UC Davis Medical Group Physician's Referral Guide

William G. Ellis, M.D.

Title: Director of Neuropathology
Professor

Specialty: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Alzheimer's Disease

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Undergraduate Education:	Iowa Wesleyan College Mt. Pleasant, Iowa B.A. 1953
Medical Education:	University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City, Iowa M.D. 1957
Internship:	Cook County Hospital Chicago, Illinois 1957-1958
Residency:	University Hospitals Iowa City, Iowa 1958-1961 Neurology
Fellowship:	University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois 1963-1965 Neuropathology
Board Certifications:	American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1965 American Board of Pathology, 1976
Professional Memberships:	American Academy of Neurology American Association of Neuropathologists American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Association of Pathologists External Advisory Committee, Stanford University Aging Clinical Research Center Neuropathology Advisory Panel, California Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic & Treatment Center Royal Society of Medicine United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

Clinical/Research Interests: Dr. Ellis specializes in fetal and pediatric neuropathology, teratology (the study of malformations or serious deviations), normal brain development, pathology of nervous system aging, Down syndrome dementia, Alzheimer's disease and other neurogenerative diseases, as well as muscle pathology. He has collaborated on studies of Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, senile dementia, and early Alzheimer's lesions in young Down syndrome patients.
Publications: Murphy Jr GM, Lim KC, Wieneke M, Ellis WG, Forno LS, Hoff AL, Nordahl T. No neuropathologic evidence for an increased frequency of Alzheimer’s disease among elderly schizophrenics Biological Psychiatry 1998;43: 205-209 Maselli RA, Ellis WG, Mandler RN, Sheik R, Knox S, Shlari-Nanih R, Wollman RL, Richman DP. cluster of wound botulism in northern California A clinical, electrophysiologic and pathologic study Muscle and Nerve 1997;20:1284-1295 Murphy Jr GM, Sullivan EV, Gallagher-Thompson D, Thompson LW, Van Duijn CM, Forno LS, Ellis WG, Jagust WJ, Yesavage J, Tinklenberg JR. No association between the alpha 1-antichymotrypsin allele and Alzheimer’s disease Neurology 1997;48:1313-1316 Chong BW, Babcock CJ, Pang D, Ellis WG. A magnetic resonance template for normal cerebellar development in the human fetus Neurosurgery 1997; 41:924-928 Bakshi N, Maselli RA, Gospe SM, Ellis WG, McDonald C, Mandler RN. Fulminant demyelinating neuropathy mimicking cerebral death Muscle and Nerve 1997;20(12):1595-1597