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:
- Ganglion Cell–Inner Plexiform Layer and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Changes in Glaucoma Suspects Help Predict Glaucoma
- Long-Term Outcomes of Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation Within the First 2 Years of Life
- Outcomes of Ahmed and Baerveldt Drainage Device Surgery in Pediatric Glaucoma Following Cataract Surgery
- Efficacy of Repeat Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in Medication-Naïve Open-Angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
- Systemic Medications That May Modulate the Risk of Glaucoma
- Effect of Trabeculectomy on OCT Measurements of the Optic Nerve Head Neuroretinal Rim Tissue
- OCT Assessment of Risk Factors for Visual Acuity Decline After Trabeculectomy in Patients With Advanced Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Outcomes of Micropulse Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation in Eyes With Good Central Vision
- Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty vs Topical Medication as Initial Glaucoma Treatment
- Deep-Learning Classifiers for Automated Detection of Gonioscopic Angle Closure Based on Anterior-Segment OCT Images