Kelly Rhone, MD serves as Avel eCare’s Chief Medical Officer. In this role, she is responsible for physician engagement and retention, program development of telemedicine services, and educating medical professionals on telemedicine and change management. Dr. Rhone has been practicing emergency medicine for more than 15 years and joined Avel eCare to help bring cutting-edge emergency and critical care to the patient’s bedside, regardless of location.

Dr. Rhone previously held the position of Medical Director of eCare Emergency. She serves as an Associate Professor at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Rhone completed her medical education at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion and her emergency medicine training at HealthPartners-Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.