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Curriculum Vitae

Certifications:

American Board of Facial Plastic & Recon. Surgery - 1998

American Board of Otolaryngology - 1995

National Board of Medical Examiners - 1990

Undergraduate:

BA of Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

Medical School:

University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Residency & Fellowships:

General Surgery Internship:

Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachuettes

Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Residency:

Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston Massachuettes

Fellowship:

Perkins Facial Plastic Surgery Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

Societies - Memberships - Affiliations:

AMA, FMA, AAFPRS, AAO-HNS, ABFPRS, Florida Society of Facial Plastic Surgery, Seminole County Medical Society (Secretary 2004, President 2005), HealthSouth Surgical Center (Chief of Staff 1999), Hardin Memorial Hospital (Ethics Committee 1997-1999), Hardin La Rue County Medical Society (Secretary 1997)

Recognition

Dr. Gross is a certified diplomate of the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a highly selective group consisting of only 750 qualified surgeons throughout the world. Its members are board-certified, focusing on plastic and reconstructive surgery of the face, eyes, nose, ears, head and neck. They are called upon for the most complex cases for their surgical skills and detailed knowledge of perhaps the most challenging of all areas human anatomy.

Why is this specialization important?

As knowledge of surgery has expanded over the years, more surgeons have chosen to sub specialize- notably in plastic surgery, and most importantly in facial plastic surgery, due to the complex anatomy of the face. As demand has arisen for these new cutting edge specialists, the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS) was founded in 1986 to meet this public need.

The ABFPRS was organized to recognize facial plastic surgeons who had moved beyond initial certification. Other requirements include two-day written and oral examinations (psychometrically validated), peer review of at least fifty facial plastic surgery cases per year over two years, appropriate medical licensing, and adherence to the ABFPRS code of ethics. The ABFPRS written and oral examinations are statistically valid and meet or exceed ABMS standards. To achieve certification, one must have successfully completed an ACGME-approved residency training in one of the two fields comprehensively addressing facial plastic surgery head and neck surgery or general plastic surgery. This differentiates the ABFPRS from those other boards that certify in areas outside of their respective physicians' ACGME training. The ABFPRS (unlike other cosmetic surgery boards) is accepted by every state medical board including Florida. The ABFPRS has certified more than 750 surgeons throughout the United States and Canada. ABFPRS certification assures the patient that his or her surgeon is a qualified specialist in facial plastic surgery.

Publications:

Gross,EJ, Hamilton MM, Ackermann K, Perkins SW.

Mersilene Mesh Chin Augmentation: A 14 -Year Experience.

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. September 1999;1:183-189.

Research:

"IL-1 Inhibits Biosynthesis and Release of Insulin from Rat Pancreatic Islet Cells"; Gross,E., Rabinovitch, A, M.D.

Diabetes Research Group, University of School of Medicine.

September 1986

"Safety and Efficacy of Stapedectomy vs. Stapedotomy"

A review of case records at University of Miami School of Medicine, Dept. of Otolaryngology.

Under supervision of J.R. Chandler, M.D. and L. Grobman, M.D. April 1988

Immunohistochemical Staining and Mapping of Rat AuditoryCortex. Under supervision of M.F. Feldman, Ph.D.