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:
- Accuracy of Macular Thickness Map and Texture En Face Images for Detecting Glaucoma in Eyes With Axial High Myopia
- Outcomes of Prolene GATT in Patients With Primary Open Angle and Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma
- Outcomes of Primary SLT vs Eye Drops in Patients With Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
- Effect of Testing Frequency on the Time to Detect Glaucoma Progression With OCT and OCT Angiography
- Comparing 10-2 vs 24-2 Perimetry to Diagnose Glaucoma Using OCT as an Independent Standard
- Effect of Corneal Hysteresis on the Rates of Microvasculature Loss in Glaucoma
- 24-2 SITA Standard vs 24-2 SITA Faster in Perimetry-Naïve Normal Subjects
- Association Between Microvasculature Dropout and Normal-Tension Glaucoma Progression
- Glaucoma Treatment Outcomes in Patients of African Descent With OAG
- Efficacy of Combined Phacoemulsification and Goniosynechialysis in Primary Angle–Closure Disease With Different Degrees of Peripheral Anterior Synechiae