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 Outcomes of Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant Shunts as a Primary Procedure
- Bleb Needling With Augmented Mitomycin C May Not Always Be the Best Approach in Late Trabeculectomy Failure
- Racial Differences in the Effects of Hormone Therapy on Incident Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Safety and Efficacy of Micropulse Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation in Glaucoma
- Practical Tips to Improve Glaucoma Diagnosis and Monitoring
- The Usefulness of Brimonidine as the Fourth Anti-Glaucoma Eye Drop
- Increased Risk of Open-Angle Glaucoma Among Patients With Diabetes
- OCT-A Macular Vascular Density Measurements and the Central 10-2 Visual Field in Glaucoma
- OCT Angiography Compared With OCT Macular Measurements for Detection of Glaucoma
- Glaucoma Specialist Optic Disc Margin, Rim Margin, and Rim Width Discordance in Glaucoma and Glaucoma Suspect Eyes