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William Ellis, M.D., F.A.C.S
Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION:

B.S. cum laude, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1964

M.D. Degree, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1968

Internship
Surgical internship, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1968-69

Fellowship
National Heart Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1969-71

Residency
Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1971-74

BOARDS:
American Board of Ophthalmology, 1977
American College of Eye Surgeons:

Diplomate in Cataract and Intraocular Implant Surgery, 1990
Diplomate in Incisional Keratotomy, 1994
Diplomate in LASIK, 2001

LICENSURE:
Physician and Surgeon:
California License
Maryland License
Missouri License
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs License

State license eligible in the 45 states accepting successful completion of all three parts of the examination of the National Board of Medical Examiners.

CLINICAL INVESTIGATOR, PRESBY CORPORATION:
Clinical Investigator for segmental procedure for the reversal of presbyopia.

PATENTS:

United States Patent No. 5,376,099 for the under-cutting diamond surgical knife used internationally for enhancing RK effect.

HONORARY SOCIETIES:

Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

Alta Bates/Herrick, Berkeley, CA
Doctors Hospital, San Pablo, CA
Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Academy of Ophthalmology – Fellow
American Medical Association
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
American College of Eye Surgeons – Fellow (Board Certified in Refractive Keratotomy)
California Medical Association
International Society of Refractive Keratoplasty
Kerato-Refractive Society
Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmology Society
American Board of Eye Surgery (Certification in Cataract Implant Surgery)
American College of Surgeons-Fellow
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, 1981-88
Society for Geriatric Ophthalmology
The Berkeley Course on Radial Keratotomy, Director, 1985-94
Vice President of the Society for the Advancement of Laser Technology
Vice President emeritus of Society of Advacement of LASIK technology

MEMBERSHIP

Presidents Circle U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

EDITORIAL BOARDS:

Ophthalmosurgery, Moscow, Russia
Appointed to the Editorial Board of Ophthalmosurgery, Russia, 1994

ENDOWMENT:

Endowed and funded the William Ellis Vision Research Prize for Excellence in Vision Research Awarded yearly to a graduating senior, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

18 year member Rotary International. Fellow Elliot Society, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

Conducted bioengineering research during senior year at UC Berkeley School of engineering and voted Alumni Scholar during senior year.

PRECEPTORSHIP:

Preceptorship in ophthalmic plastic surgery with Dr. Crowell Beard.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Has been in ophthalmological practice since 1974.

Dr. Ellis' textbook, "Radial Keratotomy and Astigmatism Surgery" has gone through three editions since first published in 1985 and the latest edition, "Keratotomy Surgery for Myopia, Hyperopia and Astigmatism," 1991 (323 pages) is used worldwide a basic medical text on this subject.

Chairperson of a one-hour symposium on the "Surgical Correction of Astigmatism" at the Twenty-Sixth International Congress of Ophthalmology, Singapore, 1990.

Founder and Director of the Berkeley California Refractive Surgery Course given from 1985 to 1994 with an average attendance of thirty or more ophthalmologists from all over the world each year.

PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Licensed General Class Amateur Radio Operator since 1956
Licensed Single & Multi-Engine Instrument Rated Commercial Pilot
Licensed Glider Pilot
Certified Scuba Diver
Skier

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