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Thomas L.  Ellis, M.D.

Thomas L. Ellis, M.D.

Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Contact Information
Office:
336-716-4081
Fax:
336-716-3065
Clinical Specialties
Parkinson's Disease, Neurosurgery, Deep Brain Stimulation, Hemifacial Spasm, Acoustic Tumors, Brain Tumors, Epilepsy Surgery, Pituitary Tumors, Spine Surgery, Gamma Knife, Trigeminal Neuralgia
Education & Training
  BSEEDuke University1984
  MDUniversity of North Carolina School of Medicine1993
ResidencyNeurosurgeryU Florida Affil Hosps2000
InternshipU Florida Affil Hosps1994
Memberships
Movement Disorder Society
North Carolina Medical Society
North Carolina Neurosurgical Society
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Society for Neuroscience
Western NC Chpt Society For Neuroscience
American Coll of Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgery
NPI Number
1275513855
Thomas L.  Ellis, M.D.

Thomas L. Ellis, M.D.

Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Contact Information
Office:
336-716-4081
Fax:
336-716-3065
Research Interests
cancer/oncogenesis , medical technology/devices , neurosciences/behavior , primary care , surgery/trauma/burns/trauma
Recent Publications
Neal MT, Ellis TL, Stanton CA. Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in two siblings with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) [letter]. Clin Neuropathol. 2012; 31(1):54-56.


Wilson JL, Ellis TL, Mott RT. Chordoid meningioma of the third ventricle: a case report and review of the literature. Clin Neuropathol. 2011; 30(2):70-74.


Garcia PA, Pancotto T, Rossmeisl JH, Henao-Guerrero N, Gustafson NR, Daniel GB, Robertson JL, Ellis TL, Davalos RV. Non-thermal irreversible electroporation (N-TIRE) and adjuvant fractionated radiotherapeutic multimodal therapy for intracranial malignant glioma in a canine patient. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2011; 10(1):73-83.


Ellis TL, Garcia PA, Rossmeisl JH Jr, Henao-Guerrero N, Robertson J, Davalos RV. Nonthermal irreversible electroporation for intracranial surgical applications: laboratory investigation. J Neurosurg. 2011; 114(3):681-688.


Ellis TL. Dystonia and the role of deep brain stimulation. ISRN Surg. 2011; 2011():art.193718.


Jensen CA, Chan MD, McCoy TP, Bourland JD, deGuzman AF, Ellis TL, Ekstrand KE, McMullen KP, Munley MT, Shaw EG, Urbanic JJ, Tatter SB. Cavity-directed radiosurgery as adjuvant therapy after resection of a brain metastasis. J Neurosurg. 2011; 114(6):1585-1591.


Garcia PA, Rossmeisl JH Jr, Neal RE II, Ellis TL, Davalos RV. A parametric study delineating irreversible electroporation from thermal damage based on a minimally invasive intracranial procedure. Biomed Eng Online. 2011; 10():article 34.


Chan MD, Attia A, Tatter SB, Lesser G, Zapadka ME, Mott RT, Carter A, McMullen KP, Shaw EG, Ellis TE [sic ] [Ellis TL]. Radiation-induced adult medulloblastoma: a two-case report and review of the literature. J Neurooncol. 2011; 103(3):745-749.


Aubuchon AC, Chan MD, Lovato JF, Balamucki CJ, Ellis TL, Tatter SB, McMullen KP, Munley MT, Deguzman AF, Ekstrand KE, Bourland JD, Shaw EG. Repeat gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011; 81(4):1059-1065.


Lowell D, Tatter SB, Bourland JD, DeGuzman AF, Ekstrand KE, Ellis TL, Lovato JF, McMullen KP, Munley MT, Shaw EG, Urbanic JJ, Chan MD. Toxicity of gamma knife radiosurgery in the treatment of intracranial tumors in patients with collagen vascular diseases or multiple sclerosis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011; 81(4):e519-e524.


Amponsah K, Ellis TL, Chan MD, Bourland JD, Glazier SS, McMullen KP, Shaw EG, Tatter SB. Staged gamma knife radiosurgery for large cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2011; 89(6):365-371.


Kilburn JM, Ellis TL, Urbanic JJ, Bourland JD, Munley MT, deGuzman AF, McMullen KP, Shaw EG, Tatter SB, Chan MD. Outcomes for gamma knife radiosurgery for brainstem metastases [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011; 81(2 Suppl):S302.


Loganathan AG, Chan MD, Alphonse N, Peiffer AM, Johnson A, McMullen KP, Urbanic JJ, Saconn PA, Bourland JD, Munley MT, Shaw EG, Tatter SB, Ellis TL. Clinical outcomes of brain metastases treated with gamma knife radiosurgery with 3.0 T vs. 1.5 T MRI-based treatment planning [abstract]. Neuro Oncol. 2011; 13(Suppl 3):129.


Paulsson AK, Chan MD, Peiffer AM, Hinson WH, Kearns WT, Lesser GJ, Ellis TL, Tatter SB, Shaw EG, McMullen KP. Decreased CTV margin size does not affect patterns of failure for glioblastoma treated with concurrent radiotherapy and temozolomide [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011; 81(2 Suppl):S183.


Vern-Gross TZ, McMullen KP, Case LD, Bourland JD, Ellis TL, Lawrence JA, Tatter SB, Shaw EG, Urbanic JJ, Chan MD. Patterns of failure in patients receiving gamma knife radiosurgery for breast carcinoma to the brain [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011; 81(2 Suppl):S216-S217.


Vern-Gross TZ, McMullen KP, Case LD, Bourland JD, Ellis TL, Lawrence JA, Tatter SB, Shaw EG, Urbanic JJ, Chan MD. Patterns of failure in patients receiving gamma knife radiosurgery for breast carcinoma to the brain [abstract]. Neuro Oncol. 2011; 13(Suppl 3):127.


Mott RT, Ellis TL, Geisinger KR. Angiocentric glioma: a case report and review of the literature. Diagn Cytopathol. 2010; 38(6):452-456.


Strowd RE, Cartwright MS, Passmore LV, Ellis TL, Tatter SB, Siddiqui MS. Weight change following deep brain stimulation for movement disorders. J Neurol. 2010; 257(8):1293-1297.


Garcia PA, Rossmeisl JH Jr, Neal RE II, Ellis TL, Olson JD, Henao-Guerrero N, Robertson J, Davalos RV. Intracranial nonthermal irreversible electroporation: in vivo analysis. J Membr Biol. 2010; 236(1):127-136.


Saconn PA, Shaw EG, Chan MD, Squire SE, Johnson AJ, McMullen KP, Tatter SB, Ellis TL, Lovato J, Bourland JD, Ekstrand KE, DeGuzman AF, Munley MT. Use of 3.0-T MRI for stereotactic radiosurgery planning for treatment of brain metastases: a single-institution retrospective review. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010; 78(4):1142-1146.


Lowell DA, Shaw EG, Bourland JD, de Guzman AF, Ekstrand KE, Ellis TL, McMullen KP, Munley MT, Tatter SB, Chan MD. Analysis of toxicity in patients with collagen vascular diseases or multiple sclerosis treated with gamma knife radiosurgery for intracranial tumors [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010; 78(3 Suppl):S269-S270.


Marshall KM, Chan MD, Ellis TL, Aubuchon A, Balamucki CJ, Bourland JD, McCoy TP, McMullen KP, Shaw EG, Tatter SB. Predictive variables for successful treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with radiosurgery [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010; 78(3 Suppl):S8.


McMullen KP, Harris S, Lovato J, Ellis TL, Tatter SB, Urbanic J, Bourland JD, Shaw EG, Chan MD. Salvage radiosurgery for patients with small cell lung cancer after previous whole brain radiations [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010; 78(3 Suppl):S274-S275.


Renfrow J, De Troye A, Chan M, Tatter S, Ellis T, McMullen K, Johnson A, Mott R, Lesser GJ. Initial clinical experience with bendamustine in patients with recurrent primary central nervous system lymphoma (R-PCNSL) [abstract]. Neuro Oncol. 2010; 12(Suppl 4):56.


Lawrence MV, Rossi P, Powell D, Ekstrand KE, deGuzman AF, Munley MT, Ellis TL, Tatter SB, Stieber VW, McMullen KP, Shaw EG, Bourland JD. Relationship between radiosurgery conformity indices and acoustic neuroma tumor volume. In: McDermott MW, ed. Radiosurgery. New York: Karger; 2010: 95-99.


Wentworth S, Pinn M, Bourland JD, DeGuzman AF, Ekstrand K, Ellis TL, Glazier SS, McMullen KP, Munley M, Stieber VW, Tatter SB, Shaw EG. Clinical experience with radiation therapy in the management of neurofibromatosis-associated central nervous system tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009; 73(1):208-213.




Garcia PA, Rossmeisl JH, Robertson J, Ellis TL, Davalos RV. Pilot study of irreversible electroporation for intracranial surgery. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009; 1():6513-6516.


Mott RT, Thore CR, Moody DM, Glazier SS, Ellis TL, Brown WR. Reduced ratio of afferent to total vascular density in mesial temporal sclerosis. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2009; 68(10):1147-1154.


Ferguson PB, Baker M, Ellis T, O'Donovan CA. Coexistence of mesial temporal sclerosis and neurofibromatosis in a case of surgically treated refractory epilepsy [abstract]. Epilepsia. 2009; 50(Suppl 11):142-143.


Attia A, Chan M, Seif D, Russell GB, Bourland JD, Deguzman A, Ellis T, McMullen K, Tatter S, Shaw EG. Treatment of atypical meningiomas with gamma knife radiosurgery: the role of conformality index and margin dose [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009; 75(3 Suppl 1):S226-S227.


Aubuchon AC, Chan M, Lovano J, McMullen K, Ellis T, Tatter S, Bourland J, Deguzman A, Munley M, Shaw E. Dorsal root entry zone dose predicts efficacy and toxicity for patients receiving a second radiosurgical treatment for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009; 75(3 Suppl 1):S240.


Jensen CA, Chan MD, McCoy TP, Shaw EG, McMullen KP, Ellis TL, Munley MT, Bourland JD, De Guzman AF, Tatter SB. Adjuvant radiosurgery after resection of a brain metastasis allows for the delay or elimination of whole brain radiotherapy [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009; 75(3 Suppl 1):S226.


Strowd RE, Bajaj S, Cartwright MS, Ellis TL, Nawaz KH, Tatter SS, Siddiqui MS. Risk factors for intracranial hemorrhage during deep brain stimulation surgery [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2009; 24(Suppl 1):S474.


Siddiqui MS, Ellis TL, Tatter SB, Okun MS. Deep brain stimulation: treating neurological and psychiatric disorders by modulating brain activity. NeuroRehabilitation. 2008; 23(1):105-113.


Siddiqui MS, Ellis T, Tatter SS, Foote KD, Okun MS. Deep brain stimulation: patient selection in Parkinson's disease, other movement disorders, and neuropsychiatric disorders. In: Tarsy D, Vitek JL, Starr P, Okun M, eds. Deep brain stimulation in neurological and psychiatric disorders. Totowa (NJ): Humana Press; 2008: 88-98.


Ellis TL, Stevens A. Deep brain stimulation for medically refractory epilepsy. Neurosurg Focus. 2008; 25(3):E11.


Monjazeb AM, Bourland JD, Case LD, Ellis TL, Lesser GJ, McMullen KP, Munley M, Tatter SB, Shaw EG. A phase I dose escalation study of IMRT field-in-field boost for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008; 72(1 Suppl 1):S227.


Squire SE, Ellis TL, Shaw EG, Tatter SB, McMullen KP. Tumor-related facial pain: response to gamma knife radiosurgery [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008; 72(1 Suppl):S225.


Squire S, Center B, Ellis T, Shaw E, Tatter S, McMullen K. Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: timing of posttreatment MRI [abstract]. Neuro Oncol. 2008; 10(5):889.


Lesser GJ, Stieber V, Case D, Enevold G, Rosdhal R, Tatter S, Ellis T, McMullen K, Shaw E. A phase II trial of thalidomide (Thal) and procarbazine (Pro) in adults with recurrent or progressive malignant gliomas (MG) [abstract]. J Clin Oncol. 2007; 25(18 Suppl Pt I):91s.


Hinson WH, Kearns WT, Ellis TL, Sprinkle D, Cullen T, Smith PG, Stieber VW. Reducing set-up uncertainty in the Elekta Stereotactic Body Frame using Stealthstation software. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2007; 6(3):181-186.


Stieber V, Robbins M, deGuzman A, Tatter S, Ekstrand K, McMullen K, Branch C, Shaw E, Bourland JD, Lovato J, Munley M, Ellis T, et al. Determination of a clinical value for the repair half-time (T1/2) of the trigeminal nerve based on outcome data from gamma knife radiosurgery for facial pain. Radiat Res. 2007; 168(2):143-148.


Pinn M, Bourland JD, Ellis T, Deguzman A, Ekstrand K, McMullen K, Glazier S, Munley M, Stieber V, Tatter S, Shaw E, et al. Results of stereotactic radiosurgery for NF2 patients with acoustic neuroma [abstract]. Neuro Oncol. 2007; 9(4):587.


Wentworth S, Ellis T, Glazier S, McMullen K, Stieber V, Tatter S, Shaw E. Clinical experience with radiation therapy in the management of neurofibromatosis-associated central nervous system tumors [abstract]. Neuro Oncol. 2007; 9(4):581.


Wentworth S, Ellis TL, Glazier S, McMullen KP, Stieber VW, Tatter SB, Shaw EG. Clinical experience with radiation therapy in the management of neurofibromatosis-associated central nervous system tumors [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007; 69(3 Suppl):S248-S249.


Rogers LR, Rock JP, Sills AK, Vogelbaum MA, Suh JH, Ellis TL, Stieber VW, Asher AL, Fraser RW, Shaw EG, et cl. Results of a phase II trial of the GliaSite Radiation Therapy System for the treatment of newly diagnosed, resected single brain metastases. J Neurosurg. 2006; 105(3):375-384.


Balamucki CJ, Stieber VW, Ellis TL, Tatter SB, DeGuzman AF, McMullen KP, Lovato J, Shaw EG, Ekstrand KE, Bourland JD, Munley MT, Robbins M, Branch C. Does dose rate affect efficacy? The outcomes of 256 gamma knife surgery procedures for trigeminal neuralgia and other types of facial pain as they relate to the half-life of cobalt. J Neurosurg. 2006; 105(5):730-735.


Kim PK, Ellis TL, Stieber VW, McMullen KP, Shaw EG, McCoy TP, D'Agostino RB, Bourland JD, Deguzman AF, Ekstrand KE, Raber MR, Tatter SB. Gamma Knife surgery targeting the resection cavity of brain metastasis that has progressed after whole-brain radiotherapy. J Neurosurg. 2006; 105(Suppl):75-78.


Powell, DF, Rossi PJ, Lawrence MV, Kavanagh K, McMullen KP, Stieber VW, Ellis TL, deGuzman AF, Bourland JD, Tatter SB. Stereotactic radiosurgery improves pre-treatment symptoms in patients with acoustic neuroma [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006; 66(3 Suppl):S198.
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