Joshua Ellis, MD, MPH

Joshua Ellis, MD, MPH, is clerkship director of emergency medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Dr. Ellis earned his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine and completed his emergency medicine residency at Mayo Clinic, where he also served as resident clerkship director. He completed a medical education fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School and earned a Master of Public Health in health policy from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

His work focuses on medical education, with particular interest in improving the educational experience for minority students. He has held national leadership roles, including co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Subcommittee for the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine within the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, where he received the Outstanding Early Career Academician Award.

At the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Dr. Ellis leads development of undergraduate emergency medicine curricula and is evaluating the impact of transitioning to a required clerkship model on student outcomes.