Army COL Kelly Beeken grew up in Issaquah, WA. She attended the University of Washington, graduating with a BA in History and during that time also became a certified doula, childbirth educator and lactation educator. She attended the University of Virginia for medical school graduating in 2008. She completed her OB/GYN residency at Madigan Army Medical Center completing this in 2012. Since that time she has been stationed at Ft. Benning, Yongsan (Korea), and at Madigan where she was currently the Chief of OB/GYN. Following this she went back and completed a Family Medicine Residency at Fort Benning. She has also deployed to Afghanistan twice and was awarded a Bronze Star. Army COL Beeken is a board certified OB/GYN and board certified Family Medicine Physician. She is also board certified in Lifestyle Medicine (ABLM) and Integrative Medicine (ABPS).