Welcome, David McKeown, MD

Penn Highlands Healthcare welcomes colorectal surgeon David McKeown, MD, to its medical staff.

McKeown joins the team at Penn Highlands General Surgery, located at 761 Johnsonburg Road, Suite 240, in St. Marys.

McKeown is board-certified in general surgery and specializes in colorectal surgery. He provides patients with highly skilled care using state-of-the-art procedures and technology. Common treatments include anorectal procedures to treat hemorrhoids, rectoceles, fissures and fistulas; robotic and minimally invasive surgery for colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease; colonoscopy; and treatments for fecal incontinence, prolapse and pilonidal disease.

Prior to joining Penn Highlands, McKeown was a colorectal surgery fellow at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. McKeown was also a clinical research fellow in surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He then completed his internship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass. He completed his residency in general surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

McKeown graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland in Dublin, Ireland. He is a member of the American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of the UK & Ireland, and American College of Surgeons.

McKeown is now accepting new patients. For scheduling or more information, call 814-781-1188.