Dr. Cynthia Kelly
Practice
Board Certifications
American Board of Allergy & Immunology
American Board of Pediatrics
Education
Medical School: Wayne State University
Residency: University of Michigan
Fellowship: UCLA School of Medicine
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Bio
Dr. Kelly has been actively involved in asthma education for professionals, community members, patients and families throughout Hampton Roads.
She has been the primary investigator for research funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development.
She has also published in the area of clinical outcomes for children with asthma.
Her practice includes caring for children with a wide variety of allergic and immunologic disorders, including asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, drug allergy, food allergy, eczema, contact dermatitis and immunodeficiency.
Research Areas
Community Service
- Physician mentor
for Eastern Virginia Medical School
Partners in Education, Kemps
Landing Middle
School Asthma Awareness Program
- Virginia Beach Free
Clinic
- Camp physician, American Lung Association Asthma Camp/Camp KD
- Medical
Advisory board member for Head Start in Hampton
Roads
- Asthma
Screening, Eastern Shore Rural Health System
- Medical
Director, CHKD Asthma Camp
Memberships
- American Academy of Allergy
- American
College of Allergy and Immunology
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American
Medical Association
- Virginia
Allergy Society
- Tidewater
Pediatric Society
Honors & Awards
- Virginia Living Magazine, Top Doctor, 2018
- Coastal Virginia Magazine "Top Doc" 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Top Doc for Kids, 2004 to 2013
- Salute
to Service Award: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, 2011
- Health
Care Hero Award, 2010
- Claude
Moore Physician Leadership Institute Award,
2009
- Hampton
Roads Child Health Advocacy Award, 2007
A Note From Dr. Kelly
"It is wonderful to be a part of such an outstanding children’s hospital where everyone strives to provide each child and their family with the highest level and quality of medical care in our community. From the play rooms to pain control, we are all about supporting children through any and all aspect of their medical care."
Recent Publications
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Kelly, Kathleen; Coupe, Sebastian; and Kelly, Cynthia (2020) "Epidemiology of enforcing travel restrictions in US peninsular regions during the COVID-19 pandemic," Florida Public Health Review: Vol. 17 , Article 8.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/fphr/vol17/iss1/8
- Taylor-Fishwick J, Major DA, Kelly CS, Butterfoss FD, Clarke SM, Cardenas RA. Assessing a community’s pediatric asthma care needs: insights gained from physicians, school nurses and parents. Pediatric Asthma, Allergy & Immunology 2004; 17(1):25-35.
- Butterfoss FD, Kelly CS, Taylor-Fishwick J. Health planning that magnifies the community’s voice: Allies Against Asthma. Health Education & Behavior 2005; 32(1):113-128.
- Kelly CS, Meurer JR, Lachance LL, Taylor-Fishwick JC, Geng X, Arabia C. Engaging health care providers in coalition activities. Health Promotion and Practice 2006; 7:66S-75S.
- Nicholas EA, Dwyer M, Murphy A, Taylor-Fishwick JC, Cohn JG, Kelly CS, Gould C, Di Stefano D. Coalition-based approaches for addressing environmental issues in childhood asthma. Health Promotion and Practice 2006; 7:108S-116S.
- Providing Asthma Care in Elementary Schools: Understanding Barriers to Determine Best Practice. Major DA, Clarke SM, Cardenas RA, Taylor-Fishwick JC, Kelly CS, Butterfoss FD. Fam Community Health 2006; 29(4):256-265.
- Policy and System Change and Community Coalitions: Outcomes from Allies Against Asthma. Clark NM, Doctor LJ, Gilmore L, Kelly CS, Krieger J, et al. American Journal of Public Health 2010; 100(5): 904-912.
- Improvement in Health Care Use Associated With Community Coalitions: Long-term Results of the Allies Against Asthma Initiative. Noreen M. Clark, PhD, Laurie L. Lachance, PhD, M. Beth Benedict, DrPH, JD, Linda Jo Doctor, MPH, Lisa Gilmore, MBA, MSW, Cynthia S. Kelly, MD, FAAP, James Krieger, MD,
MPH, Marielena Lara, MD, MPH, John Meurer, MD, MBA, Amy Friedman Milanovich, MPH, Elisa Nicholas, MD, MSPH, Peter X. K. Song, PhD, Michael Rosenthal, MD, Shelley C. Stoll, MPH, and Margaret Wilkin, MPH. American Journal of Public Health 2013; 103 (6)1124-1127