C. Tyler Ellis, M.D.

Education: 

B.S. Magna Cum Laulde, Exercise Science – Major, Chemistry – Minor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 2001-2005
M.S., Clinical Research, Medical University of South Carolina, 2009-2011
M.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 2006-2011
Resident, General Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2011-2017
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Health Service Research, Cecil B. Sheps Center, University of North Carolinla, Chapel Hill, 2014-2016
Chief General Surgery Resident, University of North Carolina, 2017-2018
Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, 2018-2019

Current Positions: 

Instructor, Colorectal Surgery Division, Hiram C. Polk Jr MD Department of Surgery, Price Insitute for Surgical Research, University of Louisville
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Information Sciences
Member, James Graham Brown Cancer Center

Contact Information:

Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery
University of Louisville
550 South Jackson Street
Louisville, KY 40292
Phone:  502-852-1676 

Email:  ctelli06@louisville.edu

Research Description: 

My research interests focus on the impact of care coordination, provider factors, and health care organization on the delivery of multidisciplinary cancer care and patient outcomes.  To date, my work has focused on patient-provider shared decision-making and disparities with innovative treatment of rectal cancer and surveillance patterns.  I have methodological expertise in secondary data analysis, survey research, and epidemiologic studies. 

Literature Cited: 

  1.  Ellis, CT “There’s No Controversy: Secondhand Smoke Kills.”  Florence Morning News 2009 Dec 20.
  2. Ellis CT, Barbour JR, Shary TM, Adams DB.  Pancreatic cyst: pseudocyst or neoplasm? Pitfalls in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography diagnosis.  The American Surgeon 2010 Jul;76(7):725-30.  PMID: 20698379.
  3. Rieter WJ, Keane TE, Ahlman MA, Ellis CT, Spicer KM, Gordon LL.  Diagnostic performance of In-111 capromab pendetide SPECT/CT in localized and metastatic prostate cancer.  Clinical Nuclear Medicine 2011 Oct;36(10):872-8.  doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318219ae29.  PMID: 21892036.
  4. Ellis CT, Samuel CA, Stitzenberg KB.  National trends in non-operative management of rectal adenocarcinoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2016 May 10;34(14):1644-51. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.64.2066.  Epub 2016 Mar 28.  PMID: 27022115.
  5. Shah M, Ellis CT, Phillips MR, Marzinsky A, Adamson W, Weiner T, Erickson K, Lee S, Lange PA, McLean SE.  Preoperative bowel preparation before elective bowel resection or ostomy closure in the pediatric patient population has no impact on outcomes: A prospective randomized study.  The American Surgeon 2016 Sep;82(9):801-6.  PMID: 27670567.  PMCID: PMC5171233.
  6. Ellis CT, Stitzenberg KB.  Reply to A. Habr-Gama et al.  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2016 Nov 20;34(33):4052.  doi: 10.1200/JCO.2016.69.2541.  Epub 2016 Oct 31.  PMID: 27528728.
  7. Ellis CT, Charlton M, Stitzenberg KB.  Patient-reported roles, preferences, and expectations regarding treatment of Stage I rectal cancer in the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium (CanCORS).  Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 2016 Oct;59(10):907-915.  PMID 27602921.
  8. Ellis CT, Dusetzina SB, Sanoff H, Stitzenberg KB.  Long-term survival after chemoradiotherapy without surgery for rectal adenocarcinoma: A word of caution.  JAMA Oncology 2017 Jan 1;3(1):123-125.  PMID: 27768159.  PMCID: PMC6759461.
  9. Ellis CT, Sanoff, H, Stitzenberg KB.  Inferior survival rates after chemoradiation for rectal cancer without surgery – Reply.  JAMA Oncology 2017 Jun 1;3(6):859-860.  doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0407.  PMID: 28448650.
  10. 10.  Ellis CT, Fichera A.  Management of acute ulcerative colitis.  Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 2018 Sep;61(9):1010-1013.  doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001173. PMID 30086048.
  11. Ellis CT, Cole AL, Sanoff HK, Hinton S, Dusetzina SB, Stitzenberg KB.  Evaluating surveillance patterns after chemoradiation-only compared with conventional management for older individuals with rectal cancer.  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 May;228(5):782-791.  doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.01.010.  Epub 2019 Jan 25.  PMID: 30685478.  PMCID: PMC6487226.
  12. Hawkins AT, Wise PE, Chan T, Lee JT, Glyn T, Wood V, Eglinton T, Frizelle F, Khan A, Hall J, Ilyas MIM, Michailidou M, Nfonsam VN, Cowan ML, Williams J, Steele SR, Alavi K, Ellis CT, Collins D, Winter DC, Zaghiyan K, Gallo G, Carvello M, Spinelli A, Lightner AL.  Diverticulitis: An update from the age old paradigm.  Current Problems in Surgery 2020 Oct;57(10):100863.  doi: 10.1016/j.cpsurg.2020.100863.  Epub 2020 Jul 18.  PMID: 33077030.
  13. Hawkins AT, Wise PE, Chan T, Lee JT, Glyn T, Wood V, Eglinton T, Frizelle F, Khan A, Hall J, Ilyas MIM, Michailidou M, Nfonsam VN, Cowan ML, Williams J, Steele SR, Alavi K, Ellis CT, Collins D, Winter DC, Zaghiyan K, Gallo G, Carvello M, Spinelli A, Lightner AL.  Diverticulitis: An update from the age old paradigm.  Current Problems in Surgery 2020 Oct;57(10):100862.  Review.  doi: 10.1016/j.cpsurg.2020.100862.  Epub 2020 Jul 18.  PMID: 33077029.  PMCID: PMC7575828.
  14. O'Brien SJ, Ellis CT.  The management of peristomal pyoderma gangrenosum in IBD.  Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 2020 Jul;63(7):881-884.  doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001701.  PMID: 32496328.
  15. Ellis CT, Stitzenberg KB.  Sex-based differences in diverticulitis deaths: The need for context.  Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 2020 September;63(9):1175-1176.  doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001739.  PMID: 33216487. 
  16. O'Brien SJ, Ellis CT, McDowell J, Galandiuk S, Polk HC Jr.  Anal squamous cell carcinoma incidentally found at hemorrhoidectomy.  Surgery 2021 Mar;169(3):610-616.  doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.08.026.  Epub 2020 Sep 29.  PMID: 33004218.