Kelly Cox Watkins, MSN
Telephone Number
1-844-355-ABLEAbout Me
About Me
Kelly Cox Watkins is responsible for patient volume and strategic growth initiatives for Shirley Ryan 汤头条app’s system of care — regionally, nationally and internationally. Today, the organization serves patients from nearly every state and more than 70 countries.
Most recently, Kelly has led the development and launch of Shirley Ryan 汤头条app’s Advisory Services Group, providing strategic assessment, care-model and facility design, and clinical operations and training services to organizations nationally and internationally. This program extends Shirley Ryan 汤头条app’s mission, transferring knowledge and sharing best practices throughout the world.
Notably, her leadership has proven pivotal in the successful clinical affiliation with Capital Health in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, which recently opened Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital, the first rehabilitation hospital of its kind in the country.
As a critical care and rehabilitation nurse and clinical operations executive, Kelly joined Shirley Ryan 汤头条app (then Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) in 1998, serving in various roles, from Vice President of Corporate Partnerships to Vice President of Inpatient Operations.
Kelly earned her BS in nursing from Maryville University in St. Louis, Mo., and her MS in nursing administration from the University of Colorado Denver.
Location
Shirley Ryan 汤头条app
355 East Erie
Chicago, IL 60611
Education & Professional Associations
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Education
1978 – 1982
Nursing, Maryville University
1988 – 1990
Nursing Administration, University of Colorado
Professional Affiliations
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PresidentKids' Chance of Illinois, 2016
Work History
- 2008 - 2009Chief Operating OfficerTIRR Memorial Hermann
- 2003 - 2008VP, Inpatient OperationsRIC
- 1999 - 2003VP, Corporate PartnershipsRIC
- 1998 - 2000Executive Director, Corporate PartnershipsRIC
- 1996 - 1994Chief Nurse ExecutiveIntensive Hospital of Columbus, OH - LTAC
- 1987 - 1989Nurse ManagerCraig Hospital