About Dr. Kelley

Born in San Francisco, she's traveled the world, lived in France, and treated patients coast to coast in the US, predominantly the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dr. Kelley attended medical school at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ, followed by psychiatry residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.
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Born in San Francisco, she's traveled the world, lived in France, and treated patients coast to coast in the US, predominantly the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dr. Kelley attended medical school at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ, followed by psychiatry residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.
Throughout her career, she has served in senior and national medical director roles for large healthcare organizations, helping them build clinical quality programs that focus on patient results and safety.
She is skilled at delivering empathic telehealth services and has served as a Medical Director for Telemedicine, training other clinicians on the delivery of telehealth services.
Based on years of delivering patient care and researching evidence-based techniques, she developed the Kelley Method: 10 Essentials for Vibrant Mental Health and will teach you the method in your work together.
In her spare time, Dr. Kelly enjoys cooking, hiking in the mountains, playing piano, and traveling.

Kelley, Kate, MD. “Five Things Everyone Should Know About Postpartum Depression.” Authority Magazine, July 11, 2024.
Director: Board of Directors, International Society for Reproductive Psychiatry (5/2024-present).
Physician Voting Member: LSH Delegated Credentialing Committee (6/2023-3/2024).
Physician Voting Member: Blue Shield of Californ

Kelley, Kate, MD. “Five Things Everyone Should Know About Postpartum Depression.” Authority Magazine, July 11, 2024.
Director: Board of Directors, International Society for Reproductive Psychiatry (5/2024-present).
Physician Voting Member: LSH Delegated Credentialing Committee (6/2023-3/2024).
Physician Voting Member: Blue Shield of California Quality Oversight Committee (1/2023-3/2024).
Physician Voting Member: Magellan California Network and Credentialing Committee (3/2021-3/2024).
Quoted in Forbes Health article, "What Is Impulsive Behavior?" (9/2022).
Webinar guest speaker: Jefferies Women in Leadership Series: Fostering Well-Being (9/2022).
Webinar guest speaker: Moss Adams Innovations in Telehealth: How Telehealth Transformed Health Care Delivery and What the Future Holds (10/2020).
Top-rated psychiatrist (group of 35) based on patient satisfaction surveys, Pacific Coast Psychiatric Associates (2017).
Member, Residency Program Selection Committee, Medical University of South Carolina (2007-2010).
Preceptor, Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for Psychiatry Rotation for Medical Students, MUSC (2009).
Recognized by resident peers as one of the top 3 junior residents in a group of 24 at MUSC (2008).
Resident representative, Student National Medical Association Region VI, Annual Medical Education Conference, Washington, D.C. (10/2005).

Dr. Kelley has active medical licenses in the following states:

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