Professor of Clinical Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Doctor Howard M. Ross, MD is an expert in the field of Colon & Rectal Surgery. He studied medicine at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He received awards:"Inside Jersey Top Doctors for Cancer", "Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors", "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area", "Philadelphia Magazine" and "Fellow (FACS)". Howard Ross is also a published MD. He has 10 paper published. The most recent paper is: Prophylactic antibiotics for hemorrhoidectomy: are they really needed? Howard Ross accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

---

• Prophylactic antibiotics for hemorrhoidectomy: are they really needed?
• Endoscopy and polyps-diagnostic and therapeutic advances in management.
• Adoption of laparoscopic colectomy: results and implications of ASCRS hands-on course participation.
• The development of physician confidence during surgical and medical internship.
• Laparoscopic colon resection for polyps: a good novice case?
• The current management of Rectal cancer.
• Early multi-institution experience with single-incision laparoscopic colectomy.
• Operative surgery for enterocutaneous Fistula.
• Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is a determinant of hypoxia-induced apoptosis in colon Cancer cell lines.

Schools

---

• University Of Rochester School Of Medicine and Dentistry

Procedures Preformed

---

• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Colectomy
• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• View All

Conditions Treated

---

• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Anal Fistula
• AnoRectal Abscess
• View All

Doctors Specialties

---

• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

---

• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• Personal Choice PPO
• Regional Pref Network EPO
• Regional Pref Network HMO
• Regional Pref Network HMO+
• Regional Pref Network POS+
• Regional Pref Network PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Commercial Insurance Company
• CoreSource
• Coventry Health America PPO
• Coventry Health Care of Delaware PPO
• Emblem Health
• GHI PPO
• Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) PPO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• GEHA
• Choice Care PPO
• Keystone Health Plan East HMO
• MagnaCare
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Freedom Plan
• QualCare
• Oxford Liberty
• United Healthcare

Awards

---

• Inside Jersey Top Doctors for Cancer
• Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors
• Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
• Philadelphia Magazine
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

---

• University of Connecticut
• University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Hospital

---

• Riverview Medical Center

Drug Facts

---

NPI NUMBER		1982634978
NPPES Provider LastName		ROSS
NPPES Provider FirstName		HOWARD
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		191405103
NPPES Provider State		PA
Specialty Description		Colorectal Surgery (formerly proctology)
Total Claim Count		54.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		17.0
Percent Opioid Claims		31.48

Helpful Reviews

---

Give Anonymous Review

Medicare Facts

---

National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1982634978
Last Name Of The Provider	ROSS
First Name Of The Provider	HOWARD
View All

Similar Doctors

---

	Dr. Kristen B. Mason, MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
	Dr. Matthew T. Feeley, MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
	Dr. Amir M. Zamani, MD
	Dr. Austin D. Williams, MD
	Dr. Jon S. Ivey, MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
	Dr. Maryalice Cheney, MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
	Dr. Matthew M. Philp, MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
	Dr. Pinckney J. Maxwell, MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended. This doctor has more publications
	Dr. Eugene P. Hughes Jr., MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
	Dr. Cary B. Aarons, MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended. This doctor has more publications
	Dr. Stephen J. Pilipshen, MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
	Dr. John L. Rombeau, MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended. This doctor has more publications
	Dr. Najjia N. Mahmoud, MD This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended. This doctor has more publications

---

Doctor Directory | TOS | twitter | FB | Angel | blog