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Britton Keeshan, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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Pediatric Cardiology

PO Box 208064

New Haven, CT 06520-8064

United States

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Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Biography

Britton C. Keeshan MD, MPH is a pediatric cardiologist who specializes in diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization for children and adults with congenital heart disease. After receiving his Masters in Public Health from the Dartmouth Institute at Dartmouth Medical School, he obtained his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency training at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia before pursuing his pediatric cardiology and sub-specialty training in pediatric interventional cardiology at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital in Seattle, Washington. He joined the faculty at the Yale School of Medicine in August of 2018.

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Education & Training

Fellowship
Seattle Children's Hospital / University of Washington (2018)
Fellowship
Seattle Children's Hospital (2017)
Residency
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2013)
MD
University of Vermont College of Medicine (2010)
MPH
Dartmouth Medical School (2006)
BA
Middlebury College, Religion & Molecular Biology/Biochemistry (2005)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Britton Keeshan's published research.

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2018

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Children's Heart Foundation / American Heart Association

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    Transplantation

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    Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)

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    Pediatric Interventional Cardiology Early Career Society (PICES)

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    American Heart Association

Clinical Care

Overview

Britton C. Keeshan MD, MPH, is a pediatric cardiologist who treats congenital heart disease in adults and children and says he is constantly inspired by his patients.

“Some of the children we treat have been through so much, maybe three or even four congenital heart surgeries. They’ve spent significant periods of their lives in the hospital,” Dr. Keeshan says. “They are some of the most resilient, special kids you’ll ever meet.”

Dr. Keeshan specializes in diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization, which involves inserting a thin, flexible tube (called a catheter) into a blood vessel (typically in the leg) and threading it up to the heart. Doctors can then perform imaging tests and certain procedures in a minimally invasive way (meaning without the need for traditional open surgery).

“We can get our catheters to various positions in the heart and do things as simple as measuring pressure and oxygen saturation or thread a small ultrasound probe,” Dr. Keeshan says. “We can actually take pictures of a person’s heart defect from within the heart itself.”

The advances in his field have been immense and continue at an exciting rate, he says. “If you asked someone who performed catheterization 20 years ago where we’d be today, they’d be incredibly impressed with the technology,” he says. “Now, we’re performing advanced surgical techniques on newborns, and they are living well into adulthood.”

Dr. Keeshan is an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Pediatric Cardiology

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Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Cardiology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pediatrics
    Original Certification Date
    2018
  • Pediatrics

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pediatrics
    Original Certification Date
    2013

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Pediatric Cardiology

PO Box 208064

New Haven, CT 06520-8064

United States

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