KarlDavidKelleyMDFAADM

Summary

• Karl D. Kelley, MD, FAADM Dr. Karl Kelley is Emergency Medicine’s embodiment of service to country. He has provided frontline emergency medical care, stood the watch for our country’s leadership, and brought sound reasoning to national policy and operations in times of crisis: • Onsite Emergency Physician for FDNY, NYPD and federal assets working the pile in the wake of 9/11 • Secret Service medical team for UN 56th Gen assembly 2001 • Department of Homeland Security Founding Member • Pandemic and Medical Countermeasures editor for National Response Framework • Trauma Strike Team Leader tasked to Secret Service for G8 Summit 2004 • Chief Medical Officer for State of the Union Address 2004 • Closed Senate Subcommittee testimony following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita • Chief Medical Officer for Field Operations of National Disaster Medical System for 6yrs • Disaster Medicine Physician of the Year 2015, awarded by the American Academy of Disaster Medicine Karl’s medical leadership, however, goes far beyond hospitals and even beyond US borders. He served locally as a State Constable for more than 10 years and a full SWAT Team member for 8 years. Following that service, he was selected by the Special Operations Medical Association to be a Civilian Lifetime Member. And on the global front, Karl is a Founding Member of the International Tactical EMS Association and is an internationally certified SWAT physician. Further, his unique skillset gained him coveted invitations to train with several very elite organizations: • US DOD Defense Medical Readiness Institute, Homeland Security Medical Executive certification training • NATO sponsored International Chief Emergency Physician for Mass Casualty, Disaster, and Bioterrorism certification • Israeli Ministry of Health Division of Security and Israeli Defense Force training Karl is a champion for rural and underserved hospitals, bringing more than 25 years of experience to his current position as Emergency Medicine Physician.