Heather T. Keenan
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Heather T. Keenan, MD, PhD, MPH

Languages spoken: French, English, Russian, Spanish

Dr. Keenan received her medical degree from McGill University Faculty of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency training at UCLA and her fellowship training in pediatric Critical Care at the University of Washington. Dr. Keenan also completed research training at the University of Washington (MPH) and the University of North Carolina (PhD epidemiology). Her first clinical position was at the University of North Carolina where she was in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Social Medicine. Dr. Keenan joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 2003. She is currently an Professor in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care and in the Pediatric Research Enterprise. She has research interests in chid abuse and traumatic brain injury.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Dr. Keenan received her medical degree from McGill University Faculty of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency training at UCLA and her fellowship training in pediatric Critical Care at the University of Washington. Dr. Keenan also completed research training at the University of Washington (MPH) and the University of North Carolina (PhD epidemiology). Her first clinical position was at the University of North Carolina where she was in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Social Medicine. Dr. Keenan joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 2003. She is currently an Professor in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care and in the Pediatric Research Enterprise. She has research interests in chid abuse and traumatic brain injury.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Professor
Academic Divisions Critical Care
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Education history

Undergraduate Slavic Languages and Literature - Northwestern University B.A.
Professional Medical Medicine - McGill University M.D.
Internship Pediatrics - UCLA Medical Center Intern
Residency Pediatrics - UCLA Medical Center Resident
Fellowship Critical Care - University of Washington Fellow
Graduate Training Public Health - University of Washington M.P.H.
Doctoral Training Epidemiology - University of North Carolina Ph.D.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Flaherty BF, Jackson ML, Cox CS Jr, Clark A, Ewing-Cobbs L, Holubkov R, Moore KR, Patel RP, Keenan H (2019). Ability of the PILOT score to predict 6-month functional outcome in pediatric patients with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of pediatric surgery, 55(7), 1238-1244.
  2. Keenan HT, Clark AE, Holubkov R, Ewing-Cobbs (2019). Changing Healthcare and School Needs in the First Year After Traumatic Brain Injury. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 35(1), E67-E77.
  3. Workman JK, Keenan HT, Weir C (2023). Pediatric Septic Shock Care Pathways in General Emergency Departments: A Qualitative Study Targeting How to Really Make it Work. Pediatric emergency care,
  4. Tonna JE, Keenan HT, Weir (2022). A qualitative analysis of physician decision making in the use of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory cardiac arrest. Resuscitation plus, 11, 100278.
  5. Tonna JE, Selzman CH, Bartos JA, Presson AP, Ou Z, Jo Y, Becker LB, Youngquist ST, Thiagarajan RR, Austin Johnson M, Cho SM, Rycus P, Keenan H (2022). The association of modifiable mechanical ventilation settings, blood gas changes and survival on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac arrest. Resuscitation, 174, 53-61.
  6. Tonna JE, Peltan ID, Brown SM, Grissom CK, Presson AP, Herrick JS, Vasques F, Keenan H (2021). Positive End-Expiratory Pressure and Respiratory Rate Modify the Association of Mechanical Power and Driving Pressure With Mortality Among Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Critical care explorations, 3(12), e0583.
  7. Ewing-Cobbs L, Montroy JJ, Clark AE, Holubkov R, Cox CS Jr, Keenan H (2021). As Time Goes by: Understanding Child and Family Factors Shaping Behavioral Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury. Frontiers in neurology, 12, 687740.
  8. Campbell KA, Gamarra E, Frost CJ, Choi B, Keenan H (2020). Childhood Adversity and Health After Physical Abuse. Pediatrics, 146(4),
  9. Keenan HT, Clark AE, Holubkov R, Cox CS Jr, Ewing-Cobbs (2021). Trajectories of Children's Executive Function After Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA network open, 4(3), e212624.
  10. Keenan HT, Albertine KH, Upperman JS, Dean J (2020). The Pediatric Critical Care Trauma Scientist Development: Building a Community of Scientists for the Fields of Pediatric Critical Care and Trauma Surgery. Pediatric critical care medicine, 21(7), 672-678.
  11. Keenan HT, Clark AE, Holubkov R, Cox CS, Patel RP, Moore KR, Ewing-Cobbs (2020). Latent Class Analysis to Classify Injury Severity in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of neurotrauma, 37(13), 1512-1520.
  12. Tonna JE, Selzman CH, Girotra S, Presson AP, Thiagarajan RR, Becker LB, Zhang C, Keenan HT, American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines'Resuscitation Investigator (2020). Patient and Institutional Characteristics Influence the Decision to Use Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Journal of the American Heart Association, 9(9), e015522.
  13. Workman JK, Reeder RW, Banks RK, Zimmerman JJ, Meert KL, Keenan H (2023). Change in Functional Status During Hospital Admission and Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life Among Pediatric Septic Shock Survivors. Pediatric critical care medicine,
  14. Keenan HT, Clark A, Holubkov R, Ewing-Cobbs (2023). Longitudinal Developmental Outcomes of Infants and Toddlers With Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA network open, 6(1), e2251195.
  15. Holsti M, Keenan HT, Kadish HA, Sapiro HK, Giardino AP, Osborn KA, Cline KL, Byington C (2023). Developing a clinical research infrastructure embedded in an academic medicine center that equitably supports future clinician scientists. Clinical and translational science, 16(9), 1547-1553.
  16. Tonna JE, Selzman CH, Bartos JA, Presson AP, Ou Z, Jo Y, Becker L, Youngquist ST, Thiagarajan RR, Johnson MA, Rycus P, Keenan H (2022). The Association of Modifiable Postresuscitation Management and Annual Case Volume With Survival After Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Critical care explorations, 4(7), e0733.
  17. Tonna JE, Selzman CH, Girotra S, Presson AP, Thiagarajan RR, Becker LB, Zhang C, Rycus P, Keenan HT, American Heart Association Get With the Guidelines'Resuscitation Investigator (2022). Resuscitation Using ECPR During In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (RESCUE-IHCA) Mortality Prediction Score and External Validation. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 15(3), 237-247.
  18. Neumayer KE, Sweney J, Fenton SJ, Keenan HT, Flaherty B (2020). Validation of the "CHIIDA" and application for PICU triage in children with complicated mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of pediatric surgery, 55(7), 1255-1259.
  19. O'Connor TM, Guaman MC, Randell KA, Keenan HT, Snowden J, Mack JW, Camp EA, Perez O, Chang ML, Myers AL, Nigrovic LE, O'Toole J, Reed JL, Reese J, Rosenberg AR, Slater AC, Wootton SH, Ziniel SI, Yost HJ, Murray KO, Shekerdemian L, Chumpitazi C (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric faculty: a report from nine academic institutions. Pediatric research, 95(3), 775-784.

Editorial

  1. Tonna JE, Gattinoni L, Keenan H (2019). Beyond Tidal Volume in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Semiautomated Screening and Novel Ventilator Concepts. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 16(10), 1238-1240.

Letter

  1. Tonna JE, Peltan I, Brown SM, Herrick JS, Keenan HT, University of Utah Mechanical Power Study Grou (2020). Mechanical power and driving pressure as predictors of mortality among patients with ARDS. Intensive care medicine, 46(10), 1941-1943.