Rural General Surgeon
Minneola Health
Kelly Gabel, DO, FACOS, FACS is a Board Certified General Surgeon practicing in rural Kansas. He had served as the Chief of Surgery for Citizens Health in Colby for 10 years. He did locums for a year and recently started practice in Minneola, KS. Dr. Gabel also covers Trauma/Emergency Surgery in Vail, CO. He graduated from Kansas City University in 2008 and completed his General Surgery Residency in 2013 at Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan where he served as the administrative chief resident in his final year. Dr. Gabel has presented posters at the Annual Clinical Assembly three times, winning the Outstanding Presenter in the Cardiovascular Division. He was voted outstanding resident during his Pediatric Surgery rotation at Dayton Children's Hospital. Dr. Gabel has established a successful broad-spectrum general surgery practice, voted Best in Medicine. He was instrumental in establishing Colby as a Level IV trauma center and helped drive best practices at his facility by implementing standardized approaches to emergency airway management, ICU care and management of surgical obstetrical emergencies. Dr. Gabel is passionate about educating his patients and peers, both lecturing for Rocky Vista University and taking on students for rural rotations. He presented a webinar lecture through the ACOS over Burnout, has lectured at the IDR, and has volunteered overseas in Africa. Dr. Gabel is an avid pilot and enjoys incorporating his two passions together by flying to outreach hospitals. He is married to his wife of 19 years, a Family Physician herself, and together they have four active children. He is a past member of the Kansas Medical Society Board of Trustees, is one of the newest members of the ACOS Board of Governors, and is the Vice Chairman of the Membership Committee for the ACOS. He is active in his church and community.
Case Studies for the Rural Surgeon
Saturday, September 28, 2024
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