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:
- Patterns of Progressive Ganglion Cell-Inner Plexiform Layer Thinning in Glaucoma Detected by OCT
- Managing Late-Onset Hypotony With an Adaptive Surgical Approach After Trabeculectomy With Mitomycin C
- Safety and Efficacy of Micropulse Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation for Refractory Glaucoma
- Inter-Eye Asymmetry of OCT-A Vessel Density in Bilateral Glaucoma, Glaucoma Suspect, and Healthy Eyes
- Safety and Efficacy of Laser Peripheral Iridotomy in Primary Angle Closure
- Systemic Medication Associations With Presumed Advanced or Uncontrolled Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Predictors of Lens Extraction After Laser Peripheral Iridotomy
- Worse Meibomian Gland Performance in Glaucomatous Patients With Long-Term Instillation of IOP-Lowering Medications
- New Developments in OCT for Glaucoma
- New Treatment Paradigm for Angle Closure Glaucoma