Daniel F. Kelly, MD is Founder and Director of Pacific Neuroscience Institute at Providence Saint John’s Health Center and Professor of Neurosurgery at John Wayne Cancer Institute (JWCI) in Santa Monica, CA. In practice for 25 years, Dr. Kelly is internationally recognized for his accomplishments in the field of minimally invasive and endoscopic keyhole surgery for brain, skull base and pituitary tumors. He has been awarded the Southern California SuperDoctors distinction 11 years in a row (2006-17).  His personal surgical series includes over 2000 endonasal transsphenoidal operations and almost 2000 operations for brain tumor. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and more than 40 book chapters on topics including surgical outcomes and techniques, patient satisfaction and complication avoidance for a wide range of brain, skull base and pituitary tumors. His research interests include refining and developing endonasal endoscopic and keyhole surgical approaches, enhancing post-operative quality of life and pituitary hormonal function, and identifying targetable biomarkers and other novel treatments for patients with intracranial tumors.

 

Dr. Kelly is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the International Society of Pituitary Surgeons, the Pituitary Society, and the North American Skull Base Society, and a member of the editorial board of the journal Neurosurgery and World Neurosurgery. Dr. Kelly has a long-standing commitment to continuing medical education, fellowship training and patient education, and he lectures frequently at national and international meetings. Dr. Kelly is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College, Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed neurosurgical residency training in 1993 at George Washington University Medical Center. He was Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice-Chief of Clinical Affairs for the UCLA Division of Neurosurgery until 2007 when he joined JWCI and Providence Saint John’s Health Center, where he currently serves on the Saint John’s Board of Directors and is Chief of Neurosurgery. As Chairman of Pacific Neuroscience Institute Medical Group, he helps oversee and direct a multispecialty neuroscience program of 24 physicians across 9 subspecialties and 9 centers of excellence.