Matthew C. Keifer Explained

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. His research areas include pesticide health effects, injuries and illness in agriculture, and clinical occupational injury management.^[8]

Early life and education

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.

Awards and honors

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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. en. 2017-04-13.
2. Web site: Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Staff. www.marshfieldresearch.org. February 18, 2016.
3. Web site: Dr. Matt Keifer to serve as Director of the National Farm Medicine Center. 2014-09-24. www.migrantclinician.org. 2016-05-11.
4. Web site: National Farm Medicine Center director travels to Ghana as part of President's Malaria Initiative. Hub City Times. 29 April 2015 . 2016-05-11.
5. Web site: Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center – Researchers and Staff. umash.umn.edu. February 18, 2016. Joy. Archibald. 16 July 2015 .
6. Web site: Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety. www.marshfieldresearch.org. 2016-05-11.
7. Web site: Doctors. www.marshfieldclinic.org. February 18, 2016.
8. Web site: Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation. www.marshfieldresearch.org. February 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160224122530/http://www.marshfieldresearch.org/profiles/1037. February 24, 2016. dead.
9. Web site: Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH Division of General Internal Medicine University of Washington. gim.uw.edu. en. 2017-04-13.