July 22, 2009 — Dr. Thaddeus Elliott Kelly, 71, professor emeritus in the University of Virginia School of Medicine, died July 2. Kelly joined the faculty in 1975 as associate professor of pediatrics and established the Division of Medical Genetics. He retired in 2002, having made numerous contributions to the fields of pediatrics and medical genetics. His clinical and research interests included neurogenetic disorders, short stature and skeletal dysplasias, the use of growth hormone to treat genetic disorders, the X chromosome and X-linked disorders and Prader-Willi syndrome.

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