David E Ellison, MD

Both my wife and I have been patients of Dr. Ellison for 10+ years. He’s a true professional with excellent bedside manner. He’s not one to recommend surgery without exploring other options and is very good about explaining possible outcomes etc. He’s the best ENT in the Bay Area

I was referred to Dr Ellison, by my allergist who highly recommended him, for turbine reduction surgery. I couldn’t breathe at night and I was constantly stuffy (I have year around allergies). My visits were great, everything explained and I had the surgery about a month and half ago. This type of surgery is no picnic, but the result is I can breathe and no more stuffy nose, no ill side effects. My medical treatment from start to finish was really good and results wonderful. I highly recommend.

Dr. Ellison recently performed a tube replacement for my son. His interactions with my son in the initial patient visit, pre-​surgery, and post-​surgery have been super positive. He gave him the attention I would appreciate to receive if I were his patient.

In 2009 I had a biopsy done on a lump in my neck, after an appointment I was told it wasn’t cancer after which I never got a call back from this office after numerous calls and a letter via u.s. Mail.
I saw my internist 3 months later who immediately sent me to ucsf. The doctor immediately sent me for a biopsy and MRI and told me it was a bad stage 3 tumor.
Having just passed my 5 year survival anniversary, I’ve been on a long road to recovery. I love with constant severe pain and adrenal insufficiency resulting from the tumor resection surgery.
My advice is to stay away from this office. Go to ucsf or Stanford.

Loved him. Came by referral from my primary care doc who is outside of any network and one of the few who still works independently. I haven’t been to an ENT in forever and the last time I went it was so painful I was terrified to ever go back. Dr. Ellison was personable, made conversation, had a nice sense of humor and besides the fabulous bedside manner took time to explain what he was doing and said it wouldn’t hurt. And sure enough it didn’t. I thought he was fabulous and while my preference is to stay out of doctors offices, if I had to go back i certainly would. He’s a keeper and really knows his stuff. Thorough in exam and explanation without feeling rushed or shushed.

If I could give zero or negative stars, I would. If you want your child to be afraid of doctors forever, take him to see dr Ellison. I brought my 4 year old to get checked for adenoids, the doctor asked him to open his mouth once but my son got scared when he saw the tongue suppressor and did not comply, so without even asking a second time, he grabbed his face and started squeezing his jaw to open by force. I was shocked, and had to tell him to back off. He appeared to get frustrated and left the room. After he returned, my son opened his mouth for a look also let the doc stick a wire with a camera all the way up his nostril, after which doctor Ellison gave a false diagnosis that his adenoids are normal. Save yourself the trauma and see dr Koltai at Stanford.

I’ve gone to Dr. Ellison on and off for over twenty years, and my experience with him has been consistently excellent. He is a very knowledgable doctor, who listens to what you have to say as a patient. He is a very nice person, and his manner as a doctor is exemplary. I’d recommend him to anyone.

Excellent doctor! Honest. Professional! My daughter has been with him for 12 years!!! He’s amazing.

Dr. Ellison has treated me and my children for years. He is the greatest. He has always been professional, helpful, personable and gone above and beyond to ensure that we had the best possible care and outcome for the situation. We can always count him, and I would not go anywhere else. It may take a while to get an appointment, but worth the wait.

Best ENT Dr. around!!!

My experience with Dr Ellison has been great. My 4 yr old needed to have his tonsils out — Dr. Ellison removed his tonsils & adenoids and I felt safe and confident in his skills through the entire process: evaluation, diagnosis, pre-​op, surgery, after care. It is VERY hard to decide to put you little boy uder anesthesia but we felt confident under the care of Dr. Ellison.

Absolutely the BEST physician ever! My baby had tubes put in her ear this morning. Excellent bedside manners, excellent with kids, extremely knowledgeable, very calming personality.

I have been his patient for 14 years, and Dr. Ellison is the most incredible doctor. He is highly knowledgeable, intelligent, thorough, attentive, patient, and trustworthy. He is also very compassionate and kind. He has broad and deep knowledge about his specialty ESN and medicine in general. He gives great advice, and prescribes all the right medications. His diagnosis has always been exactly correct, even when other good and well-​respected doctors were confused about the same issue. He took my tonsils and adenoids out a few years ago, and it went very well. He was supportive and caring through the whole process. In addition, Dr. Ellison has a very therapeutic effect on me and all the people I know who see him. No matter how badly I feel before the appointment, he leaves me feeling better. He is a specialist and a person of the highest caliber. It is very lucky to have the chance to see such a doctor. I recommend Dr. Ellison unconditionally, and am grateful for all the amazing work he does for the world every day.

Dr. Ellison is the best ENT doctor in the Bay Area! He has a Great personality and listens to his patient in great detail, I highly recommend this doctor. I did my rhinoplasty (along with another procedure) four weeks before my wedding… he did an AMAZING job! I would not hesitate to combine procedures with this doctor as he knows his stuff well!
Whoever was doing his admin work and scheduling in 2008 wasn’t the greatest! She had some serious attitude and personality issues! Don’t be surprised if she doesn’t return your calls! But, the doctor is AWSOME!

I can’t believe your phone line. I continued to hold for more than 10mins, but still can’t get to the appointment front desk. This office is extremely hard to get through the appointment line. man, sucks.

I hesitated to write this update as not to bad mouth him until I saw Fabiano C’s review. Better late than never. I now see Dr. his partner, Dr. Bock who is much better; when I saw him back in 2003, he was acting funny, asking if I was mad; I thought «what are you talkng about?!» I was 23 and eventhough on my mother’s insurance sense I was in college, he still had the nerve to call her and talk to her about the proceedure, telling her a bit more than he told me. He couldn’t even trust me to go home and talk to her; I am not even mentally retarded. So, well he is a good doctor at the top of his game, he isn’t the same Dr. Ellison I knew years ago.

Dr. Ellison is definitely the go to guy for any Ear Nose and Throat problems you are having. At the age of 18 I started getting strep throat, and tonsillitis quite frequently, I was referred to Dr. Ellison when the antibiotic I was given for what was thought to be strep was not working. He was able to quickly diagnose that I had tonsillitis. After more than a few visits to him with my reoccurring tonsillitis he recommended I remove my tonsils.
The surgery from start to finish was a smooth experience. All my pre-​op and post-​op appointments were informative and Dr. Ellison was patient to listen to any of my concerns. He also was very gracious to my Mom after my surgery was completed letting her know I was just fine.
He checked on me later that evening after my morning operation and gave me the clear to head home.
All in all I’ve had a very positive experience with him and his office staff, I highly recommend