A native of Philadelphia, PA, Dr. Neil Kelley’s parents moved to the Gulf Coast of Florida in his teenage years. After high school, Dr. Kelley joined the US Navy and was a Navy Deep Sea Diver for 21 years, where he served mainly in the special operations community as support for Explosive Ordinance Disposal and Naval Special Warfare. Dr. Kelley was also on a diving and salvage ship, the USS Grapple, as well as a tour at the Naval Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, MD.

After retiring in 2007, Dr. Kelley graduated from veterinary school at Virginia Tech in 2012. He worked at a 2-doctor mixed animal practice in Pearisburg, VA, for one year, seeing mainly cattle and horses but also small animals and ruminants.

After his contract was over, Dr. Kelley was hired by Banfield and moved to Virginia Beach. He is currently practicing in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he has realized his dream of opening an independent clinic that can prioritize the availability of same-day and urgent care. He has been married to his wife, Rae, for almost 20 years, and they have teenage twins, Brian and Maggie. He and his family currently reside in rural Virginia Beach on a four-acre property with four horses.