Matthew C. Keifer

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

  1. ^ "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. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  2. ^ "Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Staff". www.marshfieldresearch.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  3. ^ "Dr. Matt Keifer to serve as Director of the National Farm Medicine Center". www.migrantclinician.org. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  4. ^ "National Farm Medicine Center director travels to Ghana as part of President's Malaria Initiative". Hub City Times. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  5. ^ Archibald, Joy (16 July 2015). "Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center – Researchers and Staff". umash.umn.edu. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  6. ^ "Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety". www.marshfieldresearch.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  7. ^ "Doctors". www.marshfieldclinic.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  8. ^ "Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation". www.marshfieldresearch.org. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.