Sharona B. Ross, MD, FACS, is a Remarkable Advanced GI and Hepatobiliary Surgeon with AdventHealth Tampa in Tampa, FL

Sharona B. Ross, MD, FACS, is a well-versed advanced gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgeon who diagnoses and treats patients at AdventHealth Tampa in Tampa, FL. At AdventHealth Tampa, she is the Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy, the Founder and Director of the Women in Surgery Career Symposium, as well as the Director of the Advanced GI and HPB Surgery Fellowship at the Digestive Health Institute. Furthermore, Dr. Ross is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. An advocate of minimally invasive surgery techniques, she continues to develop new techniques and instrumentation to improve its safety and application. She has an impressive professional journey that spans fifteen years. Her area of expertise is robotic and single incision laparoscopic operations for disorders of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, pancreas, gallbladder, and liver. Prior to relocating to the United States for her education, Dr. Ross completed her two-year military service in the Israel Defense Forces. She then attended the American University in Washington, D.C for her undergraduate education which she acquired Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude before enrolling in medical school. For more information about Dr. Sharona B. Ross, please visit https://www.adventhealth.com/find-doctor/doctor/sharona-ross-md-1114189503.

One of the first surgeons in the United States to undertake Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) surgery, Dr. Ross was voted a Patient Preferred Surgeon by the Patient Preferred Physicians and Surgeons in 2020. Highly sought after for her expertise, she has participated as a presenter, moderator, or key-note speaker at over 100 events. She has authored over 110 peer-reviewed publications and 30 news articles. Dr. Ross has given over 160 operative videos presentations in addition to over 100 oral presentations. She serves on the editorial board of several surgical journals, including the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research, the ISRN Minimally Invasive Surgery, Annals of Surgery, the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, the Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons. In 2018, she was awarded the Nina Starr Braunwald Award by the Association of Women Surgeons. Dr. Ross feels that her success is primarily attributable to having support from her family, having great mentors, as well as being focused and goal oriented. Outside her work, she dedicates the little spare time she has to Harley riding, horseback riding, playing golf, and Skeet shooting. For more information about Dr. Sharona B. Ross, please visit https://women-in-surgery.com/faculty/.

Sharona B. Ross, MD, FACS, attended the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., and received her medical degree in 2001. Her general surgery residency followed at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine (2001-2006), where she earned her Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery, HepatoPancreaticoBiliary (HPB) and Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Fellowship. Furthermore, Dr. Ross conducted her fellowship in gastroenterology within the Division of Digestive Disorders and Nutrition in the Department of Medicine at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. In addition, he completed his fellowship training in hematology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, Dr. Ross received board certification in general surgery from the American Board of Surgery. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, she remains an active member of the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, the SouthEastern Surgical Congress, and the Florida Medical Association. For more information about Dr. Sharona B. Ross, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/8136010-Sharona-Ross-Surgeon.