Houston Pediatric Surgeons

CURRICULUM VITAE

Robert S. Bloss, M.D.

EDUCATION 1962-1966 Woodrow Wilson High School Dallas, Texas
1966-1970 Baylor University Waco, Texas
1970-1974 University of Texas  Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas
DEGREES 1970 B.A., Baylor University
1974 M.D. Southwestern Medical School
INTERNSHIP Straight Surgery
July 1, 1974-June 30, 1975
University of Texas Health Science Center
Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, Texas
RESIDENCY General Surgery
July 1, 1975-June 30, 1979
University of Texas Health Science Center
Affiliated Hospitals Houston, Texas

Pediatric Surgery
July 1, 1979-June 30, 1981
McGill University  - The Montreal Children's Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
MEDICAL LICENSURE June 1977, Texas, #E7829
SPECIALTY BOARDS Certified-American Board of Surgery, 1980

Certificate of Special Competence in Pediatric Surgery
American Board of Surgery, 1982

Recertification - 1989
MEMBERSHIP IN
SPECIALTY SOCIETIES
American Medical Association
American Pediatric Surgical
Association
American College of Surgeons-Fellow
American Academy of Pediatrics-Fellow
Lilliputian Surgical Society
Southwest Surgical Congress
Texas Surgical Society
Texas Pediatric Society
Texas Society of Pediatric Surgeons
Houston Surgical Society
Houston Pediatric Society
Houston GI Society
MEMBERSHIP IN
NON-MEDICAL SOCIETIES
Foundation for Children
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Houston Symphony Association
AWARDS AND HONORS George W. Waldron Surgical Award
Outstanding Chief Resident in Surgery 1978-1979
STAFF APPOINTMENTS Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
President, Texas Children's Hospital Medical Staff, 1996
PUBLICATIONS  1.   Bloss, R.S., Duncan, J.M., Cooley D.A., et al: Takayasu's Arteritis - Surgical Considerations.  Annual Thorac. Surg., Vol 27: 574-579, 1979

2.   Bloss, R.S., McConnell, R.W., McConnell, B.M., et al: Vascular Steal from Renal Transplant Demonstrated by Radionuclide Imaging. Jou. of Nucl Med, Vol 20: 503-1056, 1979

3.   Bloss, R.S., Ward, R.E., Survival After Tracheo-Innominate Artery Fistula. Am Jou. Surg. Vol. 139: 251-253, 1980

4.   Bloss, R.S., Miller, T.A., Copeland, E.M., Carcinoma of the Stomach In the Young Adult. Surg Gyn and Obstetr. Vol 150: 883-886, 1980

5.   Bloss, R.S., Miller, T.A., Duke, J.H.: Eosinophilic Infiltration of the Stomach. South Med Jou. Vol 73:  72-74, 1980

6.   Bloss, R.S., Cooley, D.A.: Pancreatic-Jejunostomy for Fulminated Pancreatitis in a Jehovah's Witness Child. J. Pediatric Surg., Vol 16: 78-82, 1981

7.   Bloss, R.S., Turmen, T., Beardmore, H.E., Aranda J.V.: Tolazoline Therapy for Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension After Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair. J. Pediatric, Vol 97: 984-992, 1981

8.   Bloss R.S., Aranda, J.V., Beardmore, H.E.:  Vasodilator Response and Prediction of Survival in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. J. Pediatr. Surg. Vol 16: 118-121, 1981

9.   Bloss, R.S., Aranda, J.V., Beardmore, H.E.:  Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Patho-physiology and Pharmacologic Support. Surg., Vol 89: 518 - 524, 1981

10.  Dobell, A.R.C., and Bloss, R.S.: Valvotomy for Congenital Aortic Stenosis - results in 50 Consecutive Patients with Long-term Followup. Jou. Cardiovasc. Surg., Vol 18: 916-920, 1981

11.  Rose-Spencer, J.K., Bloss, R.S., Beardmore, H.E.:  Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Retrospective Review.  Can. Jou. Surg., Vol 24: 515-516, 1981

12.  Moore, R.A., Feldman, S., Treuting, J., Bloss, R.S., and Dudrick, S.J.: Cimetidine and Parenteral Nutrition. J. Parenteral Ent. Nutr., Vol 5: 61-63, 1981

13.  Bloss, R.S.: Prenatal Diagnosis of Surgically Significant Neonatal Anomalies Using Ultrasound.  Med. Jou. St. Joseph Hospital., Vol 17: 105-108, 1982

14.  Guttman, F.M., Montupet, P., and Bloss, R.S.:  Experience With Peritoneo-Venous Shunting for Congenital Chylous Ascites in Infants and Children.   Jou. Pediat. Surg., Vol 17:  368-372, 1983

15.  Kavanaugh, R.J., Jr., Schwanecke, R.P., Bloss, R.S.:  Successful Management of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.  Med Jou, St. Joseph Hospital, Vol 18: 171-176, 1983

16.  Hellman, A., Bloss, R.S., Kavanaugh, R.J., Jr., Friedman, Z.:  Bedside Ligation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Premature Infants. Med. Jou., St. Joseph Hospital., Vol 19: 59-64, 1984

17.  Able, L.W., and Bloss, R.S.: Shunting Versus a Direct Approach to Bleeding Esophageal Varices in Portal Hypertension, Controversies in Pediatric Surgery: Benjy Brooks, M.D., Austin, University of Texas Press, Vol 1:  119-121, 1984

18.  Bloss, R.S., and Able, L.W.: Biliary Tract Injury in Children, The Injured Child: Benjy Brooks, M.D., Austin University of Texas Press, Vol 1: 77- 79, 1985

19.  Lifschitz, C., and Bloss, R.S.: Persistence of Colitis in Hirschsprung's Disease. Jou. Pediatr.  Gastroent. and Nutr., Vol 4, No 2: 291-293, 1985

20.  Fiedorek, S.C., Gopalakrishna, G.S., and Bloss, R.S.: Giant Omental Cysts Presenting as Pseudoascites in Children. Texas Medicine: 42-45, July 1986

21.  Shulman, R.J., Raham, S., Mahoney, D., Pokorny, W., Bloss, R.S.: A Totally Implanted Venous Access System Used in Pediatric Patients with Cancer. Jou Clin. Oncol., Vol 4, No 1: 137-140, Jan 1987

22.  Lansman, I., Bricker, J., and Bloss, R.S.: Emeregency Gastrostomy - Treatment of Choice for Iron Bezoar. J Pediatr. Surg., Vol 22, No 2: 184- 195. Feb 1987

23.  Glasgow, P.R., Murphy, D.J., Bloss, R.S., Motil, K.J. and Ott, D.A.: Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in an Infant Following Cardiac Surgery. Jou. Pediat., Vol 22, No 11: 1005-1006, Nov 1987

24.  Coselli, M., Deipoli, P., Bloss, R.S., Diaz, R., Fitzgerald, J.B.: Bronchogenic Cyst-Above or Below the Diaphragm: A Report of Eight Cases. Ann. Thorac Surg., Vol 44, No 4:  491-494 Nov, 1987

25.  Fowler C., Reid, B., and Bloss, R.S.:  Hemoperitoneum From Bleeding Meckel's Diverticulum. J. Pediatr. Surg., Vol 23, 982-983, 1988

26.  Furuta, G.T., Bloss, R.S., Lifschitz, C.H., and Shulman, R.J.: Colonic Interposition After Esopha-gogastrectomy in a Child with Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome. Jou. of Pediat. Surg, Vol 24, No 11: 1146-1148, Nov 1989

27.  Samaan, N.A., Draznin, M.B., Halpin, R.E., Bloss, R.S., Hawkins, E., Lewis, R.A.: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome Type II-b in Early Childhood. Cancer, Vol 68, No 8:  1832-1834, Oct 1991

28.  Redel C.A., Motil, K.J., Bloss R.S., Dubois, J.J., Intestinal Button Implantation for Obstipation and Fecal Impaction in Children. Jou. of Pediat. Surg. Vol 27, No 5: 654-656, May 1992

29.  Fowler, C.L., Bloss, R.S.: Hemangioma of a Thoracic Sympathetic Ganglion Mimicking a Neuroblastoma. Pediatric Radiology, Springer-Verlag, 1994, Vol 24: 148-149