The Clark Comprehensive Breast Center has welcomed a new surgeon, Kathryn Kelley, MD. Dr. Kelley joined the Breast Center in early October after completing a breast surgical oncology fellowship at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, California. Previously, she spent three years as a general surgery resident at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
A magna cum laude graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Kelley earned her medical degree from Temple’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine, where she was a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She has co-authored articles in medical journals and book chapters on varied topics, including aspects of trauma care, and the impact of COVID-19 on breast cancer patients’ screening, time to treatment and effects of vaccination. She also has presented at national medical and scientific meetings and conferences.
Dr. Kelley’s professional memberships include the American College of Surgeons and the Southeastern Surgical Congress, and she holds multiple certifications, including Advanced Trauma Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support.