Dr. Neal Ellis
C. Neal Ellis, MD FACS
C. Neal Ellis MD graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1984. He received his graduate training in General Surgery in Birmingham, AL and in Colorectal Surgery at Louisiana State University, Shreveport. He is board certified in General Surgery with added qualifications in Surgical Critical Care and Colon and Rectal Surgery. He is a Fellow and has held leadership positions in the American College of Surgeons where he was inducted into the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators, the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and the American College of Gastroenterology as well as a member of numerous other professional societies. His research interests include hernia, genetics and colon and rectal diseases. He is the editor of 2 books and the author or co-author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and invited manuscripts. He had given over 200 presentations in both national and international academic settings on a variety of topics including hernia, pelvic floor diseases, anal fistulas, advanced minimally invasive surgery, and rural health care systems.
Background
Education
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama 7/1980 - 6/1984
Doctor of Medicine.
Training
Baptist Medical Centers, Birmingham, Alabama 7/1984 – 6/1985
Internship (Surgery).
Baptist Medical Centers, Birmingham, Alabama 7/1985 – 6/1989
Residency (Surgery).
LSU Shreveport Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 7/1989 – 6/1990
Residency (Colorectal Surgery).
Professional Appointments
Professor and Vice-Chairman 8/2019 - present
Touro University Nevada Medical School.
Graduate Medical Education Chairman of Surgery 6/2019 – 6/2021
Valley Health System.
Professor, Chairman, Surgery Residency Program Director 1/2015 - 8/2018
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Permian Basin.
Chief of Surgery 1/2012 - 12/2014
Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System.
Professor of Surgery 9/2010 – 12/2011
Temple University.
System Director Colon and Rectal Surgery 07/2010 - 12/2011
West Penn Allegheny Health System.
Professor of Surgery with Tenure 04/2009 - 06/2010
University of South Alabama.
Director of Surgical Research 06/2007 - 06/2010
University of South Alabama.
Interim Chairman Department of Surgery 02/2005 - 08/2009
University of South Alabama.
Surgical Residency Program Director 02/2005 – 02/2010
University of South Alabama.
Associate Surgical Residency Program Director 12/2004 – 01/2005
University of South Alabama.
Associate Professor of Surgery (Tenure track) 04/2004 – 04/2009
University South Alabama.
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Tenure track) 06/2000 – 03/2004
University of Tennessee-Memphis.
Medical Director 11/2001 - 03/2004
University of Tennessee-Memphis, Center for Inherited Cancer.
Awards
Elected to the Tinsley Harrison Society
University of Alabama, School of Medicine 1983
Marion Donald Award for Surgical Research
Awarded by the Alabama Chapter of American College of Surgeons 1987
William Maddox Award for Cancer Research
Awarded by the Alabama Chapter of American College of Surgeons 1989
Cecile Lehman Meyer Research Award
Awarded by the American College of Chest Physicians 1987
Best Surgical Teacher
Awarded by the resident staff
Baptist Medical Centers, Birmingham, AL 1992
Red Sash Teaching Award 2005, 2006
Awarded by the Medical Students 2007, 2008
University of South Alabama, Mobile. AL 2009
Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Award
Awarded by the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 2013
American College of Surgeons
Academy of Master Surgeon Educators 10/2018
Grant Funding in excess of 3.6 Million Dollars
Professional Association Memberships
Fellow, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Piedmont Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
International Congress for Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery
Association for Academic Surgery
Midwestern Surgical Association
Consortium for Optimizing the Treatment of Rectal Cancer
Society of Surgical Chairs
Western Surgical Association
Journal Reviewer and Editorial Boards Including
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
Surgical Endoscopy
Journal of Surgical Oncology
International Journal of Coloproctology
Lancet
World Journal of Surgery
Techniques in Gastroenterology
Colorectal Diseases
Annals of Surgery
World Journal of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Publications and Presentations
81 publications in peer reviewed journals
4 Book Chapters
Over 200 Lectures and Presentations