Swank Foundation Endowed Chair in Memory Care and Geriatrics, ChristianaCare; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Sidney Kimmel College of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University; Editor in Chief, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
Dr. Ellison trained to be a psychiatrist at the Mass General Hospital. Subsequently, he spent several decades working as a general and geriatric psychiatrist in several hospitals in or near Boston. He also received a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. Throughout his career, he has developed and led clinical programs while also promoting education of the public and of his professional peers. Dr. Ellison’s clinical specialties include the assessment and treatment of neurocognitive disorders in older adults and the evaluation and treatment of resistant mood disorders in later life. His research interests have addressed cognitive and behavioral aspects of the neurocognitive disorders and he has served as a site Principal Investigator in multiple trials of new medications for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. He is also the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology and the author or editor of several books about psychiatry and over 70 peer-reviewed articles.
Dr. Ellison moved to Delaware in 2015 to become the first Swank Foundation Endowed Chair in Memory Care and Geriatrics. His objective in this role is to enhance the care of older adults with neurocognitive disorders in Delaware by increasing their access to state of the art diagnostic tools, clinical assessment and treatment approaches, caregiver support resources, and research trials. He is privileged to work as a geriatric psychiatrist in an interdisciplinary consultation team that includes geriatricians, social workers, a neurologist, and a nurse practitioner devoted to this shared goal of treating people with mild to severe cognitive difficulties and related emotional and behavioral conditions.
Dr. Ellison has been recognized for his teaching, writing, and community service: In 2010 he was named the AAGP’s Educator of the Year. In 2019 he was a co-recipient of the APA’s Manfred S. Guttmacher Award (for contribution to forensic psychiatry literature). This year he was grateful to receive the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award bestowed by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI).
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Friday, September 16, 2022
8:50 AM – 12:30 PM CT