Curriculum Vitae · June 29, 2026
This page converts the supplied seven-page curriculum vitae into a responsive Ellis Clinic web presentation while retaining the source document's content and organization.
This page converts the supplied seven-page curriculum vitae into a responsive Ellis Clinic web presentation while retaining the source document's content and organization.
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Fellowships
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Board of Disability Analysts
- American Board of Forensic Examiners
- American College of Forensic Examiners Institute
- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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Board Certifications
- American Board of Environmental Medicine
- American Board of Family Medicine
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Professional Certifications
- Diplomate American Board of Medical Examiners
- American Board of Disability Analysts • Analyst & Fellow
- American Board of Forensic Examiners • Board Certified
- American Board of Forensic Examiners • Fellow
- American Board of Forensic Medicine • Board Certified
- American Board of Independent Medical Examiners • Board Certified
- American College of Legal Medicine • Associate in Medicine
- America College of Forensic Examiners Institute • CFC Certified Forensic Consultant
- American Board of Independent Medical Examiners
- Certified IME Independent Medical Examiner, American Medical Association’s
- Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th and 6th Editions.
- Review Editor, American Medical Association's. Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 4th edition,
- June 1993
- Certified IME Independent Medical Examiner, American Medical Association’s,
- Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th and 6th Editions.
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Experience
- Legal Medicine & Occupational & Environmental Medicine Practice, Oklahoma City, OK 1979-Current
- AMI Doctor’s General Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK 1979-1983
- Emergency Room Physician: Presbyterian • South Community & Midwest City Hospitals 1979-1980
- Family Practice, Pauls Valley, OK 1972-1979
- Internal Medicine Resident, Madigan General Hospital, Ft. Lewis, WA 1970-1971
- Flight Surgeon, Viet Nam and Fort. Lewis, WA 1969-1970
- Intern, St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK 1968-1969
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Education
- Masters Degree, Analysis of Low Speed Collisions, Postgraduate Course, Texas A&M University,
- Texas Engineering, Law Enforcement & Security Training Division (40 hours) 8/27/1999
- Curriculum Occupational Medicine, American College Occupational & Environmental Medicine 1987-1989
- Occupational Medicine Residency, Department of Preventive Medicine,
- Medical College of Wisconsin, OM201 Epidemiology, OM 204 Biostatistics 1986
- Internal Medicine Residency, Madigan General Hospital, Ft. Lewis, WA 9/1/70-4/30/1971
- United States Army Aviation Flight Surgeon Training, Ft. Rucker, AL 1969
- Basic Army Medical Officer Training School, Ft. Sam Houston, TX 1969
- Rotating Internship, St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK 7/1/68-6/30/1969
- MD Degree, University of Oklahoma Medical School, Oklahoma City, OK 1964- 6/9/1968
- BS Degree Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 5/24/1964
- Valedictorian, Northwest Classen High School, Oklahoma City, OK 1960
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Educational Achievements
- Fellow American College of Forensic Examiners Institute 2016
- American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award Current
- American Academy of Family Physicians Continuing Education Current
- Certified Forensic Consultant CFC ® American College Forensic Examiners Institute 2014
- Diplomate (Board Certified), American Academy Family Practice 1978, 1985, 1990, 1998, 2005, 2012-2015, 2016-2026
- Board Certified, American Board of Independent Medical Examiners, AMA Guides 6 th Edition 2009 & 2012
- ACLS Provider Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Mercy Health Center, Oklahoma City, OK 9/22-24/06
- ACLS Provider Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Cleveland Area Hospital, Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, OK 8/30/06
- Board Certified, American Board of Independent Medical Examiners, AMA Guides 5 th Edition 2000
- Fellow, American Board of Disability Analysts 1999
- Fellow, American College of Forensic Examiners 1998
- Fellow, American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine 1988
- Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians 1979
- Diplomate (Board Certified), American Board of Disability Analysts 1999
- Diplomate (Board Certified), American Board of Forensic Medicine 1996
- Diplomate (Board Certified), American Board of Forensic Examiners 1995
- Diplomate (Board Certified), American Board of Environmental Medicine 1990
- Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners 7/1/1969
- Oklahoma State Board of Medical Examiners 5/19/1966
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Professional Achievements
- Reviewing Editor, American Medical Association’s, Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 4th
- Edition.
- First President, Oklahoma Certified Workplace Medical Plan Quality Association.
- President, Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Multiple Terms.
- Delegate Oklahoma County Medical Society to Oklahoma Medical Association’s House of Delegates, Multiple
- Terms.
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Professional Activities
- Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, President 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021
- Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Board of Directors 2009-2011, 2020-Current
- Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Secretary/Treasurer 2004
- Oklahoma College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Director 1990-1993
- Oklahoma County Medical Society, Delegate to Oklahoma Medical Association’s House of Delegates 2019
- Oklahoma State Medical Association, Representative, OK Governor’s Workers’ Comp Reform Committee 2005
- Oklahoma State Medical Association, Council on Medical Services 2003-Current
- Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court, Independent Medical Examiner 1997-Current
- Oklahoma Certified Workplace Medical Plan Quality Association, First President 1996-1997
- Medical Director, PR Oklahoma Care, Inc. Certified Workplace Medical Plan 1996-1999
- Certified Workplace Medical Plan Quality Assurance Committee 1996-1998
- Oklahoma County Medical Society, Quality Care Committee 1994-Current
- Oklahoma County Medical Society, Public Relations Committee 1999-2002
- Oklahoma County Medical Society, Bylaws Committee 1993
- American Board of Environmental Medicine, Executive Director 1993-1994
- Oklahoma Governor's Committee on Workers' Compensation Cost Containment 1992
- American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine • Workers' Compensation Reform 1992
- American Board of Environmental Medicine, Examiner 1990-1997
- Mercy Hospital Family Medicine/Occupational Medicine, Emeritus Staff 2012-Current
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Professional 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
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Hospital Privileges
- Mercy Hospital Family Medicine/Occupational Medicine, Emeritus Staff 2012 Continuing
- Mercy Hospital Family Medicine/Occupational Medicine, Consulting Staff 2003-2011
- Mercy Hospital Family Medicine/Occupational Medicine, Active Staff, 9/1/87-6/17/03
- AMI Doctor's General Hospital, Board of Directors 1980-1984
- AMI Doctor's General Hospital, Chief of Family Practice Department 1982
- AMI Doctor's General Hospital, Director, Physical Therapy Department 1980-1984
- AMI Doctors General Hospital, Active Staff 1980-1989
- Presbyterian Hospital • South Community Hospital, Emergency Room Physician 1979-1980
- Pauls Valley General Hospital, Active Staff 1972-1979
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Teaching • Positions
- Clinical Associate Clinical Professor, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine.
- Family Medicine Residents 1991-Current
- Clinical Associate Clinical Professor, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine.
- Occupational Medicine Residents 1991-2001
- Clinical Instructor for Physician Associates, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine 1999-Current
- Preceptor Medical Students, University Oklahoma School of Medicine 1991-Current
- Preceptor, Oral Roberts University School of Medicine, Tulsa, OK 1981-1982
- Preceptor, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK 1972-1982
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Teaching • Social Media
- YouTube & FaceBook & X (Twitter) 2005 - Continuing
- Webinars 2015 - Continuing
- www.AskDocEllis.com 2015 - Continuing
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Teaching • Nationwide Seminars • First 12/3/2004, Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, TX
- For Attorneys, Employees, Employers, Union Representatives & Physicians
- Federal Workers’ Compensation • FECA • OWCP
- FERS Federal Disability Retirement • SSD Social Security Disability
- VA Disability • Getting Your VA Disabilities Accepted with Fair Rating Percentages
- Speaker, American Federation of Government Employees, District 9, Memphis, TN 2018
- Full Day: Federal Workers’ Compensation, Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment, VA Disability
- Speaker, American Federation of Government Employees, District 9, Midwest City, OK 2017
- Full Day: Federal Workers’ Compensation, Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment, VA Disability
- Speaker, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Ft. Worth, TX 2016
- Full Day: Federal Workers’ Compensation, Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment, VA Disability
- Speaker, American Federation of Government Employees, District 9, Little Rock, AR 2016
- Full Day: Federal Workers’ Compensation, Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment, VA Disability
- Speaker, American Federation of Government Employees, District 9, Oklahoma City, OK 2015
- Full Day: Federal Workers’ Compensation, Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment, VA Disability
- Speaker, American Federation of Government Employees, District 9, Kansas City, KS 2015
- Full Day: Federal Workers’ Compensation, Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment, VA Disability
- Speaker, Mercy Clinical Society, Medical Aspects of Federal Workers’ Compensation, Oklahoma City, OK 2015
- Speaker, American Federation of Government Employees, District 9, Memphis, TN 2014
- Full Day: Federal Workers’ Compensation, Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment , VA Disability
- Speaker, American Federation of Government Employees, District 9, Midwest City, OK 2013
- Full Day: Federal Workers’ Compensation, Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment
- Speaker, OWCP Litigation Group, Medical Aspects FECA, 6 th Edition AMA Guides, Washington, DC 2013
- Speaker, American Federation of Government Employees, District 9, Kansas City, KS 2013
- Full Day: Federal Workers’ Compensation, Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment
- Speaker, NOVA National Organization of Veteran’s Advocates, Philadelphia, PA 2012
- VA Medical Examinations - Tips for Doctors
- Speaker, American Federation of Government Employees, District 9, Kansas City, KS 2012
- Full Day: Practical Federal Workers’ Compensation & Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment & Video
- Speaker, American Federation of Government Employees, District 9, Lake of the Ozarks, MO 2012
- Full Day: Practical Federal Workers’ Compensation & Medical Disability Retirement, Harassment & Video
- Surveillance, Medical Aspects of Federal Workers’ Compensation
- Organizer & Speaker, Federal Workers’ Compensation Seminar, Ellis Clinic, Oklahoma City, OK 2010
- Lecture, University Oklahoma School of Medicine, Family Practice Residency, Lawton, OK 2009
- Medical Aspects of Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation
- Speaker, AFGE American Federation of Government Employees, Washington, DC 2007
- Federal Workers’ Compensation Seminar
- Organizer & Speaker, AFGE American Federation of Government Employees, St. Louis, MO, 2005
- Federal Workers’ Compensation Seminar
- Organizer & Speaker, Federal Workers’ Compensation Seminar, Dallas, TX 2004
- Speaker, Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, 2004
- Federal Workers’ Compensation
- Speaker, Use of AMA Guides, 2004 Workers’ Compensation Institute 2004
- Arkansas Bar Association, Little Rock, AR
- Speaker, Medical-Legal Issues in Environmental Medicine, Instructional Course 2004
- American Academy Environmental Medicine, Kansas City, MO
- Organizer & Speaker, Federal Workers’ Compensation Seminar, Oklahoma City, OK 2004
- Instructor. CAOHC Council for Accreditation of Occupational Hearing Conservation 2002-2005
- Speaker, Medical Aspects of Workers’ Compensation, Lorman Education Service,
- Oklahoma City, OK 2002 & 2003
- Speaker, Medical-Legal Issues in Environmental Medicine, Instructional Course
- American Academy Environmental Medicine, Plano, TX 2003
- 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, Colorado Springs, CO 2001
- Speaker, Medicine Conference, Work Comp Fraud, Mercy Health Center, Oklahoma City, OK 2001
- Speaker, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Seminar, University of Oklahoma
- College of Medicine 1997
- Speaker, Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court IME Seminar, Oklahoma City, OK 1997
- Speaker, "Use of New 4th Edition AMA Guides", Oklahoma Bar Association and
- Mercy Clinical Society, Oklahoma City, OK 1994
- Speaker, "Workers' Compensation", EPOCH-Envi Workshop, National Institute of Occupational
- Safety and Health, Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry 1992
- Speaker, "Workers' Compensation in Oklahoma", Division of Occupational & Environmental
- Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK 1992
- Speaker, "Impairment Ratings", Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University
- of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK 1992
- Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine,
- Occupational Medicine Residency Program 1991 > 2001
- Speaker, "Disability Evaluations", Mercy Clinical Society, Oklahoma City, OK 1991
- Speaker, "Use of 1988 AMA Guides", Mercy Clinical Society, Seminar Organizer/Speaker 1989
- Speaker, "Impairment Evaluation and Reporting", Oklahoma State Medical Association, Oklahoma City, OK 1987
- Speaker, "Medical Evaluations-Use of AMA Guidelines", Oklahoma City School of Law, Oklahoma City, OK 1987
- Speaker, "Medical Evaluations-Use of AMA Guidelines", Oklahoma City School of Law, Oklahoma City, OK 1986
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Publications
- 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.
- Ellis, J: "You Know When You Hurt! Dr. Ellis Talks to Patients about Workers'
- Compensation and Personal Injury", Audio Cassette, May 5, 1990.
- Ellis, John W., Review Editor, American Medical Association's. Guides to the Evaluation of
- Permanent Impairment, 4th edition, June 1993
- Ellis, John W., “Analogies to Assist in Understanding Bodily Injuries due to Motor Vehicle Collisions”,
- Disability Analyst, American Board of Disability Analysts, Fall 2000
- Ellis, John W., “Medicine and Federal Workers’ Compensation”,
- Federal Workers’ Compensation Seminar Manual,
- Ellis Clinic Educational Services, 1/14/04 & 12/3/04
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Other Endeavors
- Ergonomic and OSHA Compliance Seminars for Business 1990-1991
- Teacher, Metro School of Theology 1979-1980
- Continued
- Electronic Bible Publisher: The Bible Library ™
- Newsweek
- called Dr. Ellis
- "The Pioneer of CD-ROM Bible Study"
- Newsweek, Monday, Nov 15, 2021
- In 1988, Dr. Ellis produced the first electronic product with multiple Bibles and references!
- Books were not in an electronic format. Books were being printed only from plates!
- Dr. Ellis paid Millions $$ to convert Bibles and references to an electronic format!
- Dr. Ellis owned the rights to all the electronically formatted Bibles and books.
- Dr. Ellis gave the world his electronic rights for FREE!
- Dr. Ellis’ free gift allowed others to also provide more electronic works.
- Dr. Ellis and Stanley Morris, International Bible Publishing Co. published four (4) NEW electronic Bibles.
- In 1989, there were only four (4) Electronic Publishers!
- 1) Microsoft’s Bookshelf, 2) Grolier’s Encyclopedia, 3) CD-ROM Maps and 4) Ellis’ The Bible Library™
- In 1989, Microsoft and Hitachi paid the four companies to speak at Comdex, Las Vegas
- About the future of CD-ROM. One of the 4 speakers was Doc Ellis, a Hick doctor from Oklahoma.
- The Bible Library™ sold world wide!
- Every Military PX, WalMart, SAM’s, electronic and religious stores and the Nebraska Furniture Mart.
- The Bible Library™ was World’s Largest Selling Electronic Bible compilation!
- 42% Market Share!
- Doc Ellis’ The Bible Library™ Outsold MicroSoft in the Reference Division!
- Eagle Scout
- National Council of the Boy Scouts of America • 7/1/1957
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