laser Trabeculoplasty the New Star in Glaucoma Treatment?
- Nylon Wick Technique in Nonvalved Aqueous Shunt Surgery
- Clinical Outcomes in Acute Primary Angle Closure Treated With Early Phacoemulsification vs Laser Peripheral Iridotomy
- Intraocular Pressure Telemetry for Managing Glaucoma During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Anatomical Changes and Predictors of Angle Widening After Laser Peripheral Iridotomy
- Reduced Pulsatile Trabecular Meshwork Motion in Eyes With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Central Versus Far Peripheral Visual Fields in the Assessment of Functional Disability in Glaucoma