From 1958 to 1969 Edwin H. Ellison, MD, was a Professor and Chairman of the Division of Surgery of the Medical College of Wisconsin, then Marquette School of Medicine. He was an excellent teacher and surgical scientist. His untimely death in 1970 prompted his friends and colleagues to seek a means of perpetuating the Ellison legacy. The Edwin H. Ellison Memorial Lectureship has been established to bring leading educators in general surgery to the Medical College on a regular basis.
Dr. Ellison received his surgical training at Ohio State University College of Medicine under the tutelage of Robert M. Zollinger, MD. Dr. Ellison served on the Ohio State University faculty form 1944 to 1957. He moved to Milwaukee in 1958. During the next eleven years, his major effort was the development of a full time department of surgery for the Medical College of Wisconsin. He was immensely successful and the department's academic reputation soared.
Under his leadership, the faculty made significant contributions to the field of gastrointestinal surgery. These efforts stemmed from Dr. Ellison's earlier work at Ohio State and the discovery with Dr. Zollinger of a disease entity with a pathophysiological interaction between islet cell tumors of the pancreas and the stomach, now widely known as the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
Dr. Ellison saw the need for an interdisciplinary research facility and in 1961 the Allen-Bradley Medical Science Laboratory was established for the faculty on the grounds of the Milwaukee County Medical Complex. The Allen-Bradley facility is in keeping with the concept of the Medical Center of Southeastern Wisconsin for comprehensive programs of teaching, research, and patient care.
Dr. Ellison was a well-known leader in organized medicine, and served on the editorial boards of prestigious journals. He contributed 161 papers to scientific literature, and shortly before he died had compiled illustrative material for "Ellison's Atlas of Surgery of the Stomach and Duodenum".
His contributions take on more honors with time; his inspiration is hopefully embodied in the Edwin H. Ellison Memorial Lectureship.
Date
Visiting Professor
Institution/Title
2013
Yuman Fong, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Murray F. Brennan Chair in Surgery Vice Chair for Technology Development Department of Surgery Director, Center for Image-Guided Interventions
2012
John D. Birkmeyer, MD
University of Michigan, Michigan Surgical Collaborative for Outcomes Research and Evaluation George D. Zuidema Professor and Chair of Surgical Outcomes Research
2011
Douglas L. Fraker, MD
University of Pennsylvania Jonathan E. Rhoads Associate Professor of Surgical Science Chief, Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery
2009
Peter J. Deckers, MD
University of Connecticut School of Medicine Murray-Heilig Professor of Surgery, Dean Emeritus
2008
Nicole S. Gibran, MD
Harborview Medical Center Director, University of Washington Burn Center Professor, Department of Surgery
2007
Jay L. Grosfeld, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine Lafayette Page Professor of Pediatric Surgery Chairman Emeritus, Department of Surgery
2006
Gregorio A. Sicard, MD
Washington University School of Medicine Professor of Surgery Chief Section of Vascular Surgery Chief Division of General Surgery Vice Chairman Department of Surgery
2005
Larry H. Hollier, MD
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Dean and Professor Surgery
2004
Bruce E. Jarrell, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
2003
Carlos A. Pelligrini, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery
2002
Michael G. Sarr, MD
Mayo Clinic Professor and Chair Division of Gastroenterologic and General Surgery
2001
Hugo Obertop, Professor
Academic Medical Center - Amsterdam Head of Surgical Specialties and Operation Centre
2000
R.C.G. Russell, MB
The Middlesex Hospital and King Edward VII Hospital for Officers - London Consultant Surgeon
1999
James Toouli, MBBS, PhD
Flinders Medical Centre - Australia Chairman, Department of Surgery
1998
Murray F. Brennan, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - New York Chairman, Department of Surgery
1997
Richard A. Prinz, MD
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical College - Chicago Helen Shedd Keith Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery
1996
Andrew Warshaw, MD
1995
James Becker, MD
1994
Keith Kelly, MD
1993
Chris Ellison, MD
1992
Edward Passaro, MD
1991
James Cameron, MD
1990
Wallace Ritchie, MD
1989
Robert Hermann, MD
1988
Courtney Townsend, MD
1987
Hailie Debas, MD
1986
David Nahrwold, MD
1985
Ronald Tompkins, MD
1984
William Silen, MD
1983
Paul Jordan, MD
1982
Carter Nance, MD
1981
Robert Zeppa, MD
1980
Mort Grossman, MD
1979
Ward Griffen, MD
1978
Jim Thompson, MD