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:
- 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
- Classification of VF Abnormalities in Highly Myopic Eyes Without Pathological Change
- Effect of Prior Endoscopic Cyclophotocoagulation on Subsequent Trabeculectomy Outcomes
- Predictors of Early-Onset Glaucoma
- Correlation Between Enlargement of RNFLD Angle and Visual Field Progression
- Structural and Functional Differentiation Between Compressive and Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy
- Long-Term Outcomes of Viscocanalostomy and Phaco-Viscocanalostomy in Patients With Narrow-Angle Glaucoma
- Clinical Outcomes of Ahmed ClearPath Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation in Glaucomatous Eyes