Kelly Gannon, M.D.
KELLEY GANNON, MD, is an assistant professor of Internal Medicine at West Virginia University. She is currently the Medical Director for Ambulatory Quality in the Department of Medicine and serves as the director for its Patient Centered Medical Home.
She earned a BS degree in biological sciences in 2005 at the University of Pittsburgh and her MD degree from WVU in 2009. She completed an Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Residency at WVU in 2013. She was Chief Resident in Internal Medicine & Pediatrics residency in 2013 and Chief Resident in Internal Medicine in 2014. Since that time, she has held various roles in the Department of Medicine, including her most recent as Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs: Ambulatory and Telehealth.
Dr. Gannon is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She received the WVU School of Medicine Distinguished Teacher Award in 2014 and the WVU School of Medicine Alumni Association David Z. Morgan Mentor Award in 2022. She has also received numerous awards for patient satisfaction and clinical quality performance. As a first-generation college graduate from a high school where very few students matriculate to institutes of higher learning, she was inducted into the Connellsville Area High School Hall of Fame in 2020 for her academic and professional success.
Her professional society memberships include the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Med-Peds Residency Association. Dr. Gannon serves the WVU School of Medicine as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Academic and Professional Standards. Along with this, she serves on many committees throughout WVU Medicine, particularly in the ambulatory care area. She is highly sought after as a consultant for ambulatory transformation for clinical practices in the region and was responsible for designing the first Patient Centered Medical Home concept in the Department of Medicine.
Dr. Gannon’s passions in medicine are patient-centered adult primary care, caring for multiple generations of families, caring for adults with chronic diseases of childhood and marginalized patients, and teaching residents and medical students the importance of strong primary care physicians for patients.
She lives in Morgantown with her husband and son. She can often be found singing in her church or on stage with the Main Street Theatre Company in Uniontown, PA, being a Disney Adult, and watching and playing sports.