Kelly Dodds Is Bringing Cancer Rehabilitation Out of the Clinic — and Into Patients’ Lives

Cancer treatment often ends long before recovery does. For many patients, rehabilitation support is delayed, fragmented, or simply unavailable. Kelly Dodds has spent her career working inside that gap — and, in 2024, decided to redesign it.

Based in London, Dodds is the founder and CEO of Ori Rehab Ltd, a healthtech platform built to deliver specialist cancer rehabilitation digitally, at scale. Ori Rehab combines personalised exercise programmes, nutritional guidance, and emotional support into a single, clinically informed app — designed to support patients through treatment and long into survivorship.

From Frontline Care to Scalable Impact

Dodds brings more than 17 years of clinical experience in cancer and cardiac rehabilitation. Her work across the NHS, charities, and community programmes gave her deep insight into both what works — and what is missing. While exercise and rehabilitation are proven to improve outcomes, access remains limited. Waiting times can stretch for months, and specialist support is scarce.

Ori Rehab was created as a direct response to that reality. Rather than replacing human care, the platform extends it — translating Dodds’ real-world clinical protocols into guided, adaptive programmes that meet patients where they are.

“Rehabilitation doesn’t end when treatment does,” Dodds has said. “People need guidance, reassurance, and continuity — not just information.”

Building with Credibility

Since founding Ori Rehab, Dodds has completed the platform’s MVP, assembled a multidisciplinary leadership team, and graduated from the Barclays AccelerateHer cohort. The company has also received the Great Companies – International Entrepreneur Award and the Barclays AccelerateHer Female Founder Award, recognising both its innovation and clinical integrity.

Ori Rehab stands apart in a crowded digital health space by refusing to be a generic fitness app. Each programme is tailored to cancer type and treatment stage, adapting to fluctuating energy levels and long-term cardiac considerations — an area often overlooked in oncology care.

Leadership Rooted in Care

Dodds’ leadership is shaped as much by empathy as expertise. After losing her mother in early 2025, she continued to build Ori with renewed clarity of purpose — ensuring that compassion remains central as the company scales.

For Kelly Dodds, technology is not the headline. Access is. Ori Rehab represents a shift in how rehabilitation is delivered — from a scarce service to a standard part of care.

In doing so, she is redefining what patient-centred healthtech can look like: clinically rigorous, emotionally aware, and designed to walk with people through their hardest chapters — not just treat them and move on.

Company Name: Ori Rehab Ltd

Industry: HealthTech · Digital Cancer Rehabilitation

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Website: www.orirehab.co.uk

LinkedIn :  www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-dodds-mcimspa-a08107170