Joseph M Ortiz MD
Consultant in Ophthalmology, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PennsylvaniaJoseph M. Ortiz, MD is a graduate of Swarthmore College and earned his medical degree from New York Medical College. He did one year of anatomical pathology at Yale-New Haven Hospital which was followed by a NIH fellowship in ocular pathology at the Scheie Eye Institute-University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ortiz completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the Scheie Eye Institute. 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 Hospital in London.
Dr. Ortiz 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, NJ.
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, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the American Association of Ophthalmic Oncologists and Pathologists and the American Medical Association.
Disclosures
Joseph M. Ortiz, MD, has no financial arrangement or affiliation with a corporate organization or a manufacturer of a product discussed in this supplement.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Plateau Iris and Severity of Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma
- Neovascular Glaucoma in Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Temporal Raphe Sign as a Predictive Factor for Glaucoma Conversion in Elderly Patients With Large Optic Disc Cupping
- Outcomes Differences Between First-Operated and Fellow Eyes in Bilateral XEN Stent Implantation
- Disc Hemorrhages Are Associated With the Presence and Progression of Glaucomatous Central Visual Field Defects
- Bimatoprost Implant in Open-Angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
- Glaucomatous Progression After Lens Extraction in Primary Angle Closure Disease Spectrum
- The eyeWatch Device vs the Ahmed Valve in Refractory Glaucoma
- Diagnosing Glaucoma With Spectral-Domain OCT Using a Deep-Learning Classifier
- A New Definition of Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy