When Glenn Ellis, Sr. enrolled in the pre-med program at the University of Pennsylvania more than three decades ago, it was just the first step in his lifelong commitment to ensuring the health and well-being of others. Today, in addition to self-publishing Which Doctor?: What You Need to Know to be Healthy, an informative, easy-to-read holistic health handbook, the Alabama native has earned a well-deserved reputation as an internationally respected health educator and complementary medicine consultant.
After majoring in Health Systems Management at UPenn’s prestigious Ivy League undergraduate institution, Ellis continued his studies at the International College of Bio-Dynamics and the Atlantic Academy of Classical Homeopathy. Recently, he was named Executive Editor of BlackDoctor.org, the definitive health website for African Americans.
Over the years, Ellis has honed a unique brand of healthcare. He conducts lectures and seminars for a wide range of corporations, associations and community groups. His writings have been published under the auspices of the esteemed European Science Foundation and in the Journal of Philosophy and Ethics in the Ukraine. He also is a member of the Review Staff of the American Journal of Public Health. At one point, Ellis was a Borough Councilman in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, serving as Chair of the Public Safety Committee.
Ellis maintains a busy lecture schedule in the U.S. and abroad, where he highlights health disparities and medical ethics. In addition to offering individualized health regimens to hundreds of clients, Ellis speaks at churches and community centers and is a popular and well sought-after university guest lecturer.
Ellis also publishes a weekly web advice column for EURweb.com, the premier online source for urban “infotainment”. EURweb.com attracts 1.2 million visitors each month, and the site’s daily e-mailed newsletter has a database of 72,000 subscribers (including a large celebrity list), which reaches over 1.4 million readers. His syndicated health columns, published weekly in African American newspapers nationwide, also are read by millions. Ellis is a contributor to Real Health Magazine, and has been asked to contribute a monthly column to The National Medical Association’s new, as yet unnamed, magazine.
For 10 years, health-conscious Philadelphians tuned into his weekly radio broadcast, a lively talk show where Ellis could be relied upon to dispense practical medical advice. But it was Ellis’ breadth of knowledge, easy sense of humor and great taste in music that made each broadcast memorable. Ellis’ unique broadcasts are now heard in 53 U.S. markets and 53 countries around the world through weekly health commentaries on Lee Bailey’s Radioscope, broadcast via the Armed Forces Radio Network. Radio stations carrying the program include RadioOne, Clear Channel, Citadel and Cumulus. Ellis still remains a favorite on WURD-AM, WIP-AM, and WHAT-AM talk radio in Philadelphia.
Regarded as an expert in a specialized field, Ellis serves on the Institutional Review Board and the Ethics Committee of Mercy-Fitzgerald, as well as Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia. Recently, he became a member of the Institutional Review Board of Thomas Jefferson Health Systems. In these roles, Ellis is actively involved in the disparities education and protection of rights, particularly, for African Americans involved in clinical trials. He also is a member of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) and has conducted Grand Rounds Lectures on African American Perspectives on Healthcare. A father of two, Ellis recently declined an invitation to present for Global Forum for Bioethics in Research in Karachi, Pakistan due to the hazardous conditions in that part of the world. Instead, Ellis will deliver lecture in May at the Symposium on Bioethics in Ukraine’s capital city, Kiev.
For years, Ellis has created and marketed his own line of herbal supplements. Currently, he is President of Strategies for Well-Being, LLC, a health education and consulting company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he consults with national corporate clients on promoting and providing health education for consumers and providers.
Writer, educator, lecturer, consultant, commentator and public official, Ellis’ career has been dedicated to helping others maintain good health. But, perhaps he is best known as a down-to-earth practitioner who encourages everyone to, “Live the best life possible!”
WEBSITE: www.glennellis.com
August 15, 2012 at 10:16 am
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August 17, 2012 at 10:31 am
I believe it is unfortunate that you (plural) have a guest, Mr Glen Ellis Sr., who gives information and then you (plural) editorialize after he has left the show. Several callers appear to disagreed with your guest because he did not expressly support President Obama. For example, Mr Ellis expressed the similarities between the Affordable Care Act and Massachusetts Health Reform. Research show that the two health care acts are similar and President Obama has pointed this out several times.
If we are going to have a “kitchen table conversation” then we should be able to have a “civil debate” as President Obama says.
If Vice President Biden says, that the Romney-Ryan would ”put y’all back in chains” to a large African American crowd then people have a right to call the Administration on the statement. However, a caller should not question Mr Ellis’s age as an attempt to dilute his premise within the debate.
The point is to come to the table civil and debate during not after the guest is gone.
August 18, 2012 at 5:09 pm
It is a shame the too many of us only heard the interpentation of what Vice President Biden said by the Republican controled Media and not what he actually meant. I think what he was trying to say was we would be in slaved by the Banking and Corporate Industries if we allowed Mitt Romney to get elected. That is true because he has already said he would lift deregulation on the Banking and Corporations. Mr. Ellis seems to be talking out both sides of his neck and maybe without all the facts. I’ve heard him before and sometimes he’s been righton this time no. I wish people would do their own research and quit getting the statistics and information from the right wing media and people who don’t have the best interest in our community. BLACK MEDIA DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.