Assistant Professor of Pathology and Orthopedic Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. John Gross is a board-certified assistant professor of pathology and orthopedic surgery at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD where he serves as the director of the bone and soft tissue pathology service since joining in 2020.
A native of Omaha, NE, he completed undergraduate (BS, Biology), graduate (MS, Clinical Anatomy), medical school, and AP/CP pathology residency training where he was served as Chief Resident at Creighton University followed by fellowships in bone and soft tissue (University of Washington, Seattle WA, 2019) and surgical pathology (Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, 2020) prior to joining The Johns Hopkins faculty.
Dr. Gross has clinical and academic expertise in the diagnosis of neoplastic and non-neoplastic bone and soft tissue pathology where he heads a busy clinical consultation and institutional sarcoma practice which has served as fertile research grounds to author and co-author dozens of peer-reviewed original articles, expert reviews, and book chapters.
Dr. Gross is a passionate teacher and mentor at all levels of training from aspiring medical and graduate students, pathology and orthopedic surgery residents, to fellows and junior faculty members, respectively. Furthermore, he earned the Hal G. Lankford Pathology Resident Award from Creighton University (2018). Dr. Gross is an invited lecturer at national and international pathology meetings and courses in addition to being an active member of several pathology and musculoskeletal-related societies.