William A Ross, MD, MBA
Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepat,& Nutr, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1999 | Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, MBA, Finance |
| 1982 | University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA, MD |
| 1978 | University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA, BS, cum laude Biological Sciences |
Postgraduate Training
| 1995-1995 | Fellowship Therapeutic Biliary Endoscopy, Nihon University Medical School, Tokyo |
| 1985-1987 | Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 1984-1985 | Clinical Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 1983-1984 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA |
| 1982-1983 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
Board Certifications
| 2017 | Certified in Medical Quality (CMQ) |
| 1994 | Geriatrics |
| 1987 | Gastroenterology - Lifetime |
| 1985 | Internal Medicine - Lifetime |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate, Digestive and Liver Disease Consultants, Houston, TX, 2001 - 2002
Sr. Partner, Lake Charles Medical and Surgical Clinic, Lake Charles, LA, 1994 - 2001
Associate, Fort Bend Gastroenterology, Missouri City, TX, 1992 - 1993
Partner, Lake Charles Medical and Surgical Clinic, Lake Charles, LA, 1987 - 1992
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Quality Officer for the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepat,& Nutr, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - Present
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Krishna SG, Bhattacharya A, Li F, Ross WA, Ladha H, Porter K, Atiq M, Bhutani MS, Lee JH. Diagnostic Differentiation of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor From Other Neoplastic Solid Pancreatic Lesions During Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration. Pancreas 45(3):394-400, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26418912.
- Lynch PM, Burke CA, Phillips R, Morris JS, Slack R, Wang X, Liu J, Patterson S, Sinicrope FA, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Half E, Bulow S, Latchford A, Clark S, Ross WA, Malone B, Hasson H, Richmond E, Hawk E. An international randomised trial of celecoxib versus celecoxib plus difluoromethylornithine in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. Gut 65(2):286-95, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25792707.
- Krishna SG, Bhattacharya A, Ross WA, Ladha H, Porter K, Bhutani MS, Lee JH. Pretest prediction and diagnosis of metastatic lesions to the pancreas by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 30(10):1552-60, 2015. PMID: 25867963.
- Raju GS, Lum PJ, Slack RS, Thirumurthi S, Lynch PM, Miller E, Weston BR, Davila ML, Bhutani MS, Shafi MA, Bresalier RS, Dekovich AA, Lee JH, Guha S, Pande M, Blechacz B, Rashid A, Routbort M, Shuttlesworth G, Mishra L, Stroehlein JR, Ross WA. Natural language processing as an alternative to manual reporting of colonoscopy quality metrics. Gastrointest Endosc 82(3):512-9, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25910665.
- Bektas M, Krishna SG, Ross WA, Weston B, Katz MH, Fleming JB, Lee JH, Bhutani MS. Prevalence of extra-pancreatic cysts in patients with cystic pancreatic lesions detected by endoscopic ultrasound. Endosc Ultrasound 4(3):219-24, 2015. PMID: 26374580.
- Ghouri YA, Krishna SG, Kundu UR, Bhutani MS, Lee JH, Ross WA. Erratum to: A Case Series and Literature Review of Merkel Cell Carcinoma Metastasizing to Pancreas. Dig Dis Sci 60(7):2211, 2015. PMID: 25976625.
- Ghouri YA, Krishna SG, Kundu UR, Bhutani MS, Lee JH, Ross WA. A case series and literature review of Merkel cell carcinoma metastasizing to pancreas. Dig Dis Sci 60(6):1805-12, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25586085.
- Ross WA, Thirumurthi S, Lynch PM, Rashid A, Pande M, Shafi MA, Lee JH, Raju GS. Detection rates of premalignant polyps during screening colonoscopy: time to revise quality standards?. Gastrointest Endosc 81(3):567-74, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25583558.
- Krishna SG, Li F, Bhattacharya A, Ladha H, Porter K, Singh A, Ross WA, Bhutani MS, Lee JH. Differentiation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma from other neoplastic solid pancreatic lesions: a tertiary oncology center experience. Gastrointest Endosc 81(2):370-9, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25442085.
- Sudo K, Xiao L, Wadhwa R, Shiozaki H, Elimova E, Taketa T, Blum MA, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Weston B, Ross WA, Komaki R, Rice DC, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, Maru DM, Skinner HD, Ajani JA. Importance of surveillance and success of salvage strategies after definitive chemoradiation in patients with esophageal cancer. J Clin Oncol 32(30):3400-5, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25225435.
- Krishna SG, Rao BB, Thirumurthi S, Lee JH, Ramireddy S, Guindani M, Ross WA. Safety of endoscopic interventions in patients with thrombocytopenia. Gastrointest Endosc 80(3):425-34, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24721520.
- Taggart MW, Rashid A, Ross WA, Abraham SC. Oesophageal hyperkeratosis: clinicopathological associations. Histopathology 63(4):463-73, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23879628.
- Lee JH, Krishna SG, Singh A, Ladha HS, Slack RS, Ramireddy S, Raju GS, Davila M, Ross WA. Comparison of the utility of covered metal stents versus uncovered metal stents in the management of malignant biliary strictures in 749 patients. Gastrointest Endosc 78(2):312-24, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23591331.
- Wang W, Shpaner A, Krishna SG, Ross WA, Bhutani MS, Tamm EP, Raju GS, Xiao L, Wolff RA, Fleming JB, Lee JH. Use of EUS-FNA in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasm without a definitive mass on CT. Gastrointest Endosc 78(1):73-80, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23523302.
- Wang W, Stroehlein JR, Landon G, Ross WA. Prostate cancer metastatic to the pancreas. J Clin Oncol 31(21):e367-9, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23752113.
- Suzuki R, Lee JH, Krishna SG, Ramireddy S, Qiao W, Weston B, Ross WA, Bhutani MS. Repeat endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for solid pancreatic lesions at a tertiary referral center will alter the initial inconclusive result. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 22(2):183-7, 2013. PMID: 23799217.
- Raju GS, Vadyala V, Slack R, Krishna SG, Ross WA, Lynch PM, Bresalier RS, Hawk E, Stroehlein JR. Adenoma detection in patients undergoing a comprehensive colonoscopy screening. Cancer Med 2(3):391-402, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23930215.
- Atiq M, Bhutani MS, Ross WA, Raju GS, Gong Y, Tamm EP, Javle M, Wang X, Lee JH. Role of endoscopic ultrasonography in evaluation of metastatic lesions to the pancreas: a tertiary cancer center experience. Pancreas 42(3):516-23, 2013. PMID: 23211369.
- Lynch PM, Morris JS, Ross WA, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Posadas J, Khalaf R, Weber DM, Sepeda VO, Levin B, Shureiqi I. Global quantitative assessment of the colorectal polyp burden in familial adenomatous polyposis by using a web-based tool. Gastrointest Endosc 77(3):455-63, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23332604.
- Buxbaum J, Ross W, Tang SJ, Weston B, Raju GS, Eisen GM. Management for patients with tubular adenoma. Gastrointest Endosc 77(3):491.e1; 491.e3, 2013. PMID: 23536928.
- Buxbaum J, Ross W, Tang SJ, Weston B, Raju GS, Eisen GM. Surveillance colonoscopy in patients with a serrated polyp. Gastrointest Endosc 77(3):491.e1; 491.e3-4, 2013. PMID: 23536929.
- Buxbaum J, Ross W, Tang SJ, Weston B, Raju GS, Eisen GM. Are clips useful in the prevention of delayed bleeding after endoscopic mucosal resection?. Gastrointest Endosc 77(3):491.e2; 491.e4, 2013. PMID: 23536930.
- Buxbaum J, Ross W, Tang SJ, Weston B, Raju GS, Eisen GM. Is there a difference in adenoma recurrence by race-ethnicity?. Gastrointest Endosc 77(3):491.e2; 491.e4-5, 2013. PMID: 23536931.
- Suzuki R, Singh H, Ramireddy S, Ross WA, Irisawa A, Bhutani MS. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for smooth benign appearing esophageal stricture due to metastatic breast cancer. Endosc Ultrasound 2(1):35-7, 2013. PMID: 24949363.
- Ajani JA, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Blum MA, Suzuki A, Taketa T, Welsh J, Lin SH, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Ross WA, Maru DM, Macapinlac HA, Erasmus J, Komaki R, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG. Clinical parameters model for predicting pathologic complete response following preoperative chemoradiation in patients with esophageal cancer. Ann Oncol 23(10):2638-42, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22831985.
- Jaganmohan S, Lynch PM, Raju RP, Ross WA, Lee JE, Raju GS, Bhutani MS, Fleming JB, Lee JH. Endoscopic Management of Duodenal Adenomas in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis-A Single-Center Experience. Dig Dis Sci 57(3):732-7, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21960285.
- Atiq M, Bhutani MS, Bektas M, Lee JE, Gong Y, Tamm EP, Shah CP, Ross WA, Yao J, Raju GS, Wang X, Lee JH. EUS-FNA for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Tertiary Cancer Center Experience. Dig Dis Sci 57(3):791-800, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21964743.
- Ross WA, Alousi AM. Making the diagnosis of gastrointestinal GVHD: is evaluation of the ileum necessary?. Bone Marrow Transplant 47(3):321-2, 2012. PMID: 22395763.
- Singal AK, Ross WA, Guturu P, Varadhachary GR, Javle M, Jaganmohan SR, Raju RP, Fleming JB, Raju GS, Kuo YF, Lee JH. Self-Expanding Metal Stents for Biliary Drainage in Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Single-Center Experience with 79 Cases. Dig Dis Sci 56(12):3678-84, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21750930.
- Kim HN, Alousi AM, Lee JH, Qiao W, Xiao L, Ross WA. Role of ERCP in patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Gastrointest Endosc 74(4):817-24, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21802682.
- Raju RP, Jaganmohan SR, Ross WA, Davila ML, Javle M, Raju GS, Lee JH. Optimum palliation of inoperable hilar cholangiocarcinoma: comparative assessment of the efficacy of plastic and self-expanding metal stents. Dig Dis Sci 56(5):1557-64, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21222156.
- Kountourakis P, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Rice DC, Komaki R, Maru DM, Ross WA, Vaporciyan A, Swisher SG, Ajani JA. Combined modality therapy of cT2N0M0 esophageal cancer: the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience. Cancer 117(5):925-30, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20960497.
- Weston BR, Ross WA, Liu J, Lee JH. Clinical outcomes of nitinol and stainless steel uncovered metal stents for malignant biliary strictures: is there a difference?. Gastrointest Endosc 72(6):1195-200, 2010. PMID: 21111871.
- Ross WA, Egwim CI, Wallace MJ, Wang M, Madoff DC, Lee JH. Outcomes in Lymphoma Patients with Obstructive Jaundice: A Cancer Center Experience. Dig Dis Sci 55(11):3271-7, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20632106.
- Shureiqi I, Chen D, Day RS, Zuo X, Hochman FL, Ross WA, Cole RA, Moy O, Morris JS, Xiao L, Newman RA, Yang P, Lippman SM. Profiling Lipoxygenase Metabolism in Specific Steps of Colorectal Tumorigenesis. Cancer Prev Res (Phila Pa). e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20570882.
- Ross, WA. Colorectal cancer screening in evolution: Japan and the USA. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 25(Suppl. 1):S49-S56, 2010. PMID: 20586866.
- Das P, Jiang Y, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Ross WA, Mansfield PF, Ajani JA. Multimodality approaches to localized gastric cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 8(4):417-25, 2010. PMID: 20410334.
- Weston BR, Iyer RB, Qiao W, Lee JH, Bresalier RS, Ross WA. Ability of integrated positron emission and computed tomography to detect significant colonic pathology: the experience of a tertiary cancer center. Cancer 116(6):1454-61, 2010. PMID: 20143447.
- Ross WA, Wasan SM, Evans DB, Wolff RA, Trapani LV, Staerkel GA, Prindiville T, Lee JH. Combined EUS with FNA and ERCP for the evaluation of patients with obstructive jaundice from presumed pancreatic malignancy. Gastrointest Endosc 68(3):461-6, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18384788.
Invited Articles
- Ross WA, Lee JH. Endoscopic approach to tracheoesophageal fistulas in adults. Tech Gastrointest Endosc 10(4):155-163, 2008.
Editorials
- Ross WA. Small-bowel imaging: multiple paths to the last frontier. Gastrointest Endosc 68(6):1117-21, 2008. PMID: 19028219.
Abstracts
- Petersen BT, Kahaleh M, Kozarek RA, Loren DE, Gupta K, Kowalski TE, Freeman M, Chen YK, Branch MS, Edmundowicz SA, Binmoeller KF, Baron TH, Gluck M, Ayub K, Shah RJ, Kinney TP, Ross WA, Jowell PS. A Multi-Site, Single Arm, Prospective Study of a New Nitinol, Self-Expanding, Biliary Fully-Covered Stent for the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 67(5):AB232, 2008.
- Weston BR, Iyer RB, Lee JH, Ross WA. Clinical Significance of Incidental 18F-FDG Uptake in the Colon On PET/CT: Colonoscopic Findings in a Case Control Study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 67(5):AB82-AB83, 2008.
- Weston BR, Ross WA, Davila ML, Lee JH. Clinical Outcomes and Performance of Nitinol and Stainless Steel Uncovered Metal Stents for Malignant Biliary Strictures. Is There a Difference?. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 67(5):AB170, 2008.
- Lee JH, Davila RE, Ross WA, Davila ML. Self-Expandable Metal Stents in the Management of Benign and Malignant Colorectal Obstruction. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 67(5):AB316-AB317, 2008.
Book Chapters
- Lee JH, Ross WA. Invasive/Interventional Gastroenterology. In: Medical Care of the Cancer Patients. BC Decker, 285-291, 2009.
- Ross WA. Graft vs Host Disease and Immunologic Complications. In: Medical Care of Cancer Patients. BC Decker, 278-284, 2009.
Letters to the Editor
- Tan D, Ross WA. Colorectal polyps: clinical significance of endoscopic and pathologic correlation. Am J Clin Pathol 129: 659-60; author reply 660, 2008.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified August 02, 2024