Robert Keenan, M.D., Director

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery , Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine
Director, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Director, Allegheny Center for Lung and Thoracic Disease
West Penn Allegheny Health Systems

Specialty:
General Thoracic Surgery

Board Certification:
General Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC)
Thoracic Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC)
American Board of Surgery

Memberships in Professional Societies:
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
Pittsburgh Thoracic Surgical Society
General Thoracic Surgery Club
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
The Transplantation Society
American College of Chest Physicians
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Ontario Race Physicians 

Background:
University of Alberta Medical School (MD 1984)
University of Toronto General Surgery Residency (1985-89)
University of Pittsburgh CT Research Fellowship (1989-91)
University of Toronto Thoracic Surgery Residency (1991-92)
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh (1992-98)
Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh (1998-2000)
Director, Lung Transplant Program (1992-2000)
Vice-Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery (1997-2000)

Special Interests:
Thoracic oncology
Video-assisted thoracic surgery
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Tracheal surgery
Myasthenia gravis and other mediastinal disease
Lung volume reduction surgery
Lung transplantation