Douglas Ross

Dr. Ross graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1977, completed his residency and fellowship training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and has been on staff since 1983. He is Co-Director of Thyroid Associates at Massachusetts General Hospital. His endocrine practice concentrates on thyroid disorders, with an emphasis on hyperthyroidism, thyroid cancer and thyroid nodules. Procedures include radioiodine treatment for hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer, and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules.

Research

Dr. Ross has recently done outcome research for patients with micropapillary thyroid cancer using the National Thyroid Cancer Treatment Cooperative Study Group.

Departments, Centers, & Programs:

• Cancer Center
  • Cancer Risk Assessment
  • Endocrine Tumors
  • Parathyroid Tumors
  • Thyroid Tumors
• Endocrinology
• Thyroid

Clinical Interests:

• Endocrinology
• Thyroid disorders

Medical Education

• MD, Harvard Medical School
• Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital

American Board Certifications

• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Publications

• Dr. Ross is Thyroid Editor of UpToDate, and author of over 40 UpToDate topics.

He also has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, several of which involve outcome analysis for the National Thyroid Cancer Treatment Cooperative Study Group.