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:
- Predictability of Success for Combined iStent Inject Trabecular Bypass Implantation and Phacoemulsification in the Subsequent Eye
- Outcomes of Preserflo MicroShunt Implantation in Patients With Refractory Glaucoma
- Association of Systemic Medication Use With Glaucoma and Intraocular Pressure
- Impact of Anterior Chamber Washout During Ahmed Valve Glaucoma Surgery on the Incidence of Hypertensive Phase
- Efficacy and Safety of 180° vs 360° SLT in Patients With Open-Angle Glaucoma and Glaucoma Suspects
- Risk of Open-Angle Glaucoma in Individuals With Untreated Hypertension
- Risk Factors and Management of Choroidal Effusions
- Risk Factors Associated With Baerveldt Glaucoma Drainage Implantation for Uveitic Glaucoma
- Effectiveness and Safety of XEN45 Gel Stent Implantation in Patients With High Myopia and Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Choroidal Microvasculature Dropout in the Absence of Parapapillary Atrophy in Eyes With POAG