Matthew C. Keifer
Matthew C. Keifer (born 1954) is the director of the VA Occupational Health and the Specialty Medicine Service Line at the VA Puget Sound, Seattle, WA.[1] Keifer served as director of the National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC) from 2012 to 2016,[2][3][4] and is currently a co-director of the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center,[5] and a project PI within the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety.[6] He is an occupational physician and internist who also practiced occupational medicine at the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin during his time as the director of NFMC.[7] He is an affiliate professor at the University of Washington School of Public Health, where he was on the active faculty and served as founding co-director of the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center until 2010.[citation needed] His research areas include pesticide health effects, injuries and illness in agriculture, and clinical occupational injury management.[8]
Early life and education[edit]
Keifer grew up in the Chicago area, spending summers working on the family-owned farm in Edgewood, Iowa. He majored in anthropology at the University of Notre Dame and completed his medical degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign after studying medicine for two years in the Dominican Republic.[citation needed]
Awards and honors[edit]
- 1980 - Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society[9]
- 1981 - The Otto Saphir Award in Pathology
- 1982 - Valedictorian Address, University of Illinois School of Medicine
- 1982 - Merck Manual Award
- 1982 - The Dr. Charles Spencer Williamson Award in Medicine
- 2000-2001 - Department of Environmental Health Faculty Outreach Award
- 2004 - University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine Outstanding Mentor Award
- 2007 - University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Outreach Award
- 2009 - Health Sciences/UW Medical Center Community Service Award
- 2013 - Convocation address, University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
- 2015 - National Safety Council Stakeholder Collaboration Award
References[edit]
- ^ "Dr. Keifer Appointed Director of Occupational Health in the Hospital and Specialty Medicine Service Line at VA Puget Sound | Division of General Internal Medicine | University of Washington". gim.uw.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
- ^ "Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Staff". www.marshfieldresearch.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ "Dr. Matt Keifer to serve as Director of the National Farm Medicine Center". www.migrantclinician.org. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ "National Farm Medicine Center director travels to Ghana as part of President's Malaria Initiative". Hub City Times. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ Archibald, Joy (16 July 2015). "Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center – Researchers and Staff". umash.umn.edu. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ "Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety". www.marshfieldresearch.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ "Doctors". www.marshfieldclinic.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ "Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation". www.marshfieldresearch.org. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ "Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH | Division of General Internal Medicine | University of Washington". gim.uw.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-13.