Ellen J. Gelles, MD, FACP

Undergraduate – Tufts University (Biology)

Medical School – Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)

Residency – University of Chicago Hospitals

Faculty Appointment – Associate Professor of Medicine

Informatics Role – Associate Director of Clinical Informatics, Adult Primary Care

Role in Fellowship Program – Faculty

Brief Description – Dr. Gelles is an experienced primary care internal medicine physician whose interest in clinical informatics arose from a passion for reducing physician administrative burden while improving the patient experience. Her roles at MetroHealth also include being an advisor and liaison on informatics issues to primary care operational leadership. Dr. Gelles completed a term on the American College of Physicians Medical Informatics Committee and currently serves on the Internal Medicine Specialty Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine..

Selected Recent Projects

Project Lead for Ambient Listening Pilot at MetroHealth

Champion of video Medicare Wellness visits

Tackling the In Basket by Reducing Normal Result Messages (co-created a workflow where normal results can be released right to patients’ MyChart, bypassing clinicians In Baskets)

Relationships Among Physician Vendor-Derived Proficiency Score, Gender and Time in Electronic Health Record