
Arthur Joseph Decross, M.D.
Contact
Locations
180 Sawgrass Drive, Suite 230, 2nd Floor
Rochester, NY 14620
601 Elmwood Avenue, Ambulatory Care Center, 4th & 5th Floor
Rochester, NY 14642
About Me
Professional Background
Faculty Appointments
Professor - Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology/Hepatology (SMD)
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Gastroenterology, University of Virginia Medical Center. 1991 - 1994
Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 1988 - 1991
Education
MD | Albany Medical College. 1988
Awards
Elected to the AGA Academy of Educators. 2012
Fellowship. 2007
Elected to Fellowship in the American Gastroenterological Association. 2007
1st Place Medical Student Research Poster Competition. 2006
Lawrence A. Kohn Senior Teaching Fellow in recognition of outstanding teaching faculty within the medical community
University of Rochester
2004 - 2005
Lawrence A. Kohn Senior Teaching Fellow in recognition of outstanding teaching faculty within the medical community
University of Rochester
2003 - 2004
Physician's Recognition Award
American Medical Association
2000 - 2000
Physician's Recognition Award
American Medical Association
1997 - 1997
Physician's Recognition Award
American Medical Association
1994 - 1994
Teaching Award
University of Virginia School of Medicine
1994 - 1994
Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. 1991 - 2009
Physician's Recognition Award
American Medical Association
1991 - 1991
Recognition of Exceptional Achievement
Dagget Trust Prize
1988 - 1988
Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society 1987 - 1987
Elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges 1987 - 1987
Elected to Sigma Xi
The Scientific Research Society
1986 - 1986
Associated Medical School's Student Research Awards Program 1986 - 1986
Dean's Certificate for Outstanding Research Endeavors 1986 - 1986
First Place, Human Anatomies
The Daggert Prize in Anatomy
1985 - 1986
First Place, Neuroscience I Award 1985 - 1985
Second Place, Most Outstanding Overall Performance Award 1985 - 1985
Dean's Certificate for Outstanding Research Endeavors 1985 - 1985
New York State Regent's Scholarship (top 25 MCAT scores in NY State) 1985 - 1985
Publications
Journal Articles
The Process of Applying for Gastroenterology Fellowship, Gastro
Decross AJ Proctor D.
2012; 142(7): 1405-1408.
Is Superman Dead?: Should Work-Hour Limitations Apply to Attending Physicians, and Not Just Trainees?
Decross AJ.
AGA Perspectives. 2012; .
Primary Gastric Amyloidosis Presenting as an Isolated Gastric Mass
Rivera R, Decross AJ, Kaul V, Whitney-Miller, C.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2012; 76:1: 186-7.
Zencker's Diverticulitis Secondary to Alendronate Ingestion: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Dysphagia
Sharma R, DeCross AJ.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2011; 73: 368-370.
The Match-Five Years Later
Proctor, DD; DeCross, AJ; Pardi, DS.
Gastro. 2011; 140(1): 15-18.
Zencker's Diverticulitis Secondary to Alendronate Ingestion: A rare cause of recurrent dysphagia.
Sharma R, Decross AJ.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2011; 73: 368-70.
The Match - Five Years Later
Proctor DD, Decross AJ, Pardi DS.
Gastro. 2011; 140(1): 15-18.
Where are all the Academicians that we Recruited?: Reflections of a Program Director
DeCross, AJ.
AGA Perspectives. 2010; 6(4): 9.
Update from the GI Program Directors' Caucus
DeCross, AJ.
American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2010; 105: 2139-2141.
Report fo the American Gastroenterological Association Education and training Committee Task Force on Physician Reentry.
DeCross, AJ; Pardi, D; Proctor, D.
Gastro. 2010; 139(3): e17.
Giving a Voice to GI Fellowship Program Directors- The GI Program Directors' Caucus
DeCross, AJ.
AGA Perspectives. 2010; 6(1).
Where are all the Academicians that we Recruited?: Reflections of a Program Director
Decross AJ.
AGA Perspectives. 2010; 6(4): 9.
Update from the GI Program Director's Caucus
Decross AJ.
American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2010; 105: 2139-41.
Report of the American Gastroenterological Association Education and Training Committee Task Force on Physician Reentry
Decross AJ, Pardi D, Proctor, D.
Gastro. 2010; 139(3): e17.
Giving a Voice to GI Fellowship Program Directors - The GI Program Directors' Caucus
Decross AJ.
AGA Perspectives. 2010; 6(1).
Decross A.
Video - Professional Subject
Management of Hyperemesis Gravidarum with Nasogastric Tube Feeding
Srivatsa, A; Lord, L; DeCross, AJ.
American Journal Gastroenterology. 2005; 100(9): S-190.
Idiopathic Protein-Losing Enteropathy Responsive to High-dose Albumin Infusions, with Spontaneous Remission during Pregnancy
Shaheen, W; DeCross, AJ.
American Journal Gastroenterology. 2005; 100(9): S-215.
Metastatic Adenocarcinoma in a Pregnant 21 yr old Survivor of the Kasai Procedure for Congenital Biliary Atresia
Shaheen, W; DeCross, AJ.
American Jouranl Gastroenterology. 2005; 100(9): S-217.
Using the American Board of Internal Medicine Peer Review Survey As a Pay for Performance Quality Measure in Gastroenterology: The Rochester Individual Practice Association Results to Date
DeCross, AJ.
Gastro. 2005; 128(4).
Idiopathic Hyperammonemia in a Cardiac Transplant Patient
Sampson, B; DeCross, AJ.
American Journal Gastroenterology. 2005; 100(9): S-225.
Comparison of Compliance with Participation in a Colonoscopy Surveillance Program: Physician Initiated vs Patient Initiated Recall
Wilson, JT: DeCross, AJ.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2005; 61(5): AB267.
Analysis of the Current Status of ERCP Training in the US
DeCross, AJ.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2005; 61(5): AB113.
Terminal ileum hemosiderosis in association with hereditary hemochromatosis
Qutob, T; Goldstein, J; Ryan, C; Shah, A; DeCross, A; Sundaram, U.
J. Clinical Gastroenterology. 2004; 38(5): 465.
Adult Onset Appendicitis: Colonoscopy should be part of the routine evaluation in the early post operative period.
Sinha, A; DeCross, AJ; Nazareth, M; Ryan, C; Sundaram, U.
Practical Gastroenterology. 2004; : 74-78.
Management of the Patient with Short Bowel Syndrome
Lord, LM; Schaffner, R; DeCross, AJ; Sax, HC.
AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care. 2004; : 604-618.
Management of the Patient with Short Bowel Syndrome
Lord, LM, Schaffner, R, Decross AJ, Sax, HC.
AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care. 2000; : 604-618.
DeCross AJ, Marshall BJ, McCallum RW, Hoffman SR, Barrett LJ, Guerrant RL
Journal of clinical microbiology.. 1993 August 31 (8):1971-4. Epub 1900 01 01.
The Role of Helicobacter pylori in Acid-Peptic Disease
DeCross, AJ; Marshall, BJ.
The American Journal of Medical Sciences. 1993; 306(96): 381-392.
Eradication of helicobacter pylori: Which Patients, Which Drugs?
DeCross, AJ; Marshall, BJ.
Drug Therapy. 1993; : 25-36.
Rationale for metronidazole Sensitivity Testing (MST) in the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection (Abstract)
DeCross, AJ; Marshall, BJ; McCallum, RW.
Gastroenterology. 1993; 10(4).
The Vacuolating Cytotoxin of Helicobacter pylori: Comparing Isolates from Duodenal Ulcer and Non-ulcer Dyspepsia Patients
DeCross, AJ; Barrett, LJ; Guerrant, RL; Marshall, BJ.
Gastroenterology. 1993; .
The Motility of Helicobacter pylori: Comparing Isolates from Duodenal Ulcer and Non-ulcer Dyspepsia patients.
DeCross, AJ; Barrett, LJ; Guerrant, RL; Marshall, BJ.
Gastroenterology. 1993; 104(4).
A New Virulence Factor for Helicobacter pylori (Abstract)
DeCross, AJ; Guerrant, RL; Marshall, BJ.
Gastroenterology. 1993; 104(4).
Initial Isolation and Characterization of helicobacter Mustelae from Stomach of Mink (Mustelae Vision) (Abstract)
Fox, JG; DeCross, AJ; Taylor, NS; Yan, LL; DeWhirst, FE; Paster, BJ; Meade, L; Krakowka, S; Gorham, J; Marshall, BJ.
Acta GastroEnterologica Belgica. 1993; 56.
DeCross AJ, Sahasrabudhe DM
The American journal of medicine.. 1992 May 92 (5):571-2. Epub 1900 01 01.
Role of H. pylori in Peptic Ulcer Disease
DeCross, AJ; Peura, DA.
Contemporary Gastroenterology. 1992; : 18-28.
Books
Conn's Current Therapy (1995)
Chapter: Peptic Ulcer Disease, in Rakel (ed)
Authors: DeCross, AJ; Peura, DA
Publisher: Elsevier 1995
Current Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease (1994)
Chapter: Chronic Gastritis: Management
Authors: DeCross, AJ; McCallum, RW.
Publisher: Mosby, Philadelphia 1994
Current Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Fourth Ed (1994)
Chapter: Chronic Gastritis: Management, in Bayless TM (ed), Mosby- Year Book, Inc.
Authors: McCallum RW
Publisher: Decross AJ, Philadelphia 1994