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 the Proximal Location of Optic Disc Hemorrhage and Glaucoma Progression
- Significance of Drug-Induced Angle-Closure Glaucoma
- RNFL Thinning in the Unaffected Contralateral Eyes of Patients With Unilateral Normal-Tension Glaucoma
- 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