Amy Kelley

Amy S. Kelley is an American geriatrician and palliative care specialist serving as the deputy director of the National Institute on Aging since 2022. She was previously the Hermann Merkin Professor in Palliative Care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Education Amy S. Kelley earned a M.D. from Weill Cornell Medicine. She later completed a Master of Science in Health Services (M.S.H.S.) from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Career Kelley was a professor and vice chair for health policy and faculty development at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. There, she held the Hermann Merkin professorship in Palliative Care within the Brookdale department of geriatrics and palliative medicine. Additionally, she served as the senior associate dean for gender equity in research affairs. Dr. Kelley's research also established the definition of serious illness used to define the patient population, who may benefit from palliative care, at the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the National Quality Forum, and others.

In 2022, Kelley joined the NIA as deputy director, succeeding Melinda Kelley. Her responsibilities include providing strategic leadership, overseeing daily operations, and managing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives.