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Jane Ellis MD/PhD

  • Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    Professor
  • jellis@emory.edu
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Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Emory University
  • PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology
  • M.S. from Georgia Institute of Technology
  • BS from Georgia Institute of Technology

Research

Focus

  • Maternal health and safety, high risk obstetrics

    Research Interests: role of ultrasound in detecting fetal anomalies and growth abnormalities, high risk pregnancies, infectious diseases and emerging pathogens in pregnancy; HIV and perinatal outcomes; cellular signaling and activation of HIV replication; autoimmune mechanisms in peripartum cardiomyopathy; placental physiology and pathology, maternal morbidity and mortality, patient safety, quality initiatives, legislative impact on maternal and child health

Publications

  • Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva and Pregnancy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature.
    Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Volume: 2022 Page(s): 9857766
    01/01/2022 Authors: Forrest AD; Vuncannon DM; Ellis JE; Grunwald Z; Kaplan FS
  • Maternal death rate is a problem that needs factual approach.: A commentary.
    Georgia Health News Volume: 1 Page(s): 2 - 2
    01/02/2019 Authors: Ellis JE; Lindsay MK
  • Leading causes of maternal mortality at an inner-city Hospital, 1949-2017
    Volume: 220 Page(s): S179 - S180
    01/01/2019 Authors: Manley C; Zahedi-Spung L; Ellis J; Brown J; Lindsay MK
  • Mechanical dilation in HIV positive subjects does not increase risk of histologic chorioamnionitis
    Volume: 220 Page(s): S410 - S410
    01/01/2019 Authors: Sipe BH; Sineath RC; Price CR; Rimawi B; Ellis J
  • Talcum Powder Toxicosis in Pregnancy.
    AJP Rep Volume: 8 Page(s): e384 - e386
    10/01/2018 Authors: Pennycuff JF; Davenport A; Ellis J; Patberg E; Cwiak C
  • EXIT (ex utero intrapartum treatment) in a growth restricted fetus with tracheal atresia.
    Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol Volume: 105 Page(s): 72 - 74
    02/01/2018 Authors: Gonzales SK; Goudy S; Prickett K; Ellis J
  • Partnering of Public, Academic, and Private Entities to Reestablish Maternal Mortality Review in Georgia.
    Obstet Gynecol Volume: 130 Page(s): 636 - 640
    09/01/2017 Authors: Lindsay MK; Goodman D; Csukas S; Cota P; Loucks TL; Ellis JE; Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee
  • Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Women's Health and Laboratory Course.
    Am J Clin Pathol Volume: 146 Page(s): 369 - 372
    09/01/2016 Authors: Guarner J; Winkler AM; Flowers L; Hill CE; Ellis JE; Workowski K; Reid MD; Goedken J
  • Pregnancy-Associated Deaths in Rural, Nonrural, and Metropolitan Areas of Georgia.
    Obstet Gynecol Volume: 128 Page(s): 113 - 120
    07/01/2016 Authors: Platner M; Loucks TL; Lindsay MK; Ellis JE
  • A comparison of the causes of maternal deaths in urban versus rural Georgia
    Volume: 212 Page(s): S187 - S187
    01/01/2015 Authors: Platner M; Ellis J; Loucks T; Berg C; Goodman D
  • Super obesity in pregnancy: difficulties in clinical management.
    J Perinatol Volume: 34 Page(s): 495 - 502
    07/01/2014 Authors: Martin A; Krishna I; Ellis J; Paccione R; Badell M
  • Postpartum contraceptive preferences of HIV-infected women in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and scheduled cesarean deliveries.
    Contraception Volume: 84 Page(s): 150 - 154
    08/01/2011 Authors: Tuuli MG; Duong TH; Yost NP; Ellis J; Burke CV; Basanta-Henry PL; Lindsay M
  • Do placental mast cells play a role in mother to child transmission of HIV-1? Placental tissues from HIV-1 infected women harbor virally infected mast cells
    Volume: 29 Page(s): A27 - A27
    08/01/2008 Authors: Ellis JE; Sandstrom JB
  • Urinary placental growth factor in chronic hypertensives and pregestational diabetics
    Volume: 197 Page(s): S132 - S132
    12/01/2007 Authors: Dobak W; Fogle D; Scott P; Raynor D; Ellis J
  • Fetal cord blood mononuclear cells that are collected at term from HIV-1 infected women harbor transcriptionally active integrated proviral DNA.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol Volume: 197 Page(s): 371.e1 - 371.e6
    10/01/2007 Authors: Ellis JE; Hair GA; Lindsay MK; Ansari AA; Sundstrom JB
  • Shistosoma mansoni EGG antigen (SEA)-mediated ige-dependent enhanced susceptibility of rhesus progenitor mast cells to X4-tropic SIV
    Volume: 36 Page(s): 294 - 294
    08/01/2007 Authors: Sundstrom JB; Hair GA; Kirshenbaum AS; Ellis JE; Ansari AA; Metcalfe DD; Secor WE
  • Human tissue mast cells are an inducible reservoir of persistent HIV infection.
    Blood Volume: 109 Page(s): 5293 - 5300
    06/15/2007 Authors: Sundstrom JB; Ellis JE; Hair GA; Kirshenbaum AS; Metcalfe DD; Yi H; Cardona AC; Lindsay MK; Ansari AA
  • Fetal cord blood mononuclear cells collected at term from HIV-1 infected women harbor transcriptionally active integrated HIV proviral DNA
    Volume: 195 Page(s): S9 - S9
    12/01/2006 Authors: Ellis J; Hair G; Lindsay M; Williams H; Sundstrom B
  • Emerging infectious disease outbreaks: old lessons and new challenges for obstetrician-gynecologists.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol Volume: 194 Page(s): 1546 - 1555
    06/01/2006 Authors: Jamieson DJ; Ellis JE; Jernigan DB; Treadwell TA
  • Inhibition of progenitor dendritic cell maturation by plasma from patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy: role in pregnancy-associated heart disease.
    Clin Dev Immunol Volume: 12 Page(s): 265 - 273
    12/01/2005 Authors: Ellis JE; Ansari AA; Fett JD; Carraway RD; Randall HW; Mosunjac MI; Sundstrom JB
  • Emerging infections and pregnancy: West Nile virus, monkeypox, severe acute respiratory syndrome, and bioterrorism.
    Clin Perinatol Volume: 32 Page(s): 765 - 776
    09/01/2005 Authors: Jamieson DJ; Jernigan DB; Ellis JE; Treadwell TA
  • Placental tissues from HIV-1 infected women harbor virally infected mast cells: Potential role in vertical transmission of perinatal HIV-1 infection
    Volume: 191 Page(s): S60 - S60
    12/01/2004 Authors: Ellis J; Lindsay M; Ansari A; Sundstrom B; Williams H
  • Signaling through Toll-like receptors triggers HIV-1 replication in latently infected mast cells.
    J Immunol Volume: 172 Page(s): 4391 - 4401
    04/01/2004 Authors: Sundstrom JB; Little DM; Villinger F; Ellis JE; Ansari AA
  • Innate immune mechanisms in peripartum cardiomyopathy
    Volume: 189 Page(s): S149 - S149
    12/01/2003 Authors: Ellis J; Sundstrom B; Randall H; Fett J; Ansari A
  • Human immunodeficiency virus infection is a risk factor for adverse perinatal outcome.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol Volume: 186 Page(s): 903 - 906
    05/01/2002 Authors: Ellis J; Williams H; Graves W; Lindsay MK
  • Fetal development in rhesus monkeys exposed prenatally to cocaine.
    Neurotoxicol Teratol Volume: 23 Page(s): 133 - 140
    01/01/2001 Authors: Howell LL; Schama KF; Ellis JE; Grimley PJ; Kitchens AJ; Byrd LD
  • In utero exposure to cocaine: a review.
    South Med J Volume: 86 Page(s): 725 - 731
    07/01/1993 Authors: Ellis JE; Byrd LD; Sexson WR; Patterson-Barnett CA
  • A method for quantitating motor deficits in a nonhuman primate following MPTP-induced hemiparkinsonism and co-grafting.
    Exp Neurol Volume: 115 Page(s): 376 - 387
    03/01/1992 Authors: Ellis JE; Byrd LD; Bakay RA
  • Hand preferences in captive gorillas, orang-utans and gibbons.
    Am J Primatol Volume: 20 Page(s): 83 - 94
    01/01/1990 Authors: Olson DA; Ellis JE; Nadler RD
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