Faculty Biography

Dr. William Leigh Risser

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Education:

MD, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut

PhD, University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health

Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut

Clinical and Research Interests:

1. Sexually transmitted infections in adolescents
2. Healthcare of incarcerated youth

Publications (selected):

• Risser JMH, Risser WL, Gefter LA, Brandstetter DM, Cromwell PF. Implementation of a screening program for chlamydia infection in incarcerated adolescents. Sexually Transmitted Disease 2001:28:43-46
• Risser WL, Cromwell PF, Risser JMH. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: a Review. Texas Medicine 2002;98:36-40
• Cromwell PF, Risser WL, Risser JMH. Prevalence and incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in incarcerated adolescents. Sex Transm Dis 2002;29:391-396
• Domalanta DD, Risser WL, Roberts RE, Risser JMH. Prevalence of depression and other psychiatric disorders among incarcerated youth. J Acad Child Adol Psych 2003;42:477-484
• Risser WL, Cromwell PF, Bortot AT, Risser JMH. Impact of new diagnostic criteria on the prevalence and incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease. Am J Pediatr Adol Gynecol 2004;17:39-44
• Risser JMH, Risser WL, Eissa MA, Cromwell PF, Barratt MS, Bortot AT. Self-assessment of circumcision status by adolescents. Am J Epidemiol 2004;159:1095-97
• Bortot AT, Risser WL, Cromwell PF. Coping with pelvic inflammatory disease in the adolescent. Contemporary Pediatrics 2004;21:33-48
• Liaw S-N, Risser WL. Headache and loss of vision in a 15-year old. Contemporary Pediatrics 2005;22:20-27
• Risser, WL, Bortot AT, Benjamins LJ, Feldmann JM, Barratt MS, Eissa MA, Risser JMH: The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents. Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Disease, 2005;16:160-167
• Risser WL, Smith KC. Tuberculosis in incarcerated youth in Texas. JAMA 2005;293:2716-2717
• Bortot AT, Risser WL, Cromwell PF. Condom use in incarcerated adolescent males: knowledge and practice. Sex Transm Dis 2006;33:2-4
• Risser WL, Risser JM, Benjamins LJ, Feldmann JM. Incidence of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome in adolescents who have pelvic inflammatory disease. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol, in press
• Risser WL, Cromwell PF, Risser JMH, Bortot AT. Prevalence and incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in high-risk adolescents before and after a change in diagnostic criteria. Oral presentation at the BASHH/ASTDA Spring Meeting, Bath, England, May, 2004
• Bortot AT, Risser WL, Cromwell PF. Condom use in adolescent males: knowledge and practice. Poster presentation at the BASHH/ASTDA Spring Meeting, Bath, England, May, 2004
• Benjamins, L.J., Nguyen, A.B., Risser, W.L., Cromwell, P.F., Feldmann, J.M., Bortot, A.T. & Eissa, M.A.: Body art among minority high school athletes: Decisional factors, satisfaction, and parental knowledge and consent. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, March, 2005
• Risser WL et al. Immaculate infections: STDs in adolescents. Pediatric Grand Rounds, December 6, 2005
• Risser WL et al. Learning to Practice and Teach Evidence-based Health Care: An Intensive Workshop. MD Anderson Cancer Center, September 15-17, 2006
• Risser WL, Risser JM, Benjamins LJ, Feldman JM. The prevalence of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome in adolescents with pelvic inflammatory disease. IUSTI-Europe Conference on Sexually Transmitted Infections, Paris, France, October 19, 2006

 

Location & Contact

6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)

Faculty Biography

• Dr. William Leigh Risser
  Professor
• Department of Pediatrics
  Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine
• University of Texas-Houston Medical School
  6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.146
  Houston, Texas 77030
• phone: (713) 500-5755
  fax: (713) 500-5750
  
• Executive Assistant:
  Susan Ramos | (713) 500-5663