Lawrence Dan Kaelin

Dr. Dan Kaelin has been a vascular surgeon in private practice with Vascular Surgery Associates in Tallahassee, Florida, since 1992. He received his medical degree in 1985 from the University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He was Chief Resident from 1990-91 and a Vascular Fellow in 1991-92. Dr. Kaelin has conducted research, written extensively, and made numerous professional presentations on a wide range of surgical topics. Dr. Kaelin was a Major in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1988 to 2001 and served as an Attending Vascular Surgeon at Walter Reed Army Hospital. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery, with added qualifications in Vascular Surgery.

Dr. Kaelin was a founding board member and Chair of the Big Bend Regional Healthcare Information Organization (Big Bend RHIO). He is a tireless champion in local and statewide initiatives to develop Health Information Exchanges (HIE) so individual EMR systems can share patient medical information. His aim is to ensure that clinicians remain involved in the decisions of health care IT as federal health care legislation unfolds.