WikiTree ID:Ross-24309
James was the son of James and Anne Ross.
He received his MB at University of Toronto in 1878 and studied in London, Berlin, Leipzig, and Vienna, before returning to London to be licensed by the Royal College of Physicians in 1880.
He married Adelaide Mary Gooderham at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada on December 14, 1882.
Upon return to Toronto, he joined his father's general practice and speciliased in Gynaecology and abdominal surgery. Dr. James Frederick William Ross taught medicine at the University of Toronto starting in 1886, later becoming professor of Gynaecology of U of T, later becoming chair of the department, as well as chief of the Gynaecology service at Toronto General Hospital in 1903.
He earned an international reputation through his research and leadership. Over the course of his career, he published approximately 70 papers, including notable early work on ectopic pregnancy, uterine cancer, and refinement to the hysterectomy procedure.
He also served as president of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1897 and of the Ontario Medical Association in 1904.
Dr. Ross died after a motor car crash in Richmond Hill.
WikiTree ID:Ross-24309
James was the son of James and Anne Ross.
He received his MB at University of Toronto in 1878 and studied in London, Berlin, Leipzig, and Vienna, before returning to London to be licensed by the Royal College of Physicians in 1880.
He married Adelaide Mary Gooderham at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada on December 14, 1882.
Upon return to Toronto, he joined his father's general practice and speciliased in Gynaecology and abdominal surgery. Dr. James Frederick William Ross taught medicine at the University of Toronto starting in 1886, later becoming professor of Gynaecology of U of T, later becoming chair of the department, as well as chief of the Gynaecology service at Toronto General Hospital in 1903.
He earned an international reputation through his research and leadership. Over the course of his career, he published approximately 70 papers, including notable early work on ectopic pregnancy, uterine cancer, and refinement to the hysterectomy procedure.
He also served as president of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1897 and of the Ontario Medical Association in 1904.
Dr. Ross died after a motor car crash in Richmond Hill.
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