Bariatric Surgery San Jose, California with Dr. Robert McKeen South Bay Bariatrics

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. In 2001, Dr, McKeen expanded his practice to include Bariatric surgery performing Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and the LAP-BAND®. He has specialized in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery throughout his 10 years of practice and has performed over 4000 laparoscopic procedures. He is dedicated to the minimally invasive treatment of patients with a full service Bariatric Program, South Bay Bariatrics.


Educational Experience:

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


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


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