Susan W. Keeshin,
MD
Languages Spoken: English, French, Spanish
Dr. Keeshin received her medical degree from Meharry Medical College, completed her Internal Medicine and Pediatric Residency at the University of Utah and her Infectious Disease Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati.
She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital. She cares for adult HIV patients in Clinic 1a at the University of Utah and pediatric patients at Primary Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Keeshin’s clinical interests include care of the HIV infected pediatric and adult patient, transitioning HIV infected youth into adult health care, treatment of HIV/HCV coinfection and general infectious diseases.
Clinical Locations
Eccles Primary Children’s Outpatient Services Building
801-213-3599
University Hospital
Infectious Diseases, Clinic 1A801-581-2121
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pediatrics
-
Assistant Professor (Clinical) Internal Medicine - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Infectious Diseases Pediatric Infectious Diseases |
| Board Certification | American Board of Internal Medicine American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease) |
Dr. Keeshin received her B.S./B.A. at the University of Utah and her medical degree from Meharry Medical College. She trained in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Utah and infectious disease at the University of Cincinnati.
She joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 2014 as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Keeshin is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, Infectious Disease Society of America, HIV Medicine Association and American Society for Microbiology. During her fellowship she was an AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) Minority HIV Mentoring Program awardee and served on the ACTG Underrepresented Populations Committee and the Hepatitis Transformative Science Group.
Dr. Keeshin’s research interests include HIV linkage and retention into care, HIV/HCV coinfection, and quality improvement strategies to improve immunization and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) screening in HIV infected patients. In particular, she is interested in using mHealth and eHealth tools to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy, immunization, and retention in HIV care in adolescents and young adults.
Academic Locations
Williams Building
801-587-7418
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pediatrics
-
Assistant Professor (Clinical) Internal Medicine - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Infectious Diseases Pediatric Infectious Diseases |
| Board Certification | American Board of Internal Medicine American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease) |
Research Interests
- AIDS and the Humanities
- HIV
Education History
| Fellowship | University of Cincinnati Infectious Disease Fellow |
| Internship/Residency | University of Utah Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Intern/Resident |
| Professional Medical | Meharry Medical College Medicine M.D. |
| Undergraduate | University of Utah Biology B.S. |
| Undergraduate | University of Utah Sociology B.A. |
| Undergraduate | University of Utah Spanish Literature B.A. |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Feinberg J, Keeshin S (2017). In the Clinic: Management of Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection. Ann Intern Med, 167(1), ITC1-ITC16.
- Keeshin SW, Feinberg J (2017). Text Messaging Reminder-Recall to Increase HPV Immunization Uptake in Young HIV-1 infected Patients. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 16(2), 110-113.
- Keeshin SW, Feinber J (2016). Endocarditis as a Marker for New Epidemics of Injection Drug Use. Am J Med Sci, 352(6), 609-614.
- Keeshin SW, Feinberg J (1/2015). Evaluation of dolutegravir safety for the treatment of HIV-1. Expert Opin Drug Saf, 14(1), 141*7.
- Barnette P, Scholl R, Blandford M, Ballard L, Tsodikov A, Magee J, Williams S, Robertson M, Ali-Osman F, Lemons R, Keller C (2004). High-throughput detection of glutathione s-transferase polymorphic alleles in a pediatric cancer population. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 13(2), 304-13.
- Wang Y, Williams S, Ferris C (2003). Co-Induction of H0-1 and ATP-dependent iron transport by stressful stimuli. Gastroenterology, 124(4), A724-725.
Abstract
- Keeshin SW, Feinberg J (2015). Text Messaging Reminder Recall to Increase HPV Immunization Uptake in Young HIV-1 Infected Patients [Abstract]. 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogens Treatment and Prevention.
- Keeshin SW, Feinberg J (2015). Text Message Reminder-Recall to Increase HPV Immunization Uptake in Young HIV-1 Infected Patients [Abstract]. 2015 National Summit on HCV and HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Acces to Care.
- Keeshin SW, Feinberg J (2012). Screening for HCV and HIV in Patients Diagnosed with Infective Endocarditis at an Academic Medical Center in Metropolitan Cincinnati 1999-2009 [Abstract]. HIV and Liver Disease Meeting.
- Keeshin SW, Feinberg J (2012). The Impact of Infectious Disease Consultation on Infective Endocarditis Outcomes at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital [Abstract]. American Society of Microbiology General Meeting.
- Keeshin SW, Feinberg J (2012). Endocarditis as a Sentinel Marker for New Epidemics of Injection Drug Use and Hepatitis C Virus Infection [Abstract]. National Summit on HIV and Viral Hepatitis Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care.
- Williams S, Wang Y, Ferris C (2002). Heme Oxygenase-1 and Iron ATPase Induction in Mice and Human Lymphoblast Cells [Abstract]. Vanderbilt University.
- Koppanati BM, Williams S, Gustafson DR (2001). Androgen Receptor Gene Repeats and Indices of Obesity in Older Adults [poster also presented orally] [Abstract]. Endocrine Society's Annual Scientific Meeting.
Other
- Keeshin SW (3/21/2015). Childhood Immunization, KTUB-AM 1600, Centerville UT Live Broadcast. Salt Lake City.
Global Impact
Selected Provider Publications
Journal Article
Keeshin SW, Feinberg J (2017). Text Messaging Reminder-Recall to Increase HPV Immunization Uptake in Young HIV-1 infected Patients. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 16(2), 110-113.
Global Impact: Global.