Ellen H. Taliaferro

Dr. Ellen Tolliver served as the medical director of the Keller Center for Family Violence Intervention at San Mateo Medical Center in San Mateo, CA. She has educated numerous healthcare and law professionals in the area of the medical component of violence and abuse. She co-authored The Physicians Guide to Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse and Respond to Intimate Partner Violence - 10 Action Steps You Can Take to Help Your Patients and Your Practice by Ellen H. Taliaferro MD and Zita J. Surprenant MD. For Survivors of violence and abuse she has written WellWriting for Health after Trauma and Abuse.

Dr T grew up in Will Rogers country and loves country humor. She sees herself as a true Okie: "Sooner born, Sooner bred, and CA dead." (Even though she moved to Reno last October. But she lives only five miles away from the California border.)

Of note, she finished her clinical career at UTSW medical school and Parkland Hospital. While there, she was named by the Dallas Morning News as one of the 100 most influential Texas women -- an amazing feat for an Okie.