Dr. Kelly is board certified in Preventive Medicine and has a masters degree in public health epidemiology. He serves on the faculty in the Preventive Medicine Department, Loma Linda, University. He has served as co-investigator for a congressionally funded clinical trial for lifestyle treatment of diabetes in the Marshall Islands. He is the founding president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and is currently President and Executive Medical Director of Lifestyle Medicine Education, Inc in Rocky Mount, VA.