BS Degree Zoology, Oklahoma State University,
Stillwater, OK • 5/24/1964
MD Degree, University of Oklahoma Medical School,
Oklahoma City, OK • 6/9/1968
Rotating Internship, St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma
City, OK • 7/1/68-6/30/1969
Basic Army Medical Officer Training School, Ft. Sam
Houston, TX • 10/1/1969
United States Army Aviation Flight Surgeon Training,
Ft. Rucker, AL • 11/21/1969
Internal Medicine Residency, Madigan General
Hospital, Ft. Lewis, WA • 9/1/70-4/30/1971
Occupational Medicine Residency, Department of
Preventive Medicine,
Medical
College of Wisconsin, OM201 Epidemiology, OM 204 Biostatistics • Fall/Winter
1986
Basic Curriculum Occupational Medicine American
College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine•1987-1989
Analysis of Low Speed Collisions, Postgraduate Course, Texas A&M University,
Texas
Engineering, Law Enforcement & Security Training Division (40 hours) •
8/27/1999
Educational Achievements
Oklahoma State Board of Medical Examiners • 1966
& 1969
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners •
7/1/1969
Diplomate (Board Certified), American Academy of
Family Practice • 1978, 1985, 1990, 1998, 2005
Diplomate (Board Certified), American Board of
Environmental Medicine • 2/21/1990
Diplomate (Board Certified), American Board of
Forensic Examiners • 5/5/1995
Diplomate (Board Certified), American Board of
Forensic Medicine • 4/1/1996
Diplomate (Board Certified), American Board of
Disability Analysts • 1999
Diplomate (Board Certified), American Board of
Independent Medical Examiners • 10/1/2000
Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians •
10/1979
Fellow, American College of Occupational &
Environmental Medicine • 4/28/1988
Fellow, American College of Forensic Examiners •
3/1998
Fellow, American Board of Disability Analysts • 1999
American Medical Association Physician Recognition
Award • Current
American Academy of Family Physicians Continuing
Education • Current
ACLS Provider Advanced Cardiac Life Support,
Cleveland Area Hospital, Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, OK • 8/30/06
ACLS Provider Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Mercy
Health Center, Oklahoma City, OK • 9/22-24/06
Experience
Intern, St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK •
1969
Flight Surgeon, Viet Nam and Ft. Lewis WA • 1970
& 1972
Internal Medicine Resident, Madigan General Hospital,
Ft. Lewis, WA • 1970-1971
Family Practice, Pauls Valley, OK • 1972-1979
Emergency Room Physician, Midwest City, Presbyterian,
South Community Hospitals • 1979-1980
Family Practice, Oklahoma City, OK • 1979-1983
Occupational, Environmental & Legal Medicine
Practice, Oklahoma City, OK •1983-Current
Organizations
American Academy of Environmental Medicine
American Academy of Family Physicians
American College of Legal Medicine
American College of Occupational & Environmental
Medicine
American Medical Association
American Society of Law and Medicine
Federal Workers’ Compensation Society
Mercy Clinical Society
Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians
Oklahoma City Clinical Society
Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental
Medicine
Oklahoma County Medical Society
Oklahoma State Medical Association
Professional Activities
Pauls Valley General Hospital, Active Staff •
1972-1979
Doctors General Hospital, Active Staff • 1980-1989
Doctor's General Hospital, Director, Physical Therapy Department • 1980-1984
Doctor's General Hospital, Chief of Family Practice
Department • 1982
Doctor's General Hospital, Board of Directors •
1980-1984
Mercy Hospital Family Medicine/Occupational
Medicine, Active Staff • 9/1/87-6/17/03
Mercy Hospital Family Medicine Department,
Credentials Committee • 1994-1999
Mercy Hospital Family Medicine/Occupational Medicine,
Consulting Staff • 6/17/03-Current
Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental
Medicine, Director • 1990-1993
American Board of Environmental Medicine, Examiner •
1990-1997
American College
Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Ad Hoc Committee Workers'
Comp Reform • 1992
Oklahoma Governor's Committee on Workers'
Compensation Cost Containment • 1992
American Board of Environmental Medicine, Executive
Director • 1993-1994
Oklahoma County Medical Society, Bylaws Committee •
1993
Oklahoma County Medical Society, Public Relations
Committee • 1999-2002
Oklahoma County Medical Society, Quality Care
Committee • 1994-Current
Certified Workplace Medical Plan Quality Assurance
Committee • 1996-1998
Medical Director, PROklahoma Care, Inc. Certified
Workplace Medical Plan • 1996-1999
Oklahoma Certified Workplace Medical Plan Quality
Association, Organizer & First President • 1996-1997
Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court, Independent
Medical Examiner • 1997-Current
Oklahoma State Medical Association, Council on
Medical Services • 2003-Current
Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental
Medicine, Secretary/Treasurer • 2004
Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental
Medicine, Vice President • 2004-2005
Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental
Medicine, President-Elect • 2005-2006
Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental
Medicine, President • 2006-2007
Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental
Medicine, Past President • 2007-Current
Oklahoma State Medical Association, Rep to Oklahoma
Governor’s Workers’ Comp Reform Committee • 2005
Teaching
Preceptor, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine,
Oklahoma City, OK • 1972-Current
Preceptor, Oral Roberts University School of
Medicine, Tulsa, OK • 1981-1982
Teacher Recognition Award, American Academy of Family Practice • 1981
Preceptor Medical Students, University Oklahoma
School of Medicine • 1991-Current
Clinical Professor of Legal Medicine, University of
Oklahoma School of Medicine • 1992-1999
Clinical Associate Professor of Legal medicine,
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine • 1999-Current
Clinical Instructor for Physician Associates, Univ.
Oklahoma College of Medicine • 1999-Current
Speaker,
"Medical Evaluations-Use of AMA Guidelines", Oklahoma City School of
Law • 1986-1987
Speaker, "Impairment Evaluation and
Reporting", Oklahoma State Medical Association • 1987
Speaker, "Use of 1988 AMA Guides", Mercy
Clinical Society, Seminar Organizer/Speaker •1989
Speaker, "Disability Evaluations", Mercy
Clinical Society, Oklahoma City, OK •
1991
Excellence in Teaching Award, Residents Occupational
Medicine, Univ. Oklahoma College Medicine • 1991
Speaker, "Impairment Ratings", Occupational & Environmental Medicine,
Univ.Oklahoma College Medicine •1992
Speaker, "Workers' Compensation in
Oklahoma", Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Univ.Oklahoma
College of Medicine • 1992
Speaker, "Workers' Compensation",
EPOCH-Envi Workshop, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease
Registry• 1992
Speaker, "Use of New 4th Edition AMA
Guides", Oklahoma Bar Association and Mercy Clinical Society • 1994
Speaker, Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court
Independent Medical Examiner Seminar • 1997
Speaker, Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Seminar, Univ. Oklahoma College of Medicine • 1997
Speaker, Medicine Conference, Work Comp Fraud, Mercy
Health Center • 2001
Speaker, Medical-Legal Issues in Environmental Medicine,
Instructional Course, American Academy Environmental Medicine, Colorado
Springs, CO • 2001
Speaker, Medical-Legal Issues in Environmental
Medicine, Instructional Course, American Academy Environmental Medicine, St.
Louis, MO • 2002
Speaker, Medical-Legal Issues in Environmental
Medicine, Instructional Course, American Academy Environmental Medicine, Plano,
TX • 2003
Speaker, Medical Aspects of Workers’ Compensation,
Lorman Education Service • 2002 & 2003
Instructor. CAOHC Council for Accreditation of Occupational
Hearing Conservation • 2002-2005
Organizer & Speaker, Federal Workers’
Compensation Seminar, Oklahoma City, OK • 2004
Speaker, Medical-Legal Issues in Environmental
Medicine, Instructional Course, American Academy Environmental Medicine, Kansas
City, MO • 2004
Speaker, Use of AMA Guides, 2004 Workers’
Compensation Institute, Arkansas Bar Association, Little Rock, AR • 2004
Speaker, Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians Annual
Scientific Meeting, Federal Workers’ Compensation Organizer & Speaker,
Federal Workers’ Compensation Seminar, Dallas, TX • 2004
Organizer & Speaker, AFGE American Federation of
Government Employees, Federal Workers’ Compensation Seminar St. Louis, MO •
2005
Speaker, AFGE American Federation of Government
Employees, Federal Workers’ Compensation Seminar, Washington DE • 2007
Publications
1. Ellis J: "The Physician and Worker's
Compensation in the State of Oklahoma,"
Oklahoma State Medical Journal, 79:4, pp
237-240, April 1986.
2. Harsha W, Ellis J: "Myofascial Pain,"
Audio Cassette;
Medical
Portfolio for Orthopedic Surgeons, Vol.2, No.3, 1983.
3. Ellis, J: "You Know When You Hurt! Dr. Ellis
Talks to Patients about Workers'
Compensation and Personal Injury", Audio Cassette, May 5, 1990.
4. Ellis, John W., Review Editor, American Medical
Association's. Guides to the Evaluation
of
Permanent Impairment, 4th edition,
June 1993
5. Ellis, John W., “Analogies to Assist in
Understanding Bodily Injuries due to Motor Vehicle Collisions”,
Disability
Analyst, American Board of Disability Analysts, Fall 2000
6. Ellis, John W., “Medicine and Federal Workers’
Compensation”,
Federal
Workers’ Compensation Seminar Manual, Ellis Clinic Educational Services,
1/14/04, 12/3/04
Other Endeavors
Teacher, Metro School of Theology • 1979-1980
Ergonomic and OSHA Compliance Seminars for Business •
1990-1991
Federal Workers’ Compensation • Federal Disability
Retirement Seminars • 2004 - Current
Organizer, Editor and Lecturer: Seminars for
attorneys, union representatives, physicians, medical providers, billing
staffs, federal employees and supervisors.
