Ellen Rome, MD, MPH

Appointed
1994

Education & Fellowships

Graduate School - Harvard University School of Public Health
Boston, MA USA
1994

Fellowship - Children's Hospital of Boston
Adolescent Medicine
Boston, MA USA
1994

Residency - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pediatrics
Baltimore, MD USA
1991

Internship - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pediatric Internship
Baltimore, MD USA
1989

Medical Education - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Medicine
Cleveland, OH USA
1988

Undergraduate - Yale University
Psychology
New Haven, CT USA
1984

Additional Training

• Executive Management Course, Cleveland Clinic, 2001-2002

Professional Highlights

• Served as Associate Chief of Staff under Dr. Toby Cosgrove
• As President of the Women's Professional Staff Association, helped create and implement a business plan to recruit, retain, career develop and promote the best staff while increasing diversity
• Became Head of the Section of Adolescent Medicine in 1995, creating service, teaching and research in the field to better recognize and manage youth with eating disorders and obesity, and to improve the reproductive health of youth
• Served as President of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG) and FIGIJ, its international counterpart, as well as serving as an active member of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM), the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), working to improve the health of youth locally and globally
• Initiated and teaches annually a course on Adolescent  Development in the adolescent health track at Case's School of Public Health

Certifications

• Pediatrics
• Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine

Specialty Interests

eating disorders, reproductive health, menstrual disorders, obesity, preventive medicine

Awards & Honors

• Catalyst Grant, Teens Talk Back: an Innovative School-Based Competition for Teens to Create PSAs that Prevent Opioid Abuse, Cleveland Clinic, 2020
• Merck Research Award, 2020, to develop and test a toolkit for pediatricians to enable use of long-acting reversible contraceptives in their prPreviewimary care practices, 2020-2022
• The Demarco Award and Visiting Professorship in Adolescent Health from Akron Children’s Hospital, in recognition of leadership in adolescent health, national leadership in advocacy and health promotion for adolescents and young women 2017
• Mt Zion Award for Community Service Helping Adolescents, 2013
• Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2012
• Who’s Who in Medicine, Science and Engineering: Who’s Who in American Women: Marquis Best Doctors in America; Top Doctors, Cleveland Magazine and Northern Ohio Live 2002-onward
• Honoree, Nourishing the Artist Within, Benefit for the Fairmount Center of the Arts and the Eating Disorders Network, February 5, 2011 - 2011
• Finalist, Crain’s Award for Health Care Heroes in category of Physicians - 2010
• Top Doctors, Cleveland Magazine, Northern Ohio Live - 2002 onward
• Honoree, American Heart Association Black Tie, 2006
• Honoree, Junior League of Cleveland, 2006, for Signature Program for 2006-2007, Cleveland Clinic's Food is Knowledge program
• Top Ten Article in “The Female Patient,” 1999
• Hubbard 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

Memberships

• American Academy of Pediatrics

  For participation on boards, committees and local chapters, see Biographical Sketch.

  Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine

  For participation on boards, committees and local chapters, see Biographical Sketch.

  North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

  For participation on boards, committees and local chapters, see Biographical Sketch.

  International Association of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (FIGIJ)

  For participation on boards, committees and local chapters, see Biographical Sketch.

  Academy for Eating Disorders

  For participation on boards, committees and local chapters, see Biographical Sketch.USTA (United States Tennis Association) Sports Science Committee - 2005-
• WTA (World Tennis Association) Sports Committee - 2006-2007
• International Tennis Performance Association (ITPA),founding member of the ITPA Certification Commission (ITPA-CC)

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