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Henry Ellis, M.D.

Henry Ellis, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Orthopaedic Surgery

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  • Biography

    Henry Bone Ellis, Jr. M.D., received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. He completed both his internship in general surgery and residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. There, he received the W. Brandon Carrell Distinguished Physician Award and was elected Chief Resident. He completed fellowships in pediatric orthopedics at the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto and sports medicine at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado. He is an active clinical and research participant in the Hip and Sports Medicine Centers for Excellence at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas and is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern. Among many research projects he leads in pediatric sports medicine, he has developed and successfully achieved funding for a large multi-center pediatric arthroscopy complications registry call SCORE. Dr. Ellis has also worked with several local high schools, the US Ski and Snowboard Association, Dallas Stars, Mavericks Hoops Program, and takes 14 adolescent amputees skiing each year.  He is a member of the 2018-2019 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeon Leadership Fellows Program.  He has been involved with PRISM since its first meeting and is an active participant on several committees.

  • Education
    Undergraduate School
    Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin (2000)
    Medical School
    UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (2005)
    Internship
    UT Southwestern Medical School (2006), General Surgery
    Orthopedic Registrar
    Auckland City Hospital (2009), Trauma & Sports Medicine
    Residency
    UT Southwestern Medical School (2010), Orthopedic Surgery
    Fellowship
    Steadman Philippon Research Institute and the Steadman Clinic (2011), Sports Medicine
    Fellowship
    Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto (2012), Pediatric Orthopaedics
  • Research Interest
    • ACL Reconstruction in the Skeletally Immature
    • Knee and Hip Arthroscopy
    • Pediatric Fracture Care
    • Pediatric Sports Medicine
  • Publications
    Strength Recovery from Nonsurgical Treatment of Apophyseal Avulsions of the Pelvis
    Ratcliff T, Ojeaga PO, Hawkins ND, Loewen A, Van Pelt RL, Nepple J, Wilson PL, Ellis HB Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2025 Oct 45 e797-e803
    Age and Sex-based Frequency of Graft and Technique Used in Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Multicenter Study
    Author Collaboration Mo, Niu EL, Schmitz MR, Clark VC, Podvin CC, Ganley TJ, Green DW, Saper MG, Pacicca DM, Ellington MD, Wilson PL, Shea KG, Ellis HB Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2025 Sep 45 e663-e670
    Age and Sex-based Frequency of Graft and Technique Used in Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Multicenter Study
    Author Collaboration Mo, Niu EL, Schmitz MR, Clark VC, Podvin CC, Ganley TJ, Green DW, Saper MG, Pacicca DM, Ellington MD, Wilson PL, Shea KG, Ellis HB Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2025 Sep 45 e663-e670
    Change-of-Direction Assessment in Healthy Adolescent Athletes: Task-Specific Biomechanical Responses Reveal the Optimal Cognitive Dual Task Condition
    Ulman S, Loewen AM, Erdman AL, Davis AN, Wilson PL, Ellis HB American Journal of Sports Medicine 2025 Sep 53 2726-2737
    Development of a Consensus-based Agenda to Identify Priorities for Clinical Research in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
    Author Collaboration PR, Larson AN, Paradkar R, Schmitz M, Liu R, Patel NM, Ellis HB, Milbrandt TA, Sucato D, Shea K, Laine J Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2025 Aug 12
    Commentary to Quality Improvement Case Series: Iatrogenic Physeal Fracture Sustained During Manipulation for Arthrofibrosis of the Knee
    Ellis HB, Meadows MC, Justin Mistovich R, Beck JJ Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2025 Aug 12
    Completely Displaced Midshaft Clavicular Fractures with Skin Tenting in Adolescents Results from the FACTS Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study
    Willimon SC, Wilson PL, Quinn M, Pang JH, Perkins CA, Ellis HB, Li Y, Nepple JJ, Pandya NK, Pennock AT, Spence DD, Bae DS, Busch MT, Edmonds EW, Kocher MS, Sabatini CS, Heyworth BE Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2025 Jul 107 1553-1560
    Autograft Quadriceps Anterior Cruciate Ligament Harvest Technique
    Arvesen JE, Todesco CR, Ellis HB, Dinulescu AL, Johnson BL, Wyatt CW, Wilson PL Arthroscopy Techniques 2025 Jul 14
    Influence of Neighborhood Disparities on Traumatic Shoulder Instability Severity and Timing of Care in Adolescents
    Do DH, Arvesen JE, McGinley JJ, Robinson AK, Lovrich EE, Ellis HB, Wilson PL American Journal of Sports Medicine 2025 Jul 53 2066-2074
    Decline in Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions Seen Over 20 Years in the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons Part II Oral Examination Database
    Clark VC, Sabatino MJ, Lind DR, Van Pelt RL, Vandenberg CD, Beck JJ, Pennock AT, Cruz I. AI, Ganley J. TJ, Shea KG, Wilson PL, Ellis HB Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Global Research and Reviews 2025 Jun 9