Kirk A. Keegan, Jr., MD

Professor, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Director, Medical Education
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Vice Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
E-mail: kakeegan@uci.edu
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As Director of Medical Education, Dr. Keegan's educational activities encompass extensive teaching of fellows, residents and medical students. He is Program Director of the highly acclaimed residency training program in obstetrics and gynecology at UCI. He has also recently been appointed as Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education. In this position, he is responsible for all post graduate resident training programs within the University of California, Irvine.

Research Interests

Dr. Keegan's research activities in perinatal medicine primarily are concerned with clinical parameters in labor, including anesthesia and intrapartum risk factors. Other research interests include antepartum fetal evaluation, prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy.

Education
Degree	Major	University	Year
Fellowship	Maternal Fetal Medicine	LA /USC Women's Medical Center	1978
Internship/ Residency	Obstetrics and Gynecology	David Grant Medical Center, Travis AF Base	1974
M.D.	Medicine	University of Maryland	1968
B.S.	Chemistry/ Biology	The Citadel	1964

Selected Publications

Bessho T, Murata Y, lbara S, Tyner J, Keegan KA, Porto M, Schmidt PL. Effect of arginine vasopressin on arterial oxygen partial pressure in the chronically catheterized fetal lamb. Acta Obstet et Gyn Japanica, 39:6, 1987.

Nageotte MP, Dorchester W, Porto M, Keegan KA, Freeman RK. Quantitation of uterine activity preceding preterm, term and postterm labor. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 158:6, 1988.

Porto M, Murata Y, Keegan KA. Management of Isoimmunized pregnancy by use of intravascular techniques. Letter to the Editor, Am J Obstet Gynecol, 162:292, 1990.

Helm DA, Keegan KA, Porto M. Hyperstimulation CSTS: An evaluation of outcome by test pattern. Am J Perinatology, 8(5):304;1991.

Porto M, Keegan KA. Fetal Choroid plexus cysts: An independent risk factor for chromosomal anomalies. J. of Clinical Ultrasound, 21(2):103-108, 1993.

Manetta A, Manetta E, Emma D, Keegan KA, Williams, JH. Effects of rotation discipline on medical student grades in obstetrics and gynecology throughout the academic year. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 169:1215-7,1993.

Toohey JS, Keegan KA, Morgan MA, Francis J, Task S, Deveciana M. The "dangerous multipara", fact or fiction?. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 172:683-6,1995.

Quilligan EJ, Keegan KA. Management of Breech Presentation. In: Principals and Practice of Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia. Edited.