Prof Peter McKeown
Head of School, School of Rural Medicine
Qualifications
MBBS (Qld), MBA (Sth Florida), MPA, MPH (Harvard), FACHE, FRCSC, FACS, FRACS
Contact
| Email: | pmckeown@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Pat O'Shane Building (C13) |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3048 (or +61 2 6773 3048 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2388 |
Peter McKeown is a Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon and appointed as Professor and Head of School of Rural Medicine, and Deputy Dean, Joint Medical Program. He received his medical school training at the University of Queensland before leaving Australia for postgraduate training in the United States and Europe. He has held senior clinical and professorial positions at the Veterans Administration Medical Centre in Lexington (Kentucky) and Asheville (North Carolina), and the positions of Professor of Surgery at the University of South Florida and Consulting Professor of Surgery at Duke University, North Carolina. Professor McKeown also held a professorial clinical position – as surgeon – at The Heart Institute, Pikeville Medical Centre, Kentucky, and was a Consultant Staff Physician at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Affiliations
Professor McKeown is affiliated with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and has been listed in the Consumers’ Research Council of America in its Guide to America’s Top Surgeons.
Research interests
Professor McKeown has a long-term interest in rural medicine, and in his position at The Heart Institute he was involved in developing a sophisticated cardiovascular and thoracic surgery program in a very rural and under-served part of America. One of his major research interests is the use of simulation in medical and surgical education, and he is particularly enthusiastic about the partnership with the UC Irvine School of Medicine that will give UNE access to the Irvine School’s advanced simulation facilities via the Internet.