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John J. Ross, M.D.

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I am a clinician and teacher currently practicing hospital medicine at BWH, drawing on a background as a specialist in infectious diseases. I have a strong interest in literature, the medical humanities, and the history of medicine, and have written a book about writers, their illnesses, and their calamitous treatments, entitled Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2012).

I am also one of the editors of Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2017), the major textbook of hospital medicine, now in its second edition.

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  1. Coraor Fried J, Ross JJ, Weiss ZF, Levy BD, Loscalzo J. A Breathtaking Discovery. N Engl J Med. 2023 Feb 02; 388(5):454-459. PMID: 36724332.
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  2. Ross JJ, Koo S, Woolley AE, Zuckerman RA. Blastomycosis in New England: 5 Cases and a Review. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Jan; 10(1):ofad029. PMID: 36726544; PMCID: PMC9887255.
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  3. Ross JJ, Ard KL, Carlile N. Septic Arthritis and the Opioid Epidemic: 1465 Cases of Culture-Positive Native Joint Septic Arthritis From 1990-2018. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Mar; 7(3):ofaa089. PMID: 32258206; PMCID: PMC7100530.
    Citations: 7     
  4. Ross JJ. Septic Arthritis of Native Joints. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2017 06; 31(2):203-218. PMID: 28366221.
    Citations: 58     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  5. Cardoso L, Alves P, Santos F, Ross JJ. Septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Feb 21; 2017. PMID: 28228387; PMCID: PMC5337652.
    Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  6. Farmakiotis D, Ross JJ, Koo S. Candida and Aspergillus infections (chapter). . In: McKean SM, Ross JJ, Dressler D, Scheurer DS, eds. Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2017.
  7. Ross JJ, Ropper AR. Multiple sclerosis (chapter). In: McKean SM, Ross JJ, Dressler D, Scheurer DS, eds. Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2017.
  8. Ross JJ. Urinary tract infections (chapter). In: McKean SM, Ross JJ, Dressler D, Scheurer D, eds. Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2017.
  9. McKean SC, Ross JJ, Dressler D, Scheurer D, eds. Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2017.
  10. Ross JJ, Ropper AR. Multiple sclerosis (chapter). . In: McKean SM, Ross JJ, Ginsberg J, Dressler D, Brotman D, eds. Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2012.
  11. Grad Y, Ross JJ. Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis (chapter). In: McKean SM, Ross JJ, Ginsberg J, Dressler D, Brotman D, eds. Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2012.
  12. Ross JJ. Candida and Aspergillus infections (chapter). In: McKean SM, Ross JJ, Ginsberg J, Dressler D, Brotman D, eds. Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2012.
  13. Ross JJ. Urinary tract infections (chapter). In:. McKean SM, Ross JJ, Ginsberg J, Dressler D, Brotman D, eds. Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2012.
  14. Ross JJ. Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough: Medical Lives of Great Writers. New York: St. Martin's Press. 2012.
  15. McKean SC, Ross JJ, Ginsberg J, Dressler D, Brotman D, eds. Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 1st edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2012.
  16. Ross JJ, Vaidya A, Gavin MC, Morse D, Partridge AH. Interactive medical case. Breathless. N Engl J Med. 2011 Dec 22; 365(25):e47. PMID: 22188008.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  17. Ross JJ, Koo S, Lee AI, Mushlin SB, Milner DA. Interactive medical case. A bird's-eye view of fever. N Engl J Med. 2011 Oct 13; 365(15):e33. PMID: 21995411.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
  18. Ross JJ, Chamarthi B, Greene MF, Dluhy RG. Interactive medical case. A problem in gestation. N Engl J Med. 2011 Aug 18; 365(7):e15. PMID: 21848456.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  19. Blair RJ, Ross JJ, Morris A, Grudberg S. Interactive medical case. A sleeping giant. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 16; 364(24):e53. PMID: 21675883.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  20. Ross JJ, Rogal SS, Ukomadu C. Interactive medical case. A sweet source of abdominal pain. N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 14; 364(15):e30. PMID: 21488761.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  21. Ross JJ, Vaidya A, Kaiser UB. Interactive medical case. Lying low. N Engl J Med. 2011 Feb 10; 364(6):e10. PMID: 21306234.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  22. Hunt S, Miller AL, Schissel S, Ross JJ. A crazy cause of dyspnea. N Engl J Med. 2010 Dec 16; 363(25):e38. PMID: 21158654.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  23. Schaffer AC, Grad Y, Ross JJ. Interactive medical case. Bitter pills. N Engl J Med. 2010 Oct 14; 363(16):e26. PMID: 20942662.
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  24. Ross JJ, Levison JH, Barbieri RL. Interactive medical case. Hard to conceive. N Engl J Med. 2010 Aug 12; 363(7):e11. PMID: 20842776.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  25. Ross JJ, Saavedra A, Vleugels RA, Liu A, Castells MC. Interactive medical case. A rash hypothesis. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 17; 362(24):e69. PMID: 20560180.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  26. Ross JJ, Britton KA, Desai AS, Stevenson WG. Interactive medical case. The beat goes on. N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 15; 362(15):e53. PMID: 20397288.
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  27. Vaidya A, Morris CA, Ross JJ. Interactive medical case. Stalking the diagnosis. N Engl J Med. 2010 Feb 11; 362(6):e16. PMID: 20175296.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  28. Ross JJ, Everett BM, Johnson JA, Miller A. Interactive Medical Case. Painful purple toes. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 17; 361(25):e58. PMID: 20050377.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  29. Ross JJ, Desai AS, Chutkow WA, Economy KE, Dec GW. Interactive medical case. A crisis in late pregnancy. N Engl J Med. 2009 Nov 12; 361(20):e45. PMID: 19916244.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  30. Vaishnava P, Ross JJ, Miller AL, Wolpin BM. Interactive medical case. The writing on the wall. N Engl J Med. 2009 Sep 10; 361(11):e19. PMID: 19750587.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  31. Ross JJ. Early Roman limb transplantation. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 15; 49(4):645. PMID: 19619051.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  32. Ross JJ, Murthy VH, Wu D, Marty FM. Positively false. J Hosp Med. 2009 Mar; 4(3):194-9. PMID: 19301374.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  33. Ross JJ. The many ailments of Herman Melville (1819-91). J Med Biogr. 2008 Feb; 16(1):21-9. PMID: 18463061.
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  34. Ross JJ. Influenza. Hospital Medicine: Just the Facts. McKean SC, Bennett AL, Halasyamani LK, eds. 2008.
  35. Ross JJ. . Antibiotic resistance. Hospital Medicine: Just the Facts. McKean SC, Bennett AL, Halasyamani LK, eds. 2008.
  36. Ross JJ. Community and nosocomial UTI. Hospital Medicine: Just the Facts. McKean SC, Bennett AL, Halasyamani LK, eds. 2008.
  37. Ross JJ. Endocarditis. Hospital Medicine: Just the Facts. McKean SC, Bennett AL, Halasyamani LK, eds. 2008.
  38. Ross JJ. Post Mortem, by Philip Mackowiak (book review). Clin Infect Dis. 2008; 46(1):153-4.
  39. Dhand A, Ross JJ. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator infection due to Brucella melitensis: case report and review of brucellosis of cardiac devices. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 15; 44(4):e37-9. PMID: 17243046.
    Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  40. Ross JJ. A cure for rabies. The Hospitalist. 2007; 11(9):17-8.
  41. Scheurer DB, Ross JJ. Higher risk of recurrence and death from Clostridium difficile infection after initial therapy with metronidazole. Internet Journal of Gastroenterology. 2007; 5(2).
  42. Kireyev D, Del Sesto DJ, Ross JJ. A vascular thigh mass in a patient with AIDS. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 2007; 15:261-2.
  43. Ross JJ. Goats, germs, and fever: Are the pyrin mutations responsible for familial Mediterranean fever protective against Brucellosis? Med Hypotheses. 2007; 68(3):499-501. PMID: 17005326.
    Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
  44. Ross JJ. Angiogenic gene therapy as a potential therapeutic agent in chronic osteomyelitis. Med Hypotheses. 2006; 67(1):161-3. PMID: 16520007.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
  45. Worthington MG, Ross JJ, Bergeron EK. Posttraumatic stress disorder after occupational HIV exposure: two cases and a literature review. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Feb; 27(2):215-7. PMID: 16465645.
    Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
  46. Ross JJ, Levangie D, Worthington MG. Should patients be compelled to undergo HIV testing after a needlestick injury involving a health care worker? Pharos Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Med Soc. 2006; 69(1):32-6. PMID: 16544462.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
  47. Ross JJ. The colony: the harrowing true story of the exiles of Molokai (book review). N Engl J Med. 2006; 355:1075-6.
  48. Ross JJ. The literary animal: evolution and the nature of narrative (book review). JAMA. 2006; 295:1457.
  49. Razi M, Dinerman H, Ross JJ. . Emphysematous pyelonephritis: a dreaded complication of urinary tract infection. Massachusetts Medical Society Annual Meeting, Resident's Competition. 2006.
  50. Ross JJ. Diabetic dilemma: minimize morbidity and mortality in patients affected with foot infections. The Hospitalist. 2006; (October):25-6.
  51. Ross JJ. The genesis of artistic creativity: Asperger’s syndrome and the arts (book review). JAMA. 2006; 296:1532.
  52. Ross JJ. Bacterial meningitis: frequently asked questions. The Hospitalist. 2006; (September):37.
  53. Ross JJ, guest editor. Update on musculoskeletal infections. Infect Dis Clin North Am, Volume 19, Issue 4. 2005.
  54. Small LN, Ross JJ. Suppurative tenosynovitis and septic bursitis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2005 Dec; 19(4):991-1005, xi. PMID: 16297744.
    Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  55. Ross JJ. Septic arthritis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2005 Dec; 19(4):799-817. PMID: 16297733.
    Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
  56. Small LN, Ross JJ. Tropical and temperate pyomyositis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2005 Dec; 19(4):981-9, x-xi. PMID: 16297743.
    Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  57. Ross JJ. Tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, and infertility: what ailed George Orwell? Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Dec 01; 41(11):1599-603. PMID: 16267732.
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  58. Ross JJ, Davidson L. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis: an emerging clinical syndrome. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2005 Sep; 44(9):1197-8. PMID: 16049047.
    Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  59. Tandon R, Davidoff A, Worthington MG, Ross JJ. Pylephlebitis after CT-guided percutaneous liver biopsy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Mar; 184(3 Suppl):S70-2. PMID: 15728028.
    Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  60. Ross JJ. Shakespeare's chancre: did the bard have syphilis? Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Feb 01; 40(3):399-404. PMID: 15668863.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  61. Ross JJ. The mold in Dr. Florey's coat: the story of the penicillin miracle (book review). Clin Infect Dis. 2005; 40:777-8.
  62. Ross JJ. American plagues: lessons from our battles with disease (book review). N Engl J Med. 2005; 353:535.
  63. Tahir S, Ross JJ. . The changing epidemiology of septic arthritis in the United States. Abstract #320, Infectious Diseases Society of America, 43rd Annual Meeting. 2005.
  64. O'Donnell J (author), Ross JJ (editorial consultant). "Primary and Secondary Syphilis", Physicians' Information and Education Resource (PIER). 2005.
  65. Ross JJ. The knife man: the extraordinary life and times of John Hunter, father of modern surgery (book review). N Engl J Med. 2005; 353:2412-3.
  66. Ross JJ. . Never let me go (book review). JAMA. 2005; 293:2667.
  67. Drees M, Ross JJ. Septic arthritis: treat early to minimize morbidity. J Musculoskel Med. 2005; 22:161-71.
  68. Ross JJ, Hu LT. Bacterial and Lyme Arthritis. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2004 Oct; 6(5):380-387. PMID: 15461889.
    Citations: 1     
  69. Kosmidou IS, Aggarwal A, Ross JJ, Worthington MG. Hodgkin' s disease with fulminant non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Dig Liver Dis. 2004 Oct; 36(10):691-3. PMID: 15506670.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  70. Ross JJ, Shamsuddin H. Sternoclavicular septic arthritis: review of 180 cases. Medicine (Baltimore). 2004 May; 83(3):139-148. PMID: 15118542.
    Citations: 79     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  71. Ross JJ. A young man from Nantucket. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Apr 15; 38(8):1139-40, 1186-7. PMID: 15101387.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  72. Ross JJ, Worthington MG. Bilateral sixth nerve palsy in West Nile meningoencephalitis. J Neuroophthalmol. 2004 Mar; 24(1):97-8. PMID: 15206452.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  73. Sudhakar SS, Ross JJ. Short-term treatment of actinomycosis: two cases and a review. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Feb 01; 38(3):444-7. PMID: 14727221.
    Citations: 43     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  74. Ross JJ. Infections of the central nervous system, 3rd edition (book review). JAMA. 2004; 292:1893-4.
  75. Worthington MG, Ross JJ. Aseptic meningitis and acute HIV syndrome after interruption of antiretroviral therapy: implications for structured treatment interruptions. AIDS. 2003 Sep 26; 17(14):2145-6. PMID: 14502028.
    Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  76. Ross JJ, Hu LT. Septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis: review of 100 cases. Medicine (Baltimore). 2003 Sep; 82(5):340-5. PMID: 14530783.
    Citations: 47     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  77. Ross JJ, Cooley JS, Lee DL. Septic thrombophlebitis of the hepatic veins after colonoscopy: a case report. Gastrointest Endosc. 2003 Jul; 58(1):155-6. PMID: 12838249.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  78. Worthington MG, Ross JJ. Smallpox and smallpox vaccination. N Engl J Med. 2003 May 08; 348(19):1920-5; author reply 1920-5. PMID: 12740967.
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  79. Ross JJ, Narayan G. Infection rates of the LifeSite hemodialysis access system. Kidney Int. 2003 May; 63(5):1963; author reply 1963. PMID: 12675892.
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  80. Ross JJ, Saltzman CL, Carling P, Shapiro DS. Pneumococcal septic arthritis: review of 190 cases. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 01; 36(3):319-27. PMID: 12539074.
    Citations: 52     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  81. Ross JJ, Worthington MG, Gorbach SL. Resistance to levofloxacin and failure of treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 04; 347(1):65-7; author reply 65-7. PMID: 12097545.
    Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  82. Ross JJ, Narayan G, Bergeron EK, Worthington MG, Strom JA. Infections associated with use of the LifeSite Hemodialysis Access System. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 01; 35(1):93-5. PMID: 12060883.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  83. Ross JJ, Katz JD. Cryptococcal meningitis and sarcoidosis. Scand J Infect Dis. 2002; 34(12):937-9. PMID: 12587633.
    Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
  84. McCoy C, Masters P, Maroun C, Worthington M, Ross JJ. . Outcomes of a pharmacist-driven intravenous to oral fluoroquinolone antibiotic interchange program. American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2001.
  85. McCoy C, Masters P, Worthington M, Ross JJ, Gaunt RC, D’Amore R. . Antibiotic utilization in the treatment of resistant Gram-positive organisms. American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2001.
  86. Ross JJ, Keeling DN. Cutaneous blastomycosis in New Brunswick: case report. CMAJ. 2000 Nov 14; 163(10):1303-5. PMID: 11107468; PMCID: PMC80341.
    Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
  87. Ross JJ, Shapiro DS. Evaluation of the computer program GIDEON (Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network) for the diagnosis of fever in patients admitted to a medical service. Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Mar; 26(3):766-7. PMID: 9524864.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  88. Ross JJ, Shapiro DS. Evaluation of the GIDEON database in the identification of aerobic Gram-negative bacilli. Abstract C386, American Society for Microbiology, 96th General Meeting. 1996.
  89. Ross JJ, Griffiths JK. . The changing epidemiology of malaria in Boston, 1980-1994. Abstract #376, Infectious Diseases Society of America, 33rd Annual Meeting. 1995.
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