He earned his bachelorundefineds degree from Harvard College and MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine and additional training in medicine, obstetrics and psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Psychiatric Service and University of Chicago, and fellowships for further study at Northwestern University and Yale University School of Medicine.
Immediately prior to joining NYU, Dr. Keefe was the James M. Ingram Professor and Chair of OB/GYN at the University of South Florida. As director of the Division of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at Brown University he and his research group studied how oocytes reprogram the genome during early development and therapeutic cloning and how aging affects the process. This work received wide recognition (including the General Program Prize of the ASRM).
An award-winning teacher and researcher, Dr. Keefe has been published extensively (more than 150 papers and abstracts), served as a reviewer for such publications as the American Journal of Obstetrics undefined Gynecology and the New England Journal of Medicine, and presented to peers both nationally and internationally. He is a long-time participant in a number of key professional associations, including the American Society for the Advancement of Science, Society of Reproductive Endocrinologists and Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.