Dr. James R. Ellis, is a highly skilled dentist with over 40 years of dental practice experience. He graduated from the highly esteemed UCLA Dental School and has built and managed numerous practices. He has also been brought in by other practices as a consultant to assist with procedures and applications that were outside of their capabilities.
Education
Dental School: UCLA Grad DDS Degree 1970 Ca License 21563
Boston University MSCIS Degree1983 Management Information Systems , UCLA Undergraduate
Ventura College AA Degree 1965
Experience
April 2002 to Present – Private Practice as James R Ellis DDS Inc
- Developed and moved existing patients to Yuba City and Marysville Locations
- Consultant for Dr. Kim/ PDCC office in Placerville on Fridays until Feb 2003
- Consultant for Western Dental Yuba City Molar Endodontics June 2000 to June 2003
1999-April 2002: Preventive Dental Centers in
- Placerville: Endodontics
- South Lake: Tahoe: Endodontics
- Marysville: General Dentistry including Fixed and Removeable Prosthetics, Endodontics and Surgery.
1998-1999:Valley Dental 520 El Dorado, Stockton Ca
- Performing Patient Examination and Treatment Planning
- Molar and other Endo using GG/K-flex and Tulsa NiTitanium Rotary methods
- C&B, Dentures, Restorative and extractions
- From May 1999 to Nov 1999 Supervised Prosthetics lab, Performed All Removeable Prosthetics
1997-1999 Solo Private Practice 6600 Madison Ave, Carmichael CA
- Owner, Manager
- General Dentistry
1986-1996 Partner, Owner – The Majors Dental Center, Carmichael Ca.
1986- 1990 Part-time Staff Chapman College, Golden Gate University
- Taught introduction courses for Golden Gate Master Bachelor degree programs
- Taught Computer Language and MIS courses for Golden Gate Bachelors Program
1983-1986 USAF Dentist Mather AFB Sacramento
- Performed Examinations, General Dental Care
- Supervised Supply and Equipment Aquisitions
- Conducted Quality Assurance Reviews
- Developed production evaluation software
1980- 1983 Rhein-Main AFB West Germany
Performed General Dentistry, Year rotations each Surgery, Endodontics and Prosthetics
Supervised Supply and Equipment Acquisition, Fixed and Denture Lab
1980- 1980 Associate Howard Stein worked in Sedation area doing Endodontics, C&B
1974 – 1980 Private Practice 3901 Las Posas Rd. Camarillo Ca.
1972 – 1974 Associate Dentist Hank Reitz DDS, 2085 Ventura Blvd, Camarillo CA
1973 – 1976 Associate Dentist Paul Schulman DDS, Venice Calif.
1970 – 1972 UAF Dentist Osan AFB Korea, Norton AFB
Additional Experience
1986-1996 General Dentistry, Operated and Maintained Computerized Dental System for Majors Dental. Operated and Maintained In-house Dental Lab
1985 Air Force Commendation Medal for Computer Programs relating to quality control, production
1976-80 Chief of Dental Staff , Pleasant Valley Hospital Camarillo Ca.
- set up hospital dental suite in new hospital
- set up bylaws for dental staff
- recruited and supervised dental hospital unit
- performed quality assurance reviews for 20 dentist staff
1980-81 General Dentist, USAF
- Acting Base Dental Surgeon for 2 months
- Supervised construction of new dental clinic
- Supervised Dental Lab & acted as Prosthetics Officer
1979-80 Board of Directors, Santa Barbara-Ventura County Dental Society
1979-80 Surgery Committee Pleasant Valley Hospital
1974-80 Board of Directors Santa Barbara-Ventura County Dental Foundation
- On the Founding committee to explore Knox-Keene component for the dental society.
- Contracted for services with Ventura County Medical Care Foundation and Dental Insurance Administrators
1977-79 Dental Care Committee member, head reported quality assurance issues to board, reviewed and acted on patient complaints
President Student Body UCLA Dental School
Junior Class President UCLA Dental School
Chancellors Commission for the Arts UCLA
Developed Programs & Supervised Funds for all arts related on-campus programs
Graduate Student Association Appointee to Cultural Commission