Joshua Ellis, MD, MPH

Dr. Joshua Ellis currently serves as the EM Clerkship Director at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He has maintained a passion for undergraduate medical education throughout his medical career. He previously served as the Assistant Clerkship Director at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where he also completed a fellowship in medical education (under the director mentorship of Dr. Nicole Dubosh, former CDEM president) and obtaining his MPH in health policy from T.H Chan Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to that Dr. Ellis served as the resident EM clerkship director while completing his residency in Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic.

He has passions for improving the educational experience of students, particularly minority students with hopes of diversifying medical education, and has multiple publications on the matter including two in the New England Journal of Medicine. He also has been active in ADIEM, serving as the President of the LGBTQ+ subcommittee.

Lastly, his institution, UAMS, is transitioning from an elective to a mandatory clerkship model in 2028, providing ample time to prepare for the transition, and also time to study the potential outcomes. He aims to describe the impact of a mandatory clerkship on student metrics such as STEP 2 CK, surgery NBME, OSCEs, and interest in Emergency Medicine. He aims to use his position as a CDEM member to implement standardized teaching practices at his own institution and be a part of a future national standardized EM clerkship model.