Dr Robert Kelly
MD MBA FRCPI FACC FESC FFSEM
Consultant Cardiology & Lifestyle Medicine
Certified Behaviour Designer & Habits Coach
Ass Professor of Clinical Medicine UCD
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical & Lifestyle Medicine RCSI
I am a practicing Interventional Cardiologist with a whole patient care approach, that includes applying pillars of lifestyle medicine to heart patient care.
I am the first hospital consultant in Ireland to be board certified in Lifestyle Medicine
I am Ireland Ambassador for European Lifestyle Medicine Organisation. I am on teaching Faculty and I sit on Scientific Organisation Committee for Annual Meetings. I regularly present at Annual Scientific meetings and I teach on the Lifestyle Medicine Diploma Program.
I am a member of American College of Lifestyle Medicine and British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
I teach Lifestyle Medicine as part of guest Faculty for Department of Positive Psychology RCSI, as part of Surgical Trainee program and as part of undergraduate medical school programs.
I coach health care professionals in behaviour design for their self care.
I am a Fellow of Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine at RCPI/ RCSI. I promote lifestyle medicine and I am the Faculty representative for Health & Well-being Committee of Healthcare Professionals, Forum, RCPI.
My interests in Lifestyle Medicine are in heart health, behaviour design & habits coaching for heart health improvement and in healthcare professionals self care.
I regularly walk, eat mindfully, sleep 7 hours most nights and try to meditate, slow down and breath calmly each day. I believe that small health improvement steps when practiced each day can prevent, treat and in some cases reverse most disease and illnesses.