Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics

Faculty Biography

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all infants, children, and adolescents.


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

 

Faculty Biography

Dr. William Leigh Risser
  • 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
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