
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:
- Central Versus Far Peripheral Visual Fields in the Assessment of Functional Disability in Glaucoma
- Effect of Age on Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Loss in Glaucoma
- 2020 Top Stories in Eye Care: Bimatoprost Implant for Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Reach-and-Grasp Deficit in Glaucoma
- Improving the Detection of Glaucoma and Its Progression
- Primary vs Posttrabeculectomy XEN45 Gel Stent Implantation in Pseudophakic Eyes
- Surgical Outcomes of a Second Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implant for the Treatment of Refractory Glaucoma
- Relationship Between Structural Progression and Disc Hemorrhage in Glaucoma
- The Effect of Successful Trabeculectomy on the Ocular Surface and Tear Proteomics
- The Use of e-Health Practices by US Patients With Self-Reported Glaucoma