Staff Physician in Oncology
Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem
Jerusalem, Israel
Ross A. Abrams, MD graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and subsequently trained in and became Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, and Hematology.
Following 5 years of practice in Hematology and Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wis. Dr. Abrams trained as a Radiation Oncologist and subsequently remained in academic medicine in Radiation Oncology; first, at Tufts New England Medical Center and then at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center in Baltimore, MD where he rose to the rank of Professor.
In 2004 Dr. Abrams left Johns Hopkins to become the Frank Hendrickson, MD Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, ILL. from where he retired from full time practice in 2018 and now is on staff at the Hadassah Oncology Center in Jerusalem, Israel.
Dr. Abrams primary research interests are in the adjuvant therapy of pancreatic cancer with chemoradiation, and in the clinical management of sarcoma and lymphoma. He is an author or co-author on 181 peer reviewed articles and was active in the research activities of the RTOG and NRG in gastrointestinal cancer for over 30 years prior to his retirement from full time practice.