Dr. KelliAnn Leli
Jan. 7, 1990 Nov. 27, 2020
U.S. Air Force Captain Dr. KelliAnn Leli passed away on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, in a tragic accident, while deployed to the Middle East at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.
Kelli was born to the Seaman family on Jan. 7, 1990, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and grew up in Parlin, New Jersey.
After high school, Kelli was accepted to the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado. The first in her immediate family to serve on active duty, Kelli graduated USAFA in 2012, earning her commission, as well as
a coveted slot to medical school. She graduated from Rutgers Medical School in 2016 and went on to complete her Family Medicine Residency at Travis AFB. Upon completing her residency, Kelli was chosen to remain at Travis AFB as faculty, an easy choice, since Kelli had already been named the base’s 2018 Family Medicine ‘Resident of the Year’.