Dr. Ashley E. Ross is a clinician-scientist who specializes in urology and urological oncology.
Dr. Ross received his doctorate of philosophy in biochemistry and molecular biology and his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he graduated as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Society. He completed a general surgery internship and urology residency at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, where he then remained on faculty and rose to the rank of associate professor of Urology and Oncology. There he additionally lead the Urology Prostate Cancer Program and was co-director of the Prostate Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Clinic.
Dr. Ross has led research efforts in basic science, translational and clinical arenas and published over 100 original articles, editorials and book chapters. He is currently the associate editor of the Journal of Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases and the journal Urology and the Annals of Surgical Oncology; he also serves on the editorial board of the British Journal of Urology and Urology Practice. His work has interrogated the molecular mechanisms that drive cancers and explored the use of small molecule agents and immunotherapies as novel therapeutics. Dr. Ross has been recognized with numerous awards and honors, including the Johns Hopkins Clinical Scientist Award, Department of Defense Prostate Cancer PTRA Award, Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Award and a Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award.
Currently Dr. Ross practices as a physician with Texas Oncology Practice Associates, Texas Urology Specialists and Mary Crowley Cancer Research.