Colin Ellis, MD

Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 16 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
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About me

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

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

121 reviews

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Anonymous
May 2026
very helpful and comprehensive
Anonymous
May 2026
dr. ellis did not rush through the appointment. he showed interest in what we had to say. the appointment was extremely valuable.
Anonymous
May 2026
was expecting provider would could have filled out a short form during visit, instead of having to wait for someone else to contact me to fill form out.
Anonymous
May 2026
good service

Insurance accepted

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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.
  • Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Ellis is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Cook JT, Prasad S, Ozudogru S, Ellis CA. Pearls & Oy-sters: Attacks of Hemiplegic Migraine and Encephalopathy in SLC4A4 Pathogenic Variants , Neurology, 105: 2025,e214231


Xie K, Korzun J, Zhou DJ, Chang E, Ghosn NJ, Lavelle S, Oganisian A, Acton EK, Gelfand MA, Roth D, Litt B, Ellis CA. Comparative effectiveness of anti-seizure medications in emulated trials using medical informatics , Brain: 2025


Zhou DJ, Ellis CA, Xie K, Sinha N, Xie SX, Davis KA, Stein JM, Jennings T, Bagley SJ, Desai A, Wen PY, Reardon DA, Tobochnik S. Seizure characteristics and outcomes in patients with pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma , Neurooncol Adv, 7: 2025,vdaf134


Guzman SG, Ruggiero SM, Ganesan S, Ellis CA, Harrison AG, Sullivan KR, Stark Z, Brown NJ, Kana SL, Tuttle A, Tenorio J, Lapunzina P, Nevado J, McDonald MT, Jensen C, Wheeler PG, Stange L, Morrison J, Keren B, Heide S, Keating MW, Butler KM, Lyons MA, Jain S, Yeganeh M, Thompson ML, Schroeder M, Nguyen H, Granadillo J, Johnston KM, Murali CN, Bosanko K, Burrow TA; CHOP Birth Defects Biorepository; Penn Medicine BioBank; Morgan S, Watson DJ, Hakonarson H, Helbig I. Variants in BSN, encoding the presynaptic protein Bassoon, result in a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder with a broad phenotypic range , Am J Hum Genet, 112: 2025,1415-1429


Ojemann WKS, Xie K, Liu K, Chang E, Roth D, Litt B, Ellis CA. Zero-Shot Extraction of Seizure Outcomes from Clinical Notes Using Generative Pretrained Transformers , J Healthc Inform Res, 9: 2025,380-400


McClelland AC, Ellis CA, Kuo E, Ye KQ, Balu R, Mohan S. Atypical Edema in Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: Clinical Associations and Outcome , J Neuroimaging: 2025


Ellis CA, Ottman R, Epstein MP; Epi4K Consortium; Berkovic SF, Oliver KL. Phenotypic heterogeneity in familial epilepsies is influenced by polygenic risk for generalized and focal epilepsies , Epilepsia: 2025


Aguila CA, Lucas A, Lavelle S, Pattnaik AR, Kim J, Ojemann WKS, Ma D, Josyula M, Petillo N, LaRocque JJ, Sinha SR, Ellis CA, Parashos A, Gleichgerrcht E, Davis KA, Litt B, Conrad EC. Mesial-to-lateral gradients of epileptiform activity to localize mesial temporal lobe epilepsy , Epilepsia: 2025


Brooker SM, Novelli M, Coukos R, Prakash N, Kamel WA, Amengual-Gual M, Anheim M, Barcia G, Bardakjian T, Baur F, Berweck S, Bölsterli BK, Brugger M, Cassini T, Chatron N, Corner B, Dafsari HS, de Sainte Agathe JM, Ellis CA, Ezell KM, Foucard C, Frucht SJ, Garcia MC, Gill D, Guimier A, Hamid R, Heine-Suñer D, Herkenrath P, Hully M, Isaias IU, Januel L, Laurencin C, Laut T, Lavillaureix A, Lesca G, Lesieur-Sebellin M, Magistrelli L, Marelli C, Mefford HC, Mendelsohn BA, Mercimek-Andrews S, Miller C, Mohammad SS, Morgante F, Nandipati S, Opladen T, Padmanaban M, Pauni M, Pezzoli G, Piton A, Ramond F, Riboldi GM, Rougeot-Jung C, Santos-Simarro F, Scheffer IE, Serari N, Stahl CM, Kung AS, Tarongí Sanchez S, Thauvin-Robinet C, Till M, Tranchant C, Troedson C, Tropea TF, Vanakker O, Vega P, Wiese ML, Wieshmann U, Williams LJ, Wirth T, Zech M, Zempel H, Roze E, Leuzzi V, Galosi S, Fung VSC, Carvill G, Krainc D, Gerard E, Mencacci NE. The Spectrum of Neurologic Phenotypes Associated With NUS1 Pathogenic Variants: A Comprehensive Case Series , Ann Neurol: 2025


Ellis CA, Liu PZ, Napole A, Denison L, Shaik NF, Venezia GA, Ljungberg L, Karamardian MA, Peachey C, Buckley M, Bae CJ, Stein L, Xu DJ. Promoting Sleep for Neurology Inpatients: The Value of Routine Overnight Vital Signs , Neurol Clin Pract: 2025


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