Thomas R. Ortiz
Clinical Associate Professor Family Medicine @Hackensack Meridian School Of Medicine
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WORK HISTORY
Clinical Associate Professor Family Medicine @Hackensack Meridian School Of Medicine
Clinical Volunteer Faculty teaching medical student how to deliver quality primary care family services to an underserved and vulnerable population.
EDUCATION
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
MD, Family Medicine
Upsala College
BS Biochemistry, Pre Med
SKILLS
ABOUT THOMAS R. ORTIZ
Announcement: About our founder, Thomas Ortiz, MD, FAAFPA board certified Family Physician, Dr. Ortiz has been in the private practice of Family Medicine as the Founder and Medical Director of Forest Hill Family Health Associates, PA in Newark, NJ since 1984. Building on experience, in 2010 we were nationally recognized by NCQA as a Patient Centered Medical Home and maintain this recognition currently.A graduate of Rutgers NJMS, as a public health professional, Dr. Ortiz has successfully advocated for access to Primary Care and Health Care justice for the poor, the underserved and the disenfranchised. A long time champion for health care reform, Dr. Ortiz has served on many local and statewide task forces, commissions and committees, representing Primary Care medicine and Health Information Technology, receiving peer recognition awards community service awards and accolades.Dr. Ortiz continues to lead for Primary Care infrastructure development, clinical team integration, payment reform, technology innovation, interoperability and an advocate for Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) principles for health care delivery. Leading MDs and other NJ health care stake holders, Dr. Ortiz served as past president and past chairman of the NJ Academy of Family Physicians, representing over 1800 FPs and other PCPs in NJ. He formally served as the Consultant Medical Director for NJ Innovations Institute- Garden Transformation Network at NJIT.In community service, Dr. Ortiz currently serves as Medical Director for the Center of Excellence for Latino Health at Clara Maass Medical Center. He has formally served on the Board of Trustees, Executive Committee as the chairman of the Population Care Committee of the Greater Newark Health Care Coalition.\"At Forest Hill Family Health Associates, we believe that quality health care is a right, not a privilege and is dedicated to the provision of accessible, quality, comprehensive, patient centered, primary care services to the most vulnerable populations and families in the inner city\".
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