October 08, 2009

NYU Langone Medical Center has appointed David L. Keefe, MD, as chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical Center. Most recently, Dr. Keefe served as the James M. Ingram Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of South Florida. During his four-year tenure the department experienced significant growth and national recognition.  A fertility specialist, Dr. Keefe will also treat patients at the NYU Fertility Center.

"With Dr. Keefe’s proven success as a leading clinician, researcher and educator as well as his focus on improving patient safety, we are confident that he will lead this department in exciting new directions and that he will be a significant resource for our continued advances in the field of obstetrics and gynecology,” said Robert I. Grossman, MD, dean and CEO of NYU Langone Medical Center. “We are pleased to welcome Dr. Keefe and look forward to his leadership at the Medical Center."

An award-winning teacher and researcher, Dr. Keefe has been published in more than 150 papers and abstracts and served as a reviewer for publications such as the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the New England Journal of Medicine. He is a long-time participant in a number of key professional associations, including the American Society for the Advancement of Science, Society of Reproductive Endocrinologists and Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. 

Prior to the University of South Florida, Dr. Keefe directed the Division of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at Brown University for more than 9 years years.  His research at both universities studied how oocytes reprogram the genome during early development and therapeutic cloning and how aging affects the process. The work done by his group received numerous prestigious recognitions, including the General Program Prize of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a voluntary, non-profit organization devoted to advancing knowledge and expertise in reproductive medicine. Dr. Keefe also holds several patents which emerged from the group’s research to improve IVF.

Dr. Keefe earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed additional training in medicine, obstetrics and psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Psychiatric Service and University of Chicago, and received fellowships for further study at Northwestern University and Yale University School of Medicine.   Dr. Keefe resides in Manhattan, New York, with his wife and seven children.

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