Faculty | Infectious Diseases Division

Robert Gross, MD, MSCE

Associate Professor of Medicine

Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Member, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine Cancer Center

Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Member, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Co-Director, Center for AIDS Research Clinical Core, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

Department: Medicine

Contact information

804 Blockley Hall
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021

Office: 215-898-2437
Fax: 215-573-5315

Email:
grossr@mail.med.upenn.edu

Graduate Group Affiliations

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Publications

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Links
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Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics faculty webpage.

Education:
B.A. (Italian)
Cornell University , 1986.
M.D.
Cornell University, 1991.
M.S.C.E. (Pharmacoepidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2000.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, 1991-1992.
Resident in Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, 1992-1994.
Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, 1995-1998.
Fellow in Pharmacoepidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, 1996-1999.

Certifications
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1995.
Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1997.
Epidemiology, American College of Epidemiology, 2001.

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Description of Research Expertise

HIV clinical epidemiology; outcomes of HIV treatment; adherence to therapy including development of methods to measure adherence

Description of Clinical Expertise

HIV; infectious diseases

Selected Publications

Lowenthal ED, Ellenberg JH, Machine E, Sagdeo A, Boiditswe S, Steenhoff AP, Rutstein R, Anabwani G, Gross R.: Association between efavirenz-based compared with nevirapine-based antiretroviral regimens and virological failure in HIV-infected children. JAMA 309(17): 1908-9, May 1 2013.

Bamford L, Ellenberg J, Hines J, Vinnard C, Jasani A, Gross R, : Factors Associated with Acceptance of Rapid HIV Testing in an Urban Emergency Department AIDS and Behavior March 2013.

Gross R, Bellamy S, Chapman J, Han X, O’Duor J, Palmer S, Houts P, Coyne J, Strom BL: Managed Problem Solving for Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence: A Randomized Trial Running Head: MAPS Adherence Trial JAMA Internal Medicine Page: 1-7, Jan 2013.

Liu H, Wilson I, Goggin K, Nancy Reynolds N, Simoni J, Golin C, Rosen M, Gross R, Wagner G, Remien R, Schneiderman N, Erlen J, Arnsten J, Bangsberg D : MACH14: A Multi-Site Collaboration on ART Adherence Among 14 Institutions AIDS and Behavior(1), 127-41, Jan 2013.

Lo Re III V, Teal V, Localio R, Amorosaa V, Kaplan D, Gross R.: Adherence to Hepatitis C Virus Therapy in HIV/Hepatitis C-Coinfected Patients AIDS and Behavior(1), 94-103, Jan 2013.

Lowenthal ED, Ellenberg JH, Machine E, Sagdeo A, Boiditswe S, Steenhoff AP, Rutstein R, Anabwani G, Gross R : Association Between Efavirenz-Based Vs Nevirapine-Based Antiretroviral Regimens and Virologic Failure in HIV-Infected Children. JAMA in press, 2013.

Zetola NM, Modongo C, Kip EC, Gross R, Bisson GP, Collman RG.: Alcohol use and abuse among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Botswana. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis(11), 1529-34, November 2012.

Merlin JS, Westfall AO, Raper JL, Zinski A, Norton WE, Willig JH, Gross R, Ritchie CS, Saag MS, Mugavero MJ. : Pain, Mood, and Substance Abuse in HIV: Implications for Clinic Visit Utilization, ART Adherence, and Virologic Failure. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 61(2): 164-70, Oct 2012.

Steenhoff AP, Redwood A, Pettifor JM, Hove J, Bisson GP, Mosepele M, Pusoesele P, Thakur R, Kovarik C, Gross R.: Vitamin D Status in HIV Infected Patients with and without Tuberculosis: A Pilot Study. JAIDS 61(2): 21-3, Oct 2012.

Azzoni L, Foulkes AS, Firnhaber C, Yin X, Xiang ZQ, Li Y, Stevens W, Gross R, Ertl HC, Sanne I, Montaner LJ. : Antiretroviral Therapy Interruptions Result in Loss of Protective Humoral Immunity to Neoantigens in HIV-Infected Individuals. AIDS 26(11): 1355-1362, July 2012.