Christopher J. Kelly

Christopher J. Kelly, MD

Languages spoken: English

  • Christopher J. Kelly, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He is board certified in emergency medicine and practices at the University of Utah Hospital Emergency Department as well as the University of Utah South Jordan Emergency Department. He is currently the Clinical Ultrasound fellowship director. He is responsible for teaching emergency medicine residents as well as medical students. His research interests include point-of-care ultrasound, pulmonary embolism, and clinical decision support tools.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Critical Care Echocardiography)

  • Christopher J. Kelly, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He is board certified in emergency medicine and practices at the University of Utah Hospital Emergency Department as well as the University of Utah South Jordan Emergency Department. He is currently the Clinical Ultrasound fellowship director. He is responsible for teaching emergency medicine residents as well as medical students. His research interests include point-of-care ultrasound, pulmonary embolism, and clinical decision support tools.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Emergency Medicine -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Critical Care Echocardiography)

    Education history

    Fellowship Ultrasound - University of Utah School of Medicine Clinical Fellow
    Emergency Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - Stony Brook University School of Medicine M.D.
    Biology - St. John’s University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Weekes, AJ, Davison, J, Lupez, K, Raper, JD, Thomas, AM, Cox, CA, Esener, D, Boyd, JS, Nomura, JT, Murphy, K, Ockerse, PM, Leech, S, Johnson, J, Abrams, E, Kelly, C, OConnell, NS (2023). Quality of life 1 month after Acute Pulmonary Embolism in emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med.
    2. Weekes AJ, Raper JD, Thomas AM, Lupez K, Cox CA, Esener D, Boyd JS, Nomura JT, Davison J, Ockerse PM, Leech S, Abrams E, Kelly C, OConnell NS (2022). Electrocardiographic findings associated with early clinical deterioration in acute pulmonary embolism. Acad Emerg Med.
    3. Kelly, C, Stoecklein, H H, Brant-Zawadzki, G, Hoareau, G, Daley, J, Selzman, C, Youngquist, S, Johnson, A (2022). TEE guided REBOA deflation following ROSC for non-traumatic cardiac arrest. Am J Emerg Med.
    4. Law N, Chan J, Kelly C, Auffermann W, Dunn D (2022). Incidence of pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 infection in the ED: ancestral, Delta, Omicron variants and vaccines. Emerg Radiol.
    5. Raper JD, Thomas AM, Lupez K, Cox CA, Esener D, Boyd JS, Nomura JT, Davison J, Ockerse PM, Leech S, Johnson J, Abrams E, Murphy K, Kelly C, OConnell NS, Weekes AJ (2022). Can right ventricular assessments improve triaging of low risk pulmonary embolism? Acad Emerg Med.
    6. Crockett D, Kelly C, Brundage J, Jones J, Ockerse P (2022). A stress test of artificial intelligence: Can deep learning models trained from formal echocardiography accurately interpret point‐of‐care ultrasound? J Ultrasound Med.
    7. Weekes A, Raper J, Lupez K, Thomas A, Cox C, Esener D, Boyd J, Nomura J, Davison J, Ockerse P, Leech S, Johnson J, Abrams E, Murphy K, Kelly C, Norton J (2021). Development and validation of a prognostic tool: pulmonary embolism short-term clinical outcomes risk estimation (PE-SCORE). PLoS One.
    8. Bledsoe J, Kelly C, Stevens S et al (2021). Pulmonary Embolism Clinical Decision Support and Effect on Yield of Computerized Tomographic Pulmonary Angiography: ePE- a pragmatic prospective cohort study. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open.
    9. Griffith, A, Ockerse P, Shaaban A, Kelly C (2021). Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on CT Scans Ordered from the Emergency Department for Abdominal Complaints in a Tertiary Health Care System Undergoing Non-Surge Conditions. Emerg Radiol.
    10. Stoecklein HH, Kelly C, Kaji AH, Fantegrossi A, Carlson M, Fix ML, Madsen T, Walls RM, Brown CA 3rd NEAR Investigators (2019). Multi-center Comparison of Non-supine versus Supine Positioning During Intubation in the Emergency Department: A National Emergency Airway Registry (NEAR) Study. Acad Emerg Med, 26(10), 1144-1151.
    11. Kelly C, Ockerse P, Glotzbach J, Jedick R, Carlberg M, Skaggs J, Morgan D (2019). Transesophageal echocardiography identification of aortic dissection during cardiac arrest and cessation of ECMO initiation. Am J Emerg Med, 37(6), 1214e5-1214e6.
    12. Kelly C, Bledsoe J, Woller S et al (2019). Diagnostic Yield of Pulmonary Embolism Testing in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Syncope. Res Pract Thromb Haemost.
    13. Kelly C, Carlberg M, Madsen T (2019). Spontaneous pneumothorax resulting in tension physiology. Am J Emerg Med, 37(1), 173.e1-173.e2.
    14. Kelly C, Agy C, Carlson M, Steenblik J, Bledsoe J, Hartsell S, Madsen T (2018). Family history of venous thromboembolism predicts the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med, 36(9), 1550-1554.

    Letter

    1. Kelly, C Ockerse, P (2023). Proposal for an amendment to the ACEP TEE guidelines: the aortic view [Letter to the editor]. Ann Emerg Med.