John J. Kelly III, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Kelly has been a member of Cardiology Physicians since 1996. Dr. Kelly grew up in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania. He attended Garnet Valley High School. Dr. Kelly obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College and attended Jefferson Medical College. His post graduate training began with a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He served as Chief Medical Resident there. His Cardiology Fellowship was at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas. Dr. Kelly’s recognitions include House staff AOA membership, being named Intern of the Year at University of Illinois and being named Chief Cardiology Fellow at the Texas Heart Institute. He was an Attending Physician at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He received a Teaching Award from the residents at Christ Hospital. He was then an attending physician at Paoli Memorial Hospital and Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania before joining Cardiology Physicians in 1996. Dr. Kelly is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and is board certified both in Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of cardiovascular disease. He had additional board certification in interventional cardiology. Dr. Kelly served as the Director of Medical Education in Cardiology for Christiana Care for many years.

Dr. Kelly has a strong commitment to consultative cardiology and has been in practice since 1991. Dr. Kelly has additional areas of interest including cardiac rehabilitation, echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, and stress echocardiography. He was an interventional cardiologist for over 30 years, but now focuses on clinical and consultative cardiology.

Dr. Kelly and his wife Janice were married in 1989. They are the proud parents of Jay and Brooke. Dr. Kelly’s free time is spent enjoying family activities. He tries, without much success, to play golf.