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:
- Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma With Normal IOP at First Visit
- Comparison Between 90-Degree and 360-Degree Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty
- Detection of OCT Suspicious Rim Tissue in Glaucoma and Glaucoma Suspect Eyes by Glaucoma Specialists
- Predicting the Outcome of Laser Peripheral Iridotomy for Primary-Angle Closure Suspect Eyes Using AS-OCT
- Predictors of Outcome in Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in Patients With Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma
- Using Kalman Filtering to Forecast Disease Trajectory for Patients With Normal Tension Glaucoma
- Measuring Disability in Glaucoma
- Long-Term Outcomes of Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant Shunts as a Primary Procedure
- Bleb Needling With Augmented Mitomycin C May Not Always Be the Best Approach in Late Trabeculectomy Failure
- Racial Differences in the Effects of Hormone Therapy on Incident Open-Angle Glaucoma