Kelly Ross, MD

Associate Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University WVU Cancer Institute

Department:

Department of Medical Oncology

Classification:

Faculty

• MD, University of Pittsburgh, 2010

Ross K, Gillespie-Twardy AL, Agha M, Raptis A, Hou JZ, Farah R, Redner RL, Im A, Duggal S, Ding F, Lin Y, Boyiadzis M.  Intensive chemotherapy in patients aged 70 years or older newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.  Oncol Res 2015;22(2):85-92.

Gutman J, Ross KG, Smith C, Myint H, Lee, C-K, Salit R, Milano F, Delaney C, Gao D, Pollyea DA. Chronic GVHD Burden and Late Transplant Complications Are Lower Following Adult Cord Blood versus MURD Transplant. Bone Marrow Transplant 2016 Dec;51(12):1588-1593.

Ross KG, Gutman JA. Conditioning regimens for cord blood transplants.  In Cord Blood Transplant. (2017)

Submitted for Publication

Fei N, Shah N, Cumpston A, Wen S, Ross KG, Craig M, Kanate A. Low-dose acyclovir prophylaxis for varicella zoster reactivation in autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients.  Submitted to Transplant Infectious Disease (2017).

Awards and Honors:

Undergraduate

2001-2005   Ben Franklin Scholar (University of Pennsylvania Honor Program)

2004-2005   Dean’s List, University of Pennsylvania

2003-2005   Delta Phi Alpha German Honor Society

2005   Graduated Cum Laude

Post-Baccalaureate

2005-2006  Fulbright Scholarship to Germany

Graduate

2007  T-35 NIH Grant for research in Hematology/Oncology

Professional Committees and Scientific Societies:

2006-2010         American Medical Student Association

2006-2010         American Medical Association

2006-2013         Pennsylvania Medical Society

2006-2013         Allegheny County Medical Society

2009-2010         American College of Physicians

2014-2016         American Society of Clinical Oncology

2013-present     American Society of Hematology

2015-present     American Society of Bone Marrow Transplant

Dr. Kelly Ross completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2005) and MD from the University Of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2010).  She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2013), Hematology/Oncology Fellowship (2015) and her Bone Marrow Transplant Fellowship at the University of Colorado in Denver, Colorado (2016). 

During her academic career, Dr. Ross received several prestigious awards, including a Fulbright Scholarship.  She is a member of the American Society of Hematology, American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation and the West Virginia Oncology Society.  She is Board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Oncology, and currently serves as chair of the Transfusion Committee at WVU as well as serving on the Promotion and Tenure Committee.  She has several published and submitted publications.

Dr. Ross joined the Hematology/Oncology Section at West Virginia University as an Assistant Professor in the Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation Program (WVU Cancer Institute) in 2016.  Her particular areas of interest include acute myeloid leukemia and umbilical cord blood transplant.

She speaks English and German and was a member of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus prior to coming to WVU.

Grants and Contracts:

2007  T-35 NIH Grant, Hematology/Oncology Research Assistant under Anthony Brickner, PhD, $3,500.

Research:

Undergraduate

2003-2004  Research Assistant, Mentor: Nancy Cooke, MD in the Endocrine/Genetics Department at the University of Pennsylvania

Post-Baccalaureate

2005   Investigating the role of HIV-1 vpr (viral protein R) on cellular expression of lipodystrophy-associated genes using real-time PCR.  Mentor: Velpandi Ayyavoo, PhD, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh.

Graduate

2007   Research Assistant, Mentor: Anthony Brickner, PhD, Department of Hematology/Oncology at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

2008-2009   Reviewing the incidence of awareness in the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, between 01/00 and 12/08.  Mentor: Ibtesam Hilmi, MB CHB, FRCA.

Post-Graduate

2011-2012  Evaluating outcomes of induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia in patients over age 70, between 2000-2011.  Mentor: Dr. Michael Boyiadzis

2013-2016  Writing and organizing a phase I investigator-initiated clinical trial for relapsed AML using cyclophosphamide and arsenic. Comparing rates of GVHD and infection in matched unrelated donor versus dual umbilical cord blood bone marrow transplant.  Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Gutman

Research Interests

1. Acute Myeloid Leukemia
2. Umbilical cord blood transplant
3. Graft versus host disease

Medical Specialties

• Cancer / Oncology
• Hematological Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplant
• Hematology/Oncology (Cancer)
• Medical Oncology (Cancer)

Board Certifications

• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Special Training

• Fellowship, Bone Marrow Transplant Fellowship
  University of Colorado Hospital, 2016
• Fellowship, hematology/oncology
  University of Colorado Hospital, 2015
• Residency, Internal Medicine
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2013