About
Dr. Ellis was born and raised in Saskatoon. She completed her Bachelors of Science in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Saskatchewan, and then went on to complete a Masters of Science in Public Health Research at the University of Edinburgh and worked in research and policy development with a focus on dementia care in Scotland, UK.
Dr. Ellis returned to medical school in England at Warwick University prior to returning to Canada to complete her emergency medicine residency at the University of Ottawa and a Fellowship in Geriatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto. She completed a Diploma in Mountain Medicine in Nepal during her training. She has gone full circle and is happy to be home, in Saskatoon, where she works as an Emergency Physician as well as a Transport Physician with STARS. She is also the Provincial Lead for Geriatric EM where her focus is on developing and improving care for older adults in the ED through education, research, policy and quality improvement.
Education
- FRCPC Emergency Medicine – University of Ottawa (CAN)
- Fellow Geriatric Emergence Medicine – University of Toronto (CAN)
- Diploma in Mountain Medicine – Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal (NEP)
- MD (MBChB) – Warwick University (UK)
- Executive Diploma in Public Sector Management – Chartered Management Institute (UK)
- MSc Public Health Research – University of Edinburgh (UK)
- BSc Microbiology & Immunology – University of Saskatchewan (CAN)