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Office
Pacific Neuroscience Institute
2125 Arizona Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404Phone+1 310-582-7450Fax+1 310-582-7495
Summary
- Dr. Kelly is Director and one of 4 Founders of Pacific Neuroscience Institute, a multi-specialty group of over 30 physicians encompassing 9 Centers of Excellence. At PNI he directs the Pacific Brain Tumor and Pituitary Disorders Centers at Saint John’s Health Center and is Professor of Neurosurgery at Saint John's Cancer Institute.
A recipient of the Southern California Super Doctors distinction for 14 years (2007-2020), Dr. Kelly's neurosurgical practice applies minimally invasive keyhole and endoscopic techniques for brain tumors with a focus on maximal safe removal, rapid recovery and short hospital stay for patients with meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, Rathke’s cleft cysts, chordomas, schwannomas, gliomas and metastases.
In practice for over 25 years, he has one of the largest series in endonasal surgery with over 2000 procedures performed including over 1000 endoscopic endonasal surgeries and almost 2000 craniotomies for brain and skull base tumors. His academic track record includes over 130 peer-reviewed publications and 40 book chapters, mostly focused on minimally invasive surgical techniques, outcomes and complication avoidance. He has a long-standing commitment to medical education, fellowship training and patient education, and lectures frequently at national and international meetings.
Dr. Kelly helps oversee the Pacific Brain Health Center (led by Dr. David Merrill) and is a creative force in the Pacific Treatment & Research in Psychedelics program (led by Dr. Keith Heinzerling), focused on psychedelic-assisted therapies for depression, anxiety and addiction.
He is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College (1982), Georgetown University School of Medicine (1986) and George Washington University Neurosurgical residency (1993). He was Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice-Chief of UCLA Division of Neurosurgery until 2007 then joined Saint John’s Health Center, where he serves on the Board of Directors and is Chief of Neurosurgery.
Education & Training
- George Washington UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1987 - 1993
- New York Medical College at St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New YorkInternship, Transitional Year, 1986 - 1987
- Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1993 - 2026
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
- Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Pilot Trial of Visual Healing® in Psilocybin-assisted Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 18
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Pre-radiation Nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas.Santosh Kesari, Alexandre Wojcinski, Sarabjot Pabla, R J Seager, Jaya M Gill
Oncoimmunology. 2024-12-31 - Endonasal surgery high-risk carotid injury timeout checklist: implementation, institutional protocol and experience.Garni Barkhoudarian, Mehrdad Pahlevani, Seshaan Ratnam, Regin Jay Mallari, Chester Griffiths
Acta Neurochirurgica. 2024-11-15 - Comparative Analysis of Endoscope Obscuration With Utilization of an Endonasal Access Guide for Endonasal Skull Base Surgery.Garni Barkhoudarian, David Zhou, Michael B Avery, Usman Khan, Regin Jay Mallari
Operative Neurosurgery. 2024-07-05
Journal Articles
- The Epigenomic Landscape of Pituitary Adenomas Reveals Specific Alterations and Differentiates Among Acromegaly, Cushing's Disease and Endocrine-Inactive SubtypesDaniel F Kelly, Yuki Takasumi, Garni Barkhoudarian, Clinical Cancer Research
Press Mentions
- Largest Study of Brain Tumor ‘Keyhole’ Surgery for Meningiomas Shows Outstanding OutcomesAugust 15th, 2022
- Think Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Daniel F. KellyJanuary 5th, 2022
- Streamlining Brain Tumor Surgery Care During the PandemicAugust 2nd, 2021
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Grant Support
- Pacific Treatment & Research in Psychedelics (TRIP)Annenberg Foundation2019–2022
- Clinical Trial: Hypopituitarism After Moderate And Severe Head InjuryNational Center For Research Resources2008
- Hypopituitarism Following Traumatic Brain Injury Or Aneurysmal Subarachnoid HEMNational Center For Research Resources2005–2008
- Hypopituitarism After Moderate And Severe Head InjuryNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2002–2008
- Acute And Chronic Hypopituitarism After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid HemorrhageNational Center For Research Resources2006–2007
- Hypopituitarism After Moderate And Severe Head InjuryNational Center For Research Resources2004–2007
- Hypopituitarism After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid HemorrhageNational Center For Research Resources2006
- Core A-- Administrative CoreNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2005
- Hypopituitarism--Traumatic Brain Injury HemorrhageNational Center For Research Resources2001
- Delayed Hypopituitarism Following Moderate &Severe Head InjuryNational Center For Research Resources1999–2001
Research History
- Co-investigator in Pilot Trial of Visual Healing® in Psilocybin-assisted Therapy for Alcohol Use DisorderThe objective of this study is to test a strategy for optimizing set and setting of psilocybin-assisted therapy for alcohol use disorder with a nature-themed video at the start of the psilocybin journey. Collaborators are Dr. Keith Heinzerling (PI), film-maker Louie Schwartzberg and Usona Institute2021 - 2022
Professional Memberships
- Member
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- Fellow
Other Languages
- Spanish
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