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:
- Optic Disc Measures in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Macular Damage in Glaucoma Is Associated With Deficits in Facial Recognition
- Gait and Balance as Predictors and/or Mediators of Falls in Glaucoma
- Discriminating Glaucomatous and Compressive Optic Neuropathy
- Management of the Glaucoma Patient Progressing at Low/Normal IOP
- Age as a Risk Factor for Steroid-Induced Ocular Hypertension
- Virtual Reality Simulation to Identify Vision-Related Disability in Glaucoma
- Evaluating the Impact of Asymmetric Peripheral Vision Loss on Everyday Function
- Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty vs Medication for Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Tear and Aqueous Humor Cytokine Profile in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma