Medical and surgical management of congenital and acquired abnormalities of the genitourinary tract in infants, children, and adolescents. Primary academic interest has been in pediatric urological oncology.
Jonathan H. Ross, MD, is board-certified in urology and pediatric urology. His special interests include urinary tract and genital abnormalities in children; kidney, bladder and testicle tumors in children; and minimally invasive therapies. His research interest is in pediatric urological oncology, including childhood tumors of the kidney (Wilm’s tumor), bladder and testicles. A nationally recognized expert in pediatric urology and urologic oncology, Ross has published more than 60 research papers and editorials in peer-reviewed medical journals, and authored or co-authored more than 40 textbook chapters on his specialty.
1982 Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society, Amherst College
1982 Frank Fowler Dow Prize, Amherst College
1982 John Woodruff Simpson Scholarship for Graduate Studies, Amherst College
1982
1982 Longway Scholarship ‑ $ 20,000
1984 Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society (Secretary)
1986 Hewlett‑Packard Top Medical Graduate Award
1986 Graduation with Honors in Academics and Research
2013 Scholarship in Teaching Award 2013, Case
2014 Scholarship in Teaching Award, Case
2014 Urology Department Teacher of the Year, Case
2019 Urology Department Teacher of the Year, Case
Selected bibliography:
Ross J., Kay R., and Elder J.: Testis sparing surgery for pediatric epidermoid cysts of the testis. J Urol., 149:353‑356, 1993.
Grady, R., Ross, J.Kay: R. Patterns of metastatic spread in prepubertal yolk sac carcinoma of the testis. J Urol., 153:1259‑1261, 1995.
Grady, R, Ross, J, and Kay, R: Epidemiologic features of testicular teratomas in a prepubertal population. J Urol, 158:1191‑1192, 1997
Thomas JC, Ross JH and Kay R: Stromal testis tumors in children: A report from the prepubertal testis tumor registry. J Urol, 166: 2338-2340, 2001.
Ross, J, Kay, R, Knipper, N, and Streem, S: The absence of crossing vessels in association with ureteropelvic junction obstructions detected by prenatal ultrasonography. J Urol, 160:973‑975, 1998.
Ross, J., Kay, R., and Nasrallah, P.: Contralateral reflux after unilateral ureteral reimplantation in patients with a history of resolved contralateral reflux. J Urol., 154:1171‑1172, 1995.
Ross JH, Rybicki L and Kay R: Clinical behavior and contemporary management algorithm for prepubertal testis tumors: Summary of the Prepubertal Testis Tumor Registry. J Urol, 168: 1675-1679, 2002.
Ponsky LE, Cherullo EE, Banks KL, Ross JH: Laparoscopic transuterine fetal vesicostomy: a feasibility study. J Urol. 172:2391-4, 2004
Wood, H, Kay, R, Angermeier KA and Ross JH: Timing of the presentation of urethrocutaneous fistulae after hypospadias repair in pediatric patients. J Urol 180:1753-6, 2008
Karnak I, Woo L, Shah S, Sirajuddin A and Ross J: Results of a practical protocol for management of prenatally detected hydronephrosis due to ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Pediatr Surg International 25:61-67, 2009
Rescorla FJ, Ross JH, Billmire DF, Dicken BJ, Villaluna D, Davis MM, Krailo M, Cullen JW, Olson TA, Egler RA, Amatruda JF, Rodrigues-Galindo C, Frazier AL: Surveillance after initial surgery for Stage I pediatric and adolescent boys with malignant testicular germ cell tumors: Report from the Children’s Oncology Group. J Pediatr Surg. 50: 1000-1003, 2015
Shaikh F, Cullen JW, Olson TA, Pashankar F, Malogolowkin MH, Amatruda JF, Villaluna D, Krailo M, Billmire DF, Rescorla FJ, Egler R, Dicken BJ, Ross JH, Schlatter M, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Frazier AL: Reduced and compressed cisplatin-based chemotherapy in children and adolescents with intermediate-risk extracranial malignant germ cell tumors: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol, 2017