A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Sharona B. Ross, MD, FACS, is a remarkable gastroenterologist with expertise in advanced gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery and robotic and minimally invasive surgery. She serves patients as Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Florida Hospital Tampa in Tampa, Florida, and treats a wide range of conditions, including but not limited to Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD), bile duct obstruction, achalesia (difficulty swallowing), pancreatic masses and cancer, esophageal masses and cancer, stomach ulcer disease, gallbladder disease, stomach tumors, masses and lesions, hepatitis, liver damage, cirrhosis and liver cancer. Dr. Ross also acts as Foregut & HPB MIS Surgeon and Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida. Prior to her current endeavors at Florida Hospital Tampa, Dr. Ross embraced the responsibilities of her role as Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery and the Director of Surgical Endoscopy in the Department of Surgery at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. In that capacity, she founded and directed the USF’s Women in Surgery Initiative. Furthermore, Dr. Ross acts as the Program Director/Chair of the Annual International Women in Surgery Career Symposium. She is highly esteemed as one of the first surgeons in the United States to undertake Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) surgery. Today, she carries on her work related to the development of new techniques and instrumentation to improve the safety and application of LESS surgery. As a thought leader in American medicine, Dr. Ross continues to advance Minimally Invasive Surgery. She practices alongside Dr. Alexander Rosemurgy at The Southeastern Center for Digestive Disorders & Pancreatic Cancer, Advanced Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery at Florida Hospital Tampa, which provides laparoscopic endoscopic single site surgery to adults as a treatment for such medical conditions as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and various other diseases. For more information about Sharona B. Ross, MD, FACS, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/Sharona-Ross-Gastroenterologist-Tampa-Florida-33613.
