Biographical Sketch
Ellen Rome, MD, MPH, currently serves as Head of the Section of Adolescent Medicine at Cleveland Cinic. She is a board-certified Pediatrician who was also among the first in the United States to be board-certified in adolescent medicine. Dr. Rome received her undergraduate degree in psychology, magna cum laude, from Yale University in 1984. She received her medical degree and was initiated into Alpha Omega Alpha in 1988 from Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine, then completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She next completed a three-year fellowship in adolescent medicine at Children’s Hospital, Boston, during which time she also obtained a Master's Degree in Public Health at the Harvard University School of Public Health.
Dr. Rome currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. She helped start the first Adolescent Health track at the new School of Public Health at Case Western Reserve University, and coordinates the Adolescent Medicine rotation at Cleveland Clinic for residents and medical students.
She is currently on the board of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, as well as on the board of the Federation of International Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. She chaired the 2005 and 2007 national courses on Adolescent Medicine: PREP The Course, and has chaired the Media Committee for the Academy for Eating Disorders.
Dr. Rome’s research interests include eating disorders and obesity, preventive medicine and reproductive health. She has been an invited speaker locally, nationally and internationally on various topics in adolescent medicine, while maintaining a commitment to ongoing teaching of house staff and students in the local and surrounding areas. She has written and published on various adolescent medicine topics, including eating disorders and obesity, the female athlete triad, nutrition for the teen athlete and adolescent sexuality.
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics
Committee on Adolescence, 1995-2002
Adolescent Section, 1991-Present
Nominations Committee, Section on Adolescent Medicine, 2004-2006
Ohio Chapter, Committee on Children with Medical Handicaps, 1994-2002
Ohio Chapter, Committee on Sports Medicine and Adolescence, 1995-Present
Program Chair, Adolescent Medicine: PREP the Course, 2005, 2007
Society of Adolescent Medicine
Member, Nominations Committee (elected position), 2003-2005, 2008-
PREP Planning Committee, 2003-2004, Chair 2005-2007
Member, Membership Committee, 1994-2002
Chair, Membership Committee, 1996-2002
Member, Finance Committee, 1996-2003
Chair, Ohio Valley Chapter Chair, Program Committee, 1996-1999
Member, Ohio Valley SAM, 1994-Present
Member, Program Committee, OVSAM, 2007 (hosted at Cleveland Clinic)
North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Elected to Board, 2006-
Member, Finance Committee, 1996-2004
Member, Program Committee, 1996-1999, 2003-2006
Chair, Program Committee, 2004-2006
Abstract Review Committee, 1997-2000
International Association of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (FIGIJ)
Elected to Board of FIGIJ, 2007-
Member, International Examiner, 2004-
Academy for Eating Disorders
Chair, Media Committee, 2004-2007
Member, Public Affairs Committee, 2002-2007
Specialty Interests
eating disorders, hormonal problems in teenagers, Hirsutism, Obesity, pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescents, Prevention And Wellness, prevention of teen pregnancy, reproductive endocrinology (including menstrual disorders), sexually transmitted diseases
Awards & Honors
Who’s Who in Medicine, Science and Engineering, 2007
10th Anniversary Edition, American Women, since 2005
Marquis Best Doctors, since 2002
Top Doctors 2007, Cleveland magazine, since 2002
Northern Ohio Live, since 2002
Honoree, American Heart Association Black Tie, 2006
Honoree, Junior League of Cleveland, 2006
Signature Program for 2006-2007, Cleveland Clinic's Food is Knowledge program
Top Ten Article in “The Female Patient,” 1999
Stewart Fellowship for Humanism at Cleveland Clinic, 1998
Von Meyer Award, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1992
Farley Fund Teaching Award, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1991
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 1988
Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate
with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries
to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide
medical education about recent trends. The
collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland
Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly
discloses payments to its physicians and scientists
for speaking and consulting of
$5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties,
and fiduciary relationships in companies with which
they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this
information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide
information as accurately as possible about its
doctors’ connections with industry and those of their
immediate family members. As of 7/30/2008, Dr.
Rome has reported the financial relationships
with the companies listed below. Patients should feel
free to contact their doctor about any of the
relationships and how the relationships are overseen
by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the
Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with
industry and innovation management, go to
our Integrity in Innovation page.
Consulting. Dr. Rome receives fees of $5,000 or more per year as a paid consultant or speaker for the following companies:
Merck & Co., Inc.
