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:
- Surgery Outcomes of Prolene Suture Gonioscopy-Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy and Associated Prognostic Factors
- Visual Field Improvement After the Initiation of Intraocular Pressure–Lowering Therapy
- Association Between Intraocular Pressure Reduction and Progression of Highly Myopic Glaucoma
- Optic Disc Microvasculature Dropout in Preperimetric Glaucoma
- Outcomes of Trabeculectomy and Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation in Patients With Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome
- Long-Term Outcomes of Transscleral Diode Laser Cyclophotocoagulation in Patients With Refractory Glaucoma
- Effect of Lens Status on the Outcomes of Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation
- Biomechanical and Vascular Metrics in the Eyes of Patients With Asymmetric and Symmetric Glaucoma
- Associations of Long-Term Fluctuations in Blood Pressure and Ocular Perfusion Pressure With Visual Field Progression in Normal-Tension Glaucoma
- Clinical Outcomes Associated With Open vs Closed Conjunctival Implantation of the XEN45 Gel Stent