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:
- Ripasudil May Be a Beneficial Addition to Maximum Medical Therapy in Glaucoma
- Thirteen-Year Follow-Up of Optic Disc Hemorrhages in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study
- Post-Surgery Visual Field Progression Rates in Patients With Glaucoma
- 2016 Top Stories in Eye Care: Will ROCK Inhibitors Replace Prostaglandins for Glaucoma?
- OCT Angiography Analysis of Perfused Peripapillary Capillaries to Identify Glaucoma
- Myopia Increases Sensitivity to IOP Following Glaucoma Surgery
- Exercise Slows Progression of Visual Field Defects
- Ganglion Cell Complex Measurements for Differentiating Between Patients With Different Degrees of Glaucoma
- Interocular RNFL Thickness Symmetry as a Diagnostic Modality for Glaucoma
- Odds of Detecting Glaucoma Progression With Structural and Functional Tests