Peter P. McKeown

​Colonel (retired) Peter P. McKeown, MD, MBA, MPA, MPH, FACHE, FACS is a Harvard-educated physician leader and internationally renowned heart surgeon with demonstrated strategic success and capacity to build high-quality cardiothoracic programs.

Dr. McKeown served as Acting Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the VA Mid South Healthcare Network and Executive Director of Asheville Medical Research and Education Corporation (AMREC), as well as Cardiothoracic Surgery Program Director of a Cleveland Clinic Affiliated program. His faculty appointments included Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of South Florida, Professor of Surgery and Head of School, University of New England, Australia, serving as Deputy Dean of Joint Medical Program, and Conjoint Professor School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle.

Dr. McKeown is the author of over 100 publications and several book chapters. He is also a former Board Member of the American Heart Association and American College of Chest Physicians. He is a Colonel (Retired) in United States Army Reserve. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and the American College of Surgeons.