Andrew Ross (medical doctor)

Ross was born in South Africa to Christian parents who were both medical doctors working as missionaries in South Africa, Nigeria and Ethiopia. He grew up in these countries and went to boarding school in the UK before returning home to South Africa. As a result of his childhood in several African countries and his boarding school experience, he acquired a strong appreciation of cultural differences and developed his ability to empathize with others. Upon returning to South Africa, his father became a professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, which at the time had a good quality faculty of medicine that would train black students.

After various public hospital postings as a junior doctor until 1990, Ross worked as the senior medical officer at the Mosvold Hospital in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal.{{Cite web| title = Brief History of Mosvold Hospital| work = kznhealth.gov.za| access-date = 2015-04-20| url = http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/Mosvold/history.htm}}

He is presently the Principal Specialist in Family Medicine at the medical school at UKZN.

Ross was listed as a Lead South African Hero for his role in nurturing youngsters from rural KwaZulu-Natal into professional health scientists.{{Cite web| title = Gauteng's Hero for July, Dr Andrew Ross « LEAD SA| author = anon| work = leadsa.co.za| access-date = 2015-04-20| url = http://leadsa.co.za/?p=14675| archive-url = https://archive.today/20150420073225/http://leadsa.co.za/?p=14675| archive-date = 2015-04-20| url-status = dead}} In 2014, Ross was elected as a fellow of the Ashoka Fellowship. On 27 April 2015, Ross was awarded the Order of the Baobab in the silver class.{{Cite web| title = National orders to be bestowed on Freedom Day| work = Independent Online| date = 19 April 2015| access-date = 2015-04-20| url = http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/national-orders-to-be-bestowed-on-freedom-day-1.1847241#.VTSfFfBOOGN}}{{Cite web | title = Zuma to bestow National Orders awards - the zuma era {{!}} IOL Beta | last = Ngwenya | first = Jabulile S. | work = Independent Online | date = 7 December 2015 | access-date = 2015-12-08 | url = http://beta.iol.co.za/news/special-features/the-zuma-era/zuma-to-bestow-national-orders-awards-1956315 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151210183240/http://beta.iol.co.za/news/special-features/the-zuma-era/zuma-to-bestow-national-orders-awards-1956315 | archive-date = 2015-12-10 | url-status = dead }}

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• {{Cite journal| title = S - Timing of antiretroviral therapy initiation in adults with HIV-associated tuberculosis: Outcomes of therapy in an urban hospital in KwaZulu-Natal| last1 = Kendon | first1 = M| last2 = Knight | first2 = S E| last3 = Ross | first3 = A| last4 = Giddy | first4 = J| journal= South African Medical Journal|volume = 102| issue= 12| pages = 931–5 | date = January 2012| pmid = 23498040 | doi = 10.7196/samj.5574 | doi-broken-date = 10 November 2024 | doi-access = free}}
• {{Cite journal| title = The retention of community service officers for an additional year at district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape and Limpopo provinces : original research| last1 = Ross | first1 = A| last2 = Reid | first2 = S| journal= South African Family Practice| date = May 2009| volume =51| issue =3 | hdl=10520/EJC80372| doi = 10.1080/20786204.2009.10873856 | doi-access = free}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew|last2=Mash|first2=Bob|title=African primary care research: Reviewing the literature|journal=African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine|volume=6|issue=1|pages=E1-4|year=2014|issn=2071-2936|doi=10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.584|pmid=26245433|pmc=4502874}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Igbojiaku|first1=Okoroma J.|last2=Harbor|first2=Ogbonnaya C.|last3=Ross|first3=Andrew|title=Compliance with diabetes guidelines at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa|journal=African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine|volume=5|issue=1|year=2013|page=447 |issn=2071-2936|doi=10.4102/phcfm.v5i1.447|pmc=4565451|doi-access=free}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Khan|first1=Feroza Y.|last2=Ross|first2=Andrew J.|title=Hepatitis B Immunisation amongst doctors and laboratory personnel in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa|journal=African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine|volume=5|issue=1|year=2013|page=452 |issn=2071-2936|doi=10.4102/phcfm.v5i1.452| pmc=4565422 |doi-access=free}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Oni|first1=Ezekiel E.|last2=Ross|first2=Andrew|last3=Van der Linde|first3=Stephan|title=Contraceptive practices amongst HIV-positive women on antiretroviral therapy attending an ART clinic in South Africa|journal=African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine|volume=5|issue=1|year=2013|page=461 |issn=2071-2936|doi=10.4102/phcfm.v5i1.461| pmc=4709495 |doi-access=free}}

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• {{Cite web| title = UKZN's Family Medicine Specialist is one of South Africa's finest citizens| work = ukzn.ac.za| date = 29 October 2013| access-date = 2015-04-20| url = http://www.ukzn.ac.za/news/2013/10/29/ukzn-s-family-medicine-specialist-is-one-of-south-africa-s-finest-citizens| archive-url = https://archive.today/20150420073220/http://www.ukzn.ac.za/news/2013/10/29/ukzn-s-family-medicine-specialist-is-one-of-south-africa-s-finest-citizens| archive-date = 20 April 2015| url-status = dead}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104330/http://familymedicine.ukzn.ac.za/Staff/DrARoss.aspx Staff profile at UKZN]

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