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 WL. Human Immunodeficiency virus and other blood-borne pathogens in the athletic setting.  Pediatrics 1999;104:1400-1403 (policy statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics of which I am the author)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Benjamins LJ, Risser WL, Cromwell PC, Feldmann JF, Bortot AT, Eissa MA, Nguyen AB. Body art among minority high school athletes: prevalence, satisfaction, and parental knowledge and consent. J Adolesc Health 2006;39:933-955
  • 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 2007;20:179-80
  • Risser WL, Risser JM. The incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in untreated women infected with Chlamydia trachomatis: a structured review. Int J STD AIDS 2007;18:727-731
  • Risser, JMH, Risser WL, Risser AL.  Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women, Infect Dis Clin N Am 2008;22:581-599
  • Risser JMH, Risser WL. Purulent vaginal and cervical discharge in the diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease. Int J STD AIDS 2009;20:73-76

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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