Houston Business Journal Honors Dr. Kelsey for Lifetime Achievement
HOUSTON (May 28, 2009) –Mavis Kelsey, M.D., founder of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award during Houston Business Journal’s first Health Care Heroes luncheon, part of the newspaper’s four-day CelebrateEnterprise program of business events.
Tribute was paid Wednesday to the skills, dedication and professionalism of 12 stars of the Houston health care arena. Keynote speaker Tom Granatir, director of public health initiatives for Humana, told the gathering he believed changes coming to the health care industry, while feared by some, will likely bring many opportunities.
For 60 years, Dr. Kelsey has contributed to the development of Houston’s medical and cultural landscape. His professional impact can be felt daily within the health care community by visiting any of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic’s 18 locations around Houston.
When he founded Kelsey-Seybold in 1949, Dr. Kelsey envisioned many specialists working together as a team to care for patients, all under one roof. This collaborative approach to medical care continues today and helps Kelsey-Seybold physicians deliver quality care to more than 400,000 patients each year.
At the age of 96, Dr. Mavis Kelsey continues to attribute much of the clinic’s success to the doctors and staff, saying, “I think some of them made greater sacrifices than I did. There were a number of loyal people that stayed with us through our ups and downs. That is what made the clinic succeed in the long run.”
From Left: John Beddow, Houston Business Journal publisher; Dr. Mavis P. Kelsey, founder of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic; Dr. James C. Hoyle, Jr., Kelsey-Seybold’s medical director of clinical operations; and Dr. Spencer Berthelsen, Kelsey-Seybold’s board chairman.
About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic.
About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier community-based physician group, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's famous Texas Medical Center. More than 350 Kelsey-Seybold physicians practice at 18 locations in the greater Houston area. Medical services offered by Kelsey-Seybold include outpatient medical care in more than 50 medical specialties, outpatient surgery centers, nationally accredited Breast Diagnostic Centers and Cancer Centers, advanced radiology services, onsite and online Kelsey Pharmacy services and secure communication portals for patients to communicate with their health care team. Kelsey-Seybold has proudly served the National Aeronautics and Space Administration since 1966 and today provides medical services onsite at the Johnson Space Center, the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, and in Moscow.
