Douglas A. Ross, MD, FACS

Chairperson, Department of Surgery, Clinical Vice President, Surgical Service Line

Otolaryngologist Dr. Douglas Ross, MD, FACS, is chairperson of the Department of Surgery and clinical vice president of Surgery at St. Vincent’s.

Previously, Dr. Ross has held numerous positions at Yale New Haven Medical Center. Most recently, he served as vice chief and program director in otolaryngology at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, and as professor in the otolaryngology section in the department of surgery at Yale University School of Medicine.

For the last nine years, Dr. Ross has received the Best Doctors Award from Best Doctors in America®, part of Best Doctors, Inc. (an international company serving more than 10 million people in 30 countries). Other awards include Connecticut Magazine’s Best ENT Doctors, a certificate of honor from the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, awards from the New England Otolaryngology Society in 1994 and 2007, and Consumer Research Council of America’s Top Surgeons Award in Head and Neck Surgery 2009. 

St. Vincent's ENT program was named number one in Fairfield County Ct. for ENT services by US News and World Report.  He is world-renowned for his surgical techniques in head and neck cancer and sinus surgery.