OWCP
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Federal Workers' Compensation
Medical evaluation and documentation for federal employees with injury, occupational disease, impairment, and disability claims under FECA.
EXPLORE OWCP →START WITH YOUR CASE
How Can Ellis Clinic Help?
Choose the program involved in your claim. Each area leads into the detailed information and services already available through Ellis Clinic.
VA
VETERANS
VA Disability
Medical evaluation of service connection, secondary conditions, causation, and the medical evidence needed to support a VA disability claim.
EXPLORE VA DISABILITY →FERS
FEDERAL RETIREMENT
FERS Disability Retirement
Medical evidence addressing disabling medical conditions, functional limitations, and the essential demands of federal employment.
EXPLORE FERS →SSD
SOCIAL SECURITY
Social Security Disability
Medical evaluation and documentation of conditions, restrictions, and functional limitations relevant to disability.
EXPLORE SOCIAL SECURITY →FROM ELLIS CLINIC
Enter The Ellis Institute
Powered by the Ellis Knowledge Base
The educational and technology side of the Ellis ecosystem—where decades of clinical experience are organized into knowledge, answers, atlases, and practical tools.
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LEARN·ASK·EXPLORE·CALCULATE
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THE ELLIS METHOD™
Principles, reasoning, and lessons from the Ellis Knowledge Base.
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ASKBOTELLIS™
Ask questions and explore answers grounded in Ellis Clinic knowledge.
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THE ELLIS ATLAS™
Navigate conditions, connections, evidence, and disability concepts.
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TOOLS
Practical calculators and resources for disability-related questions.
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WHY ELLIS CLINIC?
Experience Is More Than a Number.
In a difficult disability case, the medical question is rarely just “What is the diagnosis?” The harder question is what the medical evidence means—and how clearly the physician can explain it.
A Practice Built Around Difficult Medical Questions
John W. Ellis, M.D. has spent decades working at the intersection of medicine, occupational injury, disability, impairment, and medical causation.
Ellis Clinic's work is centered on careful record review, examination, chronology, objective findings, medical reasoning, and a clear explanation of how the evidence supports—or does not support—a conclusion.
“Follow the evidence wherever it leads.”MEET JOHN W. ELLIS, M.D. →
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Years in MedicineA career spanning clinical medicine, occupational medicine, disability evaluation, and physician education.
Impairment ExpertiseCertified in AMA Guides impairment evaluation and a reviewing editor for the AMA Guides, 4th Edition.
Physician EducationClinical Associate Professor with experience teaching physicians Occupational & Legal Medicine and impairment ratings.
Nationwide ExperienceSeminars and education for physicians, attorneys, advocates, employees, employers, and union representatives.
01REVIEW THE RECORDUnderstand the complete medical history and chronology before reaching a conclusion.
02EXAMINE THE EVIDENCEUse objective findings, medical science, and the individual facts of the case.
03EXPLAIN THE REASONINGA medical opinion should show how the physician reached the conclusion—not merely state it.
04FOLLOW WHERE IT LEADSThe evidence determines the opinion. The desired outcome does not determine the evidence.
MORE THAN FIVE DECADES
A Career That Became a Body of Knowledge.
The Ellis Clinic of today grew from decades of clinical practice, military medicine, occupational medicine, disability evaluation, physician education, and medical writing.
1968PhysicianM.D., University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
1969–72Military MedicineArmy medical officer and aviation flight surgeon, including service in Vietnam.
1983Specialized PracticeOccupational, environmental and legal medicine practice in Oklahoma City.
1990s+Teacher & AuthorPhysician education, seminars, publications, AMA Guides work, and disability evaluation training.
TODAYThe Knowledge ContinuesEllis Clinic experience is being organized into The Ellis Method™, BotEllis™, Atlases, and practical tools.
THE ELLIS APPROACH
What Makes an Ellis Evaluation Different?
A useful medical opinion is not a conclusion looking for support. It is a reasoning process that can be followed from the evidence to the answer.
01RECORDS
Review the relevant medical and claim evidence.
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02HISTORY
Establish chronology, onset, progression, exposures, and prior conditions.
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03EXAM
Identify objective findings and functional limitations.
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04SCIENCE
Apply medical knowledge, accepted standards, and relevant literature.
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05REASONING
Consider competing explanations and connect the facts medically.
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06OPINION
State a clear conclusion and explain why the evidence supports it.
ELLIS CLINIC RESOURCES
Knowledge Should Be Useful.
For years, Ellis Clinic has created educational material to help patients, physicians, representatives, and advocates better understand complicated disability systems.
FEDERAL WORKERSInjured Worker ResourcesForms, handouts, protocols, schedule award information, and OWCP guidance.EXPLORE →
VIDEO EDUCATIONAsk Doc EllisQuestions and answers on Federal Workers' Compensation, VA Disability, FERS, and Schedule Awards.WATCH & LEARN →
KNOWLEDGE + TECHNOLOGYThe Ellis Institute™The Ellis Method™, AskBotEllis™, The Ellis Atlas™, and practical tools powered by the Ellis Knowledge Base.ENTER THE INSTITUTE →
READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP?
Your Case Deserves a Careful Medical Review.
If you need an evaluation involving OWCP, VA Disability, FERS Disability Retirement, Social Security Disability, impairment, or medical causation, start with the appropriate Ellis Clinic appointment protocol.