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:
- Involvement of the Papillomacular and Papillofoveal Bundles in Early Glaucoma Detected Using Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Optical Texture Analysis
- The Role of Trabeculectomy in the Era of Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery
- Rates of Visual Field Change in Patients With Glaucoma and Healthy Individuals
- Comparing the Structure–Function Relationship in Glaucoma Using Optical Microangiography in the Peripapillary RNFL
- Incidence and Risk Factors of Primary Angle Closure Disease in Multi-Ethnic Asian Population
- Anterior Chamber Angle Changes in PACG Following Phacoemulsification vs Phacotrabeculectomy
- Long-Term Outcomes of Schlemm’s Canal Microstent Plus Cataract Surgery vs Cataract Surgery Alone
- IOP Control Predicts Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thinning in Primary Angle Closure Disease
- Differentiating Compressive Optic Neuropathy From Glaucoma Using Bruch Membrane Opening MRW and pRNFL Measurements
- Efficacy of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty for Lowering IOP in Post-Trabeculectomy Eyes