President & Medical Director
Lifestyle Health Education Inc.
Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States
“Dr. John,” as he is affectionately called by patients and staff, is passionate about lifestyle medicine. Dr. Kelly completed his undergraduate education in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, graduating Summa Cum Laude as a McMurran Scholar. He then completed the Dual Degree Program at Loma Linda University, receiving his MD in 2000 and his MPH in Epidemiology in 2002 with honors. He completed residency training in Preventive Medicine in 2003 and received ABPM Board certification in 2004.
Dr. Kelly received the AMA Excellence in Medicine Award in 2004 as a Young Physician for his work in establishing the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the medical specialty society for clinicians who specialize in the use of therapeutic lifestyle interventions in the treatment and management of disease (www.lifestylemedicine.org). He served as founding President for ACLM. Dr. Kelly accepted an appointment as Assistant Research Professor in the Nutrition Department at Loma Linda University with the Lifestyle Research Initiative, where he conducted a multicenter outcomes analysis of lifestyle centers in the U.S. and served as Co-PI for a multimillion-dollar diabetes research project in the Marshall Islands.
Dr. Kelly continues to work with ongoing studies investigating the use of therapeutic lifestyle interventions in the treatment and management of type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and related chronic diseases. He is presently President and Medical Director of Lifestyle Health Education Inc, a non-profit providing lifestyle medicine education and medical services in the US. He has served as Medical Director for residential and outpatient lifestyle programs in multiple states, most recently in Michigan. Dr. Kelly enjoys sharing the scientific evidence for the use of lifestyle to treat and reverse disease with his patients and with other practitioners, researchers and the public. He gives invited expert presentations on lifestyle medicine, epigenetics and other topics internationally. He also serves as a lifestyle medicine expert consultant.
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In-Person Workshop: High Intensity Lifestyle Medicine Treatment
Sunday, October 27, 2024
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
8:00 PM – 9:15 PM ET