Joseph M. Ortiz, MD Board Certified Ophthalmologist
Joseph M. Ortiz, M.D. is a graduate of Swarthmore College and earned his medical degree from New York Medical College. He completed a one year residency in pathology at Yale University which was followed by a National Institute of Health fellowship in ocular pathology at the Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ortiz completed his Ophthalmology residency 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 Moorfield's Eye Hospital in London.

Dr. Ortiz is a diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology and a member of the American Glaucoma Society. He has been practicing in the Philadelphia area since 1983 specializing in glaucoma management and combined cataract-glaucoma surgery. Dr. Ortiz is a co-author of the ophthalmic reference book "A Color Atlas of Scleritis" .

Dr. Ortiz has been married to wife Paula for 30 years. They have two children: Isaac and Zahra. In his free time he enjoys fishing, travel, films and spending time with his family.