Jane E. Ellis, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Medical Director, Emory Regional Perinatal Center, Grady Memorial Hospital
Education
PhD: Georgia Institute of Technology, Experimental Psychology with emphasis in animal behavior
Medical school: Emory University School of Medicine
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine
Board Certification
Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Board Eligible
Awards, Honors, and Leadership Positions
Award for Excellence in Research - Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 2007
Professional Societies and Memberships
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Society for Primatologists
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American College of Surgeons
Research Focus and Special Interests
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, perinatal outcomes in women with abnormal serum screens; impact of fetal fibronectin on management of preterm delivery; and impact of cerclage on preterm delivery.
Ellis JE, Lindsay MK, Sundstrom B. Placental tissues from HIV-1 infected women harbor virally-infected mast cells and macrophages: potential role in vertical transmission of perinatal HIV infection. John D. Thompson Resident Research Day and Thirty-ninth Annual Clinical topics in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2005.
Ellis JE, Ansari AA, Fett JD, Carraway RD, Randall HW, Mosunjac MI, Sundstron JB. Inhibition of progenitor dendritic cell maturation by plasma from peripartum cardiomyopathy patients but not parity and age matched normal pregnancy control plasma. Clinical and Developmental Immunology, June 2005, (In Press).
Jamieson DJ, Jernigan DB, Ellis JE, Treadwell TA. Emerging infections and pregnancy: West Nile Virus, Monkey Pox, Severe Acute respiratory syndrome and bio-terrorism. Clinics in Perinatology 2005 (In Press).
Jamieson DJ, Ellis JE, Jernigan DB, Treadwell TA. Emerging infectious disease outbreaks: Old lessons and new challenges for obstetrician-gynecologists. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2005 (In Press).
Sundstrom JB, Little DM, Villinger F, Ellis JE, Ansari AA. Signaling through toll-like receptors triggers HIV-1 replication in latently infected mast cells. Journal of Immunology 2004;172(7)4391-4401.