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Professor Daniel Kelly, MD

 

Dr. Kelly has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and more than 25 book chapters on topics of surgical outcomes and techniques, patient satisfaction and complication avoidance for a wide range of brain tumors. His research interests include endonasal endoscopic and keyhole surgical approaches, post-operative quality of life and pituitary hormonal dysfunction, as well as biomarkers of pituitary tumors and metastatic brain tumors. Dr. Kelly was the principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health funded study assessing pituitary hormonal loss after traumatic brain injury. He was also a co-principal investigator of a longitudinal study addressing the relationship between concussion, pituitary dysfunction and quality of life in retired professional football players published in 2015. He is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the Pituitary Society, and North American Skull Base Society, and a member of the editorial board of the journal Neurosurgery and World Neurosurgery. He active in fostering neurosurgical training programs in developing countries and is the past Vice Chair of the Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery (FIENS). Dr. Kelly has a long-standing commitment to continuing medical education, fellowship training and patient education. Over the last decade he has organized multiple courses and symposia for both physicians and patients including CME events such as the California Pituitary Conference, hands-on microsurgical endonasal and keyhole surgery courses as well as the California Pituitary & Hormonal Health Symposium for patients and the public. He also lectures widely at national and international meetings and courses.

Dr. Kelly graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1982 and from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1986. He completed neurosurgical residency training in 1993 at George Washington University Medical Center and then joined the UCLA Division of Neurosurgery. In 1998 he became director of the UCLA Pituitary Tumor and Neuroendocrine Program. He was Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice-Chief of Clinical Affairs for the UCLA Division of Neurosurgery until 2007 when he joined John Wayne Cancer Institute and Providence Saint John’s Health Center, where he serves on the Saint John’s Board of Directors and is Chief of Neurosurgery.

As Director of Pacific Neuroscience Institute, a multispecialty group of neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists, neurologists, neuro-ophthalmologists, interventional neuroradiologists, endocrinologists and otolaryngologists, Dr. Kelly continues to focus his efforts on advancing personalized innovative treatments for patients with brain, pituitary and skull base tumors, conducting fellowship training in minimally invasive neurosurgery, and providing patient education and support.