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Joseph Ortiz MD

Joseph M. Ortiz MD

Consultant in Ophthalmology, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania

Dr. 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:

  1. Technology and the Glaucoma Suspect
  2. Baseline Retrobulbar Blood Flow Is Associated With Glaucomatous Progression
  3. Intraocular Pressure Reduction After Phacoemulsification vs Manual Small-Incision Cataract Surgery
  4. Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty for Open-Angle Glaucoma
  5. Progression of Visual Field Loss in Glaucoma Patients With Progressive Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thinning
  6. Sequential Glaucoma Drainage Implants in Refractory Glaucoma
  7. Needle Revision With 5-FU for Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Filtering Blebs
  8. Double-Organ Bias in Glaucoma Trials
  9. 2015 Top Stories in Eye Care: Glaucoma
  10. The Patient Perspective on Vision Loss in Glaucoma

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