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:
- Age as a Risk Factor for Steroid-Induced Ocular Hypertension
- Virtual Reality Simulation to Identify Vision-Related Disability in Glaucoma
- Evaluating the Impact of Asymmetric Peripheral Vision Loss on Everyday Function
- Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty vs Medication for Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Tear and Aqueous Humor Cytokine Profile in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Predictors of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty Success in Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension
- Schlemm’s Canal and Trabecular Meshwork Features in Highly Myopic Eyes With Early IOP Elevation After Surgery
- Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency After Glaucoma Surgery
- Use of Contact Lenses to Optimize Optical Coherence Tomography Scans of the Optic Nerve in Open-Angle Glaucoma Suspects
- Age and Mean Deviation Affect Rate of Glaucomatous Vision Loss