Summer Kelly

Summer is a Clinical Operations Assistant for the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology. Prior to joining the division, she worked with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and has a bachelor’s degree in geography.  She also spent some time as an Operations Assistant at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. As a Clinical Operations Assistant, she creates the daily OR schedule, coordinates observers in the OR, tracks resident assignments, assists with new employee onboarding, maintains essential departmental documentation, oversees multiple doctors’ schedules, handles weekly staffing, and ensures access to scrubs and lockers. She is a Virgo and enjoys being organized! Her favorite parts of her job are being able to help people get the information they are looking for, coordinating the schedule in a way that benefits the learners, and working with the amazing pediatric anesthesia team! Summer is passionate about creating efficient workflows that enhance our department’s operations and looks forward to continuing to contribute in this way.

Summer was born and raised in Granite City, Illinois. She is married to her husband Richie, and they have a baby girl due in December. They have two dogs, Juke (Airedale terrier + Irish wolfhound mix) and Ranger (beagle + pit mix), that they adopted and love very much! She loves to travel to new places with her husband, participate in jiu-jitsu and Pilates, hike, cook and spend time with her friends and family.

Fun fact: She has her blue belt! Summer has been doing jiu jitsu for almost four years and has competed multiple times. Her husband is a brown belt and competes as well.