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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. Association of Intraocular Pressure With Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thinning in Patients With Glaucoma
  2. Outcomes of Endocyclophotocoagulation Plus Phacoemulsification in Patients With Surgically Naive Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
  3. Visual Field Outcomes of the Treatment for Advanced Glaucoma Study in Patients With Open-Angle Glaucoma
  4. Accuracy of Macular Thickness Map and Texture En Face Images for Detecting Glaucoma in Eyes With Axial High Myopia
  5. Outcomes of Prolene GATT in Patients With Primary Open Angle and Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma
  6. Outcomes of Primary SLT vs Eye Drops in Patients With Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
  7. Effect of Testing Frequency on the Time to Detect Glaucoma Progression With OCT and OCT Angiography
  8. Comparing 10-2 vs 24-2 Perimetry to Diagnose Glaucoma Using OCT as an Independent Standard
  9. Effect of Corneal Hysteresis on the Rates of Microvasculature Loss in Glaucoma
  10. 24-2 SITA Standard vs 24-2 SITA Faster in Perimetry-Naïve Normal Subjects

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