Jason A. Ellis, MD
Lenox Hill Hospital Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery
Lenox Hill Hospital Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Dr. Ellis is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon and is the Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. He has a subspecialty interest in treating patients with complex brain and spinal cord vascular lesions as well as skull base tumors. He completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees with honors at Harvard University prior to enrolling in the MD program at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. As a medical student, Dr. Ellis began cultivating an interest in brain tumor biology and was awarded a Doris Duke Research Fellowship in this field.
After medical school, he began his neurosurgical training at the Neurological Institute of New York/Columbia University Medical Center. His early postdoctoral research focused on developing growth factor-induced murine models of brain and spinal cord tumors. Dr. Ellis has gone on to forge an independent research path with diverse basic and clinical science interests in the fields of brain tumor and cerebrovascular biology. Through collaborative efforts, his current research work focuses on the development of translational methods for improving intra-arterial drug delivery to the nervous system.
As a cerebrovascular neurosurgery fellow at Emory University Hospital, he obtained special training in the microsurgical treatment of patients with brain aneurysms, vascular malformations of the brain and spine, carotid disease, and skull base tumors. Dr. Ellis enjoys scientific writing and has authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, books and various web-based media. He has lectured both nationally and internationally on topics of basic research, clinical management and other academic interests.
Education
| BA, Chemistry and Physics with Honors | Harvard University, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA |
| MA | Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA |
| MD | Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York NY |
| Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Bartoli Brain Tumor Lab | Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University Medical Center, New York NY |
| Resident, Department of Neurological Surgery | New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York NY |
| Fellow, Neuroendovascular Surgery, Department of Neurological Surgery | New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York NY |
| Chief Resident, Department of Neurological Surgery | New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York NY |
| Fellow, Cerebrovascular Surgery | Emory University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Atlanta GA |
Honors & prizes
- Drs. William Nastuk, Beatrice Seegal, and Konrad Hsu Award (for demonstrated successful laboratory collaboration between student and faculty)
- J.F. Bohmfalk Scholar, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Honors in Field (Chemistry and Physics), Harvard University
- Harvard College Scholarship
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Valedictorian, Stranahan High School
- Harvard Book Award
- National Merit Corporation, National Achievement Scholar
- Super Doctors Rising Star
- Super Doctors Top Doctor – New York
- NYPD Honorary Police Surgeon
- Teamwork Award, Northwell Health
- Voice of Our Patients Award, Lenox Hill Hospital
Faculty academic appointments
- Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
- Co-Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery Fellowship, Lenox Hill Hospital
Hospital appointments
Current appointments
- Lenox Hill Hospital, New York NY
Staff Physician, Department of Neurosurgery
Professional societies
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular Section
- North American Skull Base Society
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Editorial activities
- Reviewer, Neurosurgery
- Reviewer, World Neurosurgery
- Reviewer, Operative Neurosurgery
- Reviewer, Journal of Neuro-Oncology
License
- New York State
Board certification
- Board Certified. American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Clinical interests
Cerebrovascular surgery
- Brain aneurysms
- Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and fistulas
- Spinal vascular malformations
- Brain cavernous malformations
- Cerebral revascularization
- Bypass surgery
- Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Moyamoya disease
Skull base surgery
- Meningioma
- Acoustic neuroma
- Pituitary tumors
- Skull tumors
- Orbital tumors
- Microvascular decompression
- Facial pain
- Hemifacial spasm
Brain and spine tumor surgery
- Primary brain tumors
- Metastatic brain tumors
- Spinal cord tumors
Gamma Knife radiosurgery
- Brain tumors
- Vascular malformations
- Trigeminal neuralgia
General neurosurgery
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Research interests
- Intra-arterial drug delivery to treat brain diseases
- Optimizing techniques for cerebral microvascular and skull base surgery
- Minimally invasive endoscopic and exoscopic cranial surgery
Publications
- PubMed and Google scholar search Jason A Ellis