Dr. Robert McKeen - South Bay Bariatrics - Weight Loss Surgeon 


Robert V. McKeen, MD, FACS
Robert V. McKeen, MD, FACS

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 14 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®. In 2003 his practice changed to specialize in Bariatric Surgery only.  He is dedicated to the minimally invasive treatment of patients with a full service Bariatric Program, South Bay Bariatrics.

 

 

Educational Experience 

June 2008 REALIZE Band Training Course, Cinncinatti, Ohio
January 2008 StomaphyX Course, Ohio State Medical Center
October 2007 Gastric Sleeve Course, New York, NY
October 2002 BioEnterics LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System Program
July 2001 Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Perceptorship Program with Dr. Alan Whitgrove and Dr. Wesley Clark
June 1995 Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
1987-1993 Graduate of General Surgery from the St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD
1984-1987 Doctor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC
1978-1982 Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Claremont Men's College in Caremont, CA

Work Experience

Aug 2003-present Bariatric Surgery Practice in San Jose, CA
2001-Aug 2003 Bariatric Surgery Practice in Payson, Utah
1993-Aug 2003 General Surgery Practice in Payson, Utah
1987-1993 St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD Surgical Residency
1989-1990 Research Fellowship University of Tennessee-Knoxville Dept of Surgery
1982-1983 Ojai Valley High School, Faculty
1979-1984 Kuzell Institute of Arthritis-Medical Research Institutes of San Francisco

Research

1979 -1984         Joseph V. Levy, Ph.D., Kuzell Institute of Arthritis-Medical Research Institutes of San Francisco in prostaglandin research

1989-1990

Kimball I. Maull, M.D., Research Fellow at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in mediators of shock and response to trauma

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:

2003-Current

Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery-Good Samaritan Hospital

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