Dr. Robert McKeen
Dr. McKeen is a Board Certified General Surgeon, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. He has specialized in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery throughout his 10 years of practice and has performed over 4000 laparoscopic procedures. In 2001, Dr, McKeen expanded his practice to include Bariatric surgery performing Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and the LAP-BAND®. He is dedicated to the minimally invasive treatment of patients with a full service Bariatric Program, South Bay Bariatrics.
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Educational Experience
October 2002
July 2001
June 1995
1987-1993
1984-1987
1978-1982
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BioEnterics LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System Program
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Perceptorship Program with Dr. Alan Whitgrove and Dr. Wesley Clark
Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Graduate of General Surgery from the St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD
Doctor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Claremont Men's College in Caremont, CA
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Work Experience
Aug 2003-present
2001-Aug 2003
1993-Aug 2003
1987-1993
1989-1990
1982-1983
1979-1984
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Bariatric Surgery Practice in San Jose, CA
Bariatric Surgery Practice in Payson, Utah
General Surgery Practice in Payson, Utah
St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD Surgical Residency
Research Fellowship University of Tennessee-Knoxville Dept of Surgery
Ojai Valley High School, Faculty
Kuzell Institute of Arthritis-Medical Research Institutes of San Francisco
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Research
1979-1984
1989-1990
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Joseph V. Levy, Ph.D., Kuzell Institute of Arthritis-Medical Research Institutes of San Francisco in prostaglandin research
Kimball I. Maull, M.D., Research Fellow at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in mediators of shock and response to trauma
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Awards:
Research grant from Physicians Medical and Educational Research Foundation of Tennessee. PAF inhibitor WEB2086 in rat trauma model, 1989
Scholarshipp awarded by Kuzell Institute of Arthritis-Medical Research Institutes of San Francisco for Phosphotidylinisitol as second messenger in PAF activation of diabetic rat platelets; 1984 PAC activation of platelets, 1983; Prostaglandins in kidneys of SLE mice, 1982
Promoted with distinction, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1984
Dean's list 1972-1978 Claremont Men's College, Claremont, CA
Products:
Laparascopic experience in acute cholecystitis in a community hospital. R. McKeen and J. Singer 1993 submitted for publication.
Plasminogen activator inhibitor activity in neonates on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. R. McKeen, M. Godlman, RC Carroll American Journal of Hematology 38 (3): 254-44 1991.
Effect of PAF inhibitor on nitrogen balance in a rat trauma model. R. McKeen, M. Karlstad, KI Maull, RC Carroll, 1989; presented at the Association of Academic Surgeons, Houston 1990.
Firinolytic shutdown in severely injured ICU patients. R. Chin, R. McKeen, M. Goldman, RC Carroll, 1989. Presented at the 1989 Congress on Fibrinolysis, Indianapolis, Indiana-poster.
Fibrinolytic shutdown, plasminogen activator inhibitor and endotoxemia in severely injured ICU patients. R. Chin, R. McKeen, M. Goldman, RC Carroll. Fibrinolysis 4: Supp 3,61, 1990.
Societies and Memberships:
American Society of Bariatric Surgery
American Medical Association
Fellow of American College of Surgeons
Positions:
2002-2004 Board of Directors-Health Utah (1600 member statewide IPA)
1999 Department of Surgery Chairman--Timpanogas Hospital
1997-2004 Board of Directors-UPN (300 member IPA)
1997-2003 UMA Delegate
1996-1997 Director of Trauma--Mountain View Hospital
1996 Department of Surgery Chairman--Mountain View Hospital
1995 Utah State Trauma Task Force
Strengths:
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, Laparoscopic Gastric Banding and General and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery