Physician Born May 12, 1959, in Flushing, New York, the son of Loretta Ann DiTucci Ellington and the late Joe C. Ellington EducationB.S., Guilford College; M.S., Ph.D., Duke University; M.D., Wake Forest University; Residency, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan Wife Sharon Perdue Children Dana, Alyssa, Erica, Joe III Affiliations Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Legislative Service Elected to the House 2010-2014 Other Public Service Member, Mercer County Republican Executive Committee Religion Roman Catholic