Penn Medicine Provider
Neurology
Colin Ellis, MD
4.9
(77)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 16 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

77 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
very good communication
May 2025
5.0
5.0
nice dr and was friendly
April 2025
5.0
5.0
answered all of my questions
April 2025
5.0
5.0
not rushed. explained well. took questions.

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Ellis is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Vizcarra JA, Yarlagadda S, Xie K, Ellis CA, Spindler M, Hammer LH. Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis and Quantitative Phenotyping of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders: A Systematic Review , J Clin Med, 13: 2024,7009


Ellis CA, Oliver KL, Harris RV, Ottman R, Scheffer IE, Mefford HC, Epstein MP, Berkovic SF, Bahlo M. Inflation of polygenic risk scores caused by sample overlap and relatedness: Examples of a major risk of bias , Am J Hum Genet, 111: 2024,1805-1809


Chen S, Abou-Khalil BW, Afawi Z, Ali QZ, Amadori E, Anderson A, Anderson J, Andrade DM, Annesi G, Arslan M, Auce P, Bahlo M, Baker MD, Balagura G, Balestrini S, Banks E, Barba C, Barboza K, Bartolomei F, Bass N, Baum LW, Baumgartner TH, Baykan B, Bebek N, Becker F, Bennett CA, Beydoun A, Bianchini C, Bisulli F, Blackwood D, Blatt I, Borggräfe I, Bosselmann C, Braatz V, Brand H, Brockmann K, Buono RJ, Busch RM, Caglayan SH, Canafoglia L, Canavati C, Castellotti B, Cavalleri GL, Cerrato F, Chassoux F, Cherian C, Cherny SS, Cheung CL, Chou IJ, Chung SK, Churchhouse C, Ciullo V, Clark PO, Cole AJ, Cosico M, Cossette P, Cotsapas C, Cusick C, Daly MJ, Davis LK, Jonghe P, Delanty N, Dennig D, Depondt C, Derambure P, Devinsky O, Di Vito L, Dickerson F, Dlugos DJ, Doccini V, Doherty CP, El-Naggar H, Ellis CA, Epstein L, Evans M, Faucon A, Feng YA, Ferguson L, Ferraro TN, Da Silva IF, Ferri L, Feucht M, Fields MC, Fitzgerald M, Fonferko-Shadrach B, Fortunato F, Franceschetti S, French JA, Freri E, Fu JM, Gabriel S, Gagliardi M, Gambardella A, Gauthier L, Giangregorio T, Gili T, Glauser TA, Goldberg E, Goldman A, Goldstein DB, et al. Exome sequencing of 20,979 individuals with epilepsy reveals shared and distinct ultra-rare genetic risk across disorder subtypes , medRxiv: 2024


Raper AC, Weathers BL, Drivas TG, Ellis CA, Kripke CM, Oyer RA, Owens AT, Verma A, Wileyto PE, Wollack CC, Zhou W, Ritchie MD, Schnoll RA, Nathanson KL. Protocol for a type 3 hybrid implementation cluster randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of patient and clinician nudges to advance the use of genomic medicine across a diverse health system , Implement Sci, 19: 2024,61


Hamedani AG, Ellis CA, Ehrlich JR, Willis AW. Interaction between visual impairment and genetic risk of dementia and psychosis in older adults , Age Ageing, 53: 2024,afae163


Xie K, Ojemann WKS, Gallagher RS, Shinohara RT, Lucas A, Hill CE, Hamilton RH, Johnson KB, Roth D, Litt B, Ellis CA. Disparities in seizure outcomes revealed by large language models , J Am Med Inform Assoc, 31: 2024,1348-1355


Baldwin A, Copeland J, Azage M, Dratch L, Johnson K, Paul RA, Amado DA, Baer M, Deik A, Elman LB, Guo M, Hamedani AG, Irwin DJ, Lasker A, Orthmann-Murphy J, Quinn CC, Tropea TF, Scherer SS, Shinohara RT, Hamilton RH, Ellis CA. Disparities in Genetic Testing for Neurologic Disorders , Neurology, 102: 2024,e209161


Oliver KL, Scheffer IE, Ellis CA, Grinton BE; Epi4K Consortium; Berkovic SF, Bahlo M. Investigating the effect of polygenic background on epilepsy phenotype in 'monogenic' families , EBioMedicine: 2024


Galer PD, Parthasarathy S, Xian J, McKee JL, Ruggiero SM, Ganesan S, Kaufman MC, Cohen SR, Haag S, Chen C, Ojemann WKS, Kim D, Wilmarth O, Vaidiswaran P, Sederman C, Ellis CA, Gonzalez AK, Boßelmann CM, Lal D, Sederman R, Lewis-Smith D, Litt B, Helbig I. Clinical signatures of genetic epilepsies precede diagnosis in electronic medical records of 32,000 individuals , Genet Med: 2024


Roggenbuck J, Morales A, Ellis CA, Dratch L, Stetler M, Tan CA, Bucknor B, Hatchell KE, Aradhya S, Esplin ED, Ting YL, Scherer SS. Diagnostic and clinical utility of comprehensive multigene panel testing for patients with neuropathy , J Peripher Nerv Syst: 2024


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