Dr. Ross is currently a full-time staff member at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and is only accepting patients from the MSK counseling center for cancer-related distress. He is not currently accepting private practice patients.
Dr Ross graduated from The California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in Los Angeles, California with a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology. He completed an APA-accredited internship and Fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology with an emphasis on end-of-life and bereavement at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple, Texas. He is a credentialed National Register Health Service Psychologist, Tobacco Treatment Specialist, and provides CBTi for insomnia. He is well-trained in ACT and is extensively trained in Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy by its founder William Breitbart and his colleagues at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is certified through Stanford University Medicine as an Empowered Relief instructor for the psychological management of pain. Dr. Ross' interests include the mind-body-spirit connection; promoting and maintaining health; the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of illness and disability; and improving health care systems. Clinical and research interests include managing chronic/serious medical conditions (such as Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes, and HIV).
He approaches psychotherapy with an integrated, collaborative approach that seeks to honor the many dimensions of an individual's experiences. When appropriate, cognitive-behavioral and existential therapies are integrated with mindfulness or solution-focused approaches to provide culturally sensitive treatment decisions for the "whole" person.
PUBLICATIONS
Makurumidze, G., Ross, J. L., Shah, R., Dacarett-Galeano, D., Artz, J., & Cohen, M. A. A. (2022). HIV Stigma. In: Bourgeois, J.A., Cohen, M.A.A., Makurumidze, G, (eds) HIV Psychiatry (pp. 45-66). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80665-1
Comparative research on mHealth behaviors of patients with diabetes and HIV: Implications for mobile-based chronic disease self-management. YA Hong, SN Forjuoh, J Midturi, J Ross. American Public Health Association 2017 Annual Meeting & Expo (Nov. 4-Nov. 8)
Keith, J. R., Rapgay, L., Theodore, D., Schwartz, J. M., & Ross, J. L. (2015). An assessment of an automated EEG biofeedback system for attention deficits in a substance use disorders residential treatment setting. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29(1), 17. DOI: 10.1037/adb0000016
Ross, J. L. (2015). HIV Treatment Adherence: The role of patient-centered communication (Doctoral dissertation, ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY). Published by ProQuest, (UMI Number: 3702926)
Rapgay, L., Ross, J. L., Petersen, O., Izquierdo, C., Harms, M., Hawa, S., Riehl, S., Gurganus, A., (2014). A proposed protocol integrating classical mindfulness with Prolonged Exposure Therapy to treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Mindfulness, 5(6), 742-755. DOI: 10.1007/s12671-013-0231-9