Terence OKeeffe

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Bio

Dr O’Keeffe was born in England, and went to medical school in Edinburgh, Scotland. He emigrated to the USA in 1996 – where did his surgical residency at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. He then went to Miami, Florida, for a Trauma and critical care fellowship, during which time he also obtained a Master’s in Public Health. His first faculty position was at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 2006, following which he moved to the University of Arizona in 2008. During his time in Arizona, Dr O’Keeffe was promoted to full professor with tenure over his more than a decade at that institution. Having served as the interim Division Chief of Trauma at the University of Arizona, he was recruited to Augusta University in 2019 where he is now the Division Chief of Trauma and the J. Harold Harrison Distinguished University Chair in Trauma Surgery. His research interests include critical care medicine, transfusion, traumatic brain injury and injury prevention. He has authored or co-authored over 190 peer-reviewed articles and twenty book chapters.