Richard Blake Ross, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Publications

• Ward MC, Ross RB, Koyfman SA, Lorenz R, Lamarre ED, Scharpf J, Burkey BB, Joshi NP, Woody NM, Prendes B, Houston N, Reddy CA, Greskovich JF, Adelstein DJ. Modern Image-Guided Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Oropharynx Cancer and Severe Late Toxic Effects: Implications for Clinical Trial Design. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Dec 1;142(12):1164-1170. PubMed PMID: 27438230
• Ross RB, Koyfman SA, Reddy CA, Houston N, Geiger JL, Woody NM, Joshi NP, Greskovich JF Jr, Burkey BB, Scharpf J, Lamarre ED, Prendes B, Lorenz RR, Adelstein DJ, Ward MC. A matched comparison of human papillomavirus-induced squamous cancer of unknown primary with early oropharynx cancer. Laryngoscope. 2018 Jun;128(6):1379-1385. PubMed PMID: 29086413
• Ross RB, Rabinovitch RA. Radiation recall after COVID-19 infection. Lancet Oncol. 2022 Apr;23(4):e197. PubMed PMID: 35358468
• Piper M, Ross RB, Hu J, Watanabe S, Knitz M, Mehrotra S, Shulick R, Chiaro MD, Karam SD. Vasculitis, CA19-9, and Perineural Invasion Differentially Predict Response and Surgical Outcome in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Jul 1;116(3):627-639. PubMed PMID: 36599398
• Piper M, Hoen M, Darragh LB, Knitz MW, Nguyen D, Gadwa J, Durini G, Karakoc I, Grier A, Neupert B, Van Court B, Abdelazeem KNM, Yu J, Olimpo NA, Corbo S, Ross RB, Pham TT, Joshi M, Kedl RM, Saviola AJ, Amann M, Umaña P, Codarri Deak L, Klein C, D'Alessandro A, Karam SD. Simultaneous targeting of PD-1 and IL-2Rß? with radiation therapy inhibits pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis. Cancer Cell. 2023 May 8;41(5):950-969.e6. PubMed PMID: 37116489
• Franklin O, Sugawara T, Ross RB, Rodriguez Franco S, Colborn K, Karam S, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M. Adjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Radiotherapy for Resected Pancreatic Cancer After Multiagent Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug;31(8):4966-4975. PubMed PMID: 38789615
• Ross RB, Gadwa J, Yu J, Darragh LB, Knitz MW, Nguyen D, Olimpo NA, Abdelazeem KNM, Nguyen A, Corbo S, Van Court B, Beynor J, Neupert B, Saviola AJ, D'Alessandro A, Karam SD. PPARa Agonism Enhances Immune Response to Radiotherapy While Dietary Oleic Acid Results in Counteraction. Clin Cancer Res. 2024 May 1;30(9):1916-1933. PubMed PMID: 38363297
• Darragh LB, Nguyen A, Pham TT, Idlett-Ali S, Knitz MW, Gadwa J, Bukkapatnam S, Corbo S, Olimpo NA, Nguyen D, Van Court B, Neupert B, Yu J, Ross RB, Corbisiero M, Abdelazeem KNM, Maroney SP, Galindo DC, Mukdad L, Saviola A, Joshi M, White R, Alhiyari Y, Samedi V, Van Bokhoven A, St John M, Karam SD. Sensory nerve release of CGRP increases tumor growth in HNSCC by suppressing TILs. Med. 2024 Mar 8;5(3):254-270.e8. PubMed PMID: 38423011
• Kowalchuk RO, Niranjan A, Hess J, Antonios JP, Zhang MY, Braunstein S, Ross RB, Pikis S, Deibert CP, Lee CC, Yang HC, Langlois AM, Mathieu D, Peker S, Samanci Y, Rusthoven CG, Chiang V, Wei Z, Lunsford LD, Trifiletti DM, Sheehan JP. Stereotactic radiosurgery and local control of brain metastases from triple-negative breast cancer. J Neurosurg. 2023 Jun 1;138(6):1608-1614. PubMed PMID: 36433878
• Witek ME, Woody NM, Musunuru HB, Hill PM, Yadav P, Burr AR, Ko HC, Ross RB, Kimple RJ, Harari PM. Defining high-risk elective contralateral neck radiation volumes for oropharynx cancer. Head Neck. 2022 Feb;44(2):317-324. PubMed PMID: 34761832
• Abramson M, Glezerman IG, Srinivasan M, Ross R, Flombaum C, Gutgarts V. Hypophosphatemia and FGF23 tumor-induced osteomalacia in two cases of metastatic breast cancer. Clin Nephrol. 2021 Feb;95(2):104-111. PubMed PMID: 33191899
• Tom MC, Ross RB, Koyfman SA, Adelstein DJ, Lorenz RR, Burkey BB, Shah C, Suh JH, Bolwell BJ, Savage C, Platz S, Ward MC. Clinical Factors Associated With Cost in Head and Neck Cancer: Implications for a Bundled Payment Model. J Oncol Pract. 2019 Jun;15(6):e560-e567. PubMed PMID: 31009283
• Varra V, Ross RB, Juloori A, Campbell S, Tom MC, Joshi NP, Woody NM, Ward MC, Xia P, Koyfman SA, Greskovich JF Jr. Selectively sparing the submandibular gland when level Ib lymph nodes are included in the radiation target volume: An initial safety analysis of a novel planning objective. Oral Oncol. 2019 Feb;89:79-83. PubMed PMID: 30732963

Professional Memberships

• ASTRO, Member
• ASCO, Member

Practice Locations

Specialty Information

• Radiation Oncology

• Cancers
• Cancers - Brain Cancer
• Cancers - Head and Neck Cancer
• Cancers - Kidney Cancer
• Cancers - Lymphoma
• Cancers - Pancreatic Cancer
• Cancers - Prostate Cancer
• Cancers - Radiation Therapy