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Yale Pediatric Cardiology
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
1 Park Street, Wing West Pavillion Fl 2nd
New Haven, CT 06504
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  • Yale Pediatric Cardiology
    Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
    1 Park Street, Wing West Pavillion Fl 2nd
    New Haven, CT 06504
  • Yale Heart & Vascular Clinic
    Yale Physicians Building
    800 Howard Avenue, Fl 2nd
    New Haven, CT 06519

Britton Keeshan, MD, MPH

Pediatric Cardiology
Patient type treated
Child, Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From patients or physicians
Board Certified in
Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology

Biography

Britton C. Keeshan MD, MPH, is a pediatric cardiologist who treats congenital heart disease in adults and children and says he is constantly inspired by his patients.

“Some of the children we treat have been through so much, maybe three or even four congenital heart surgeries. They’ve spent significant periods of their lives in the hospital,” Dr. Keeshan says. “They are some of the most resilient, special kids you’ll ever meet.”

Dr. Keeshan specializes in diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization, which involves inserting a thin, flexible tube (called a catheter) into a blood vessel (typically in the leg) and threading it up to the heart. Doctors can then perform imaging tests and certain procedures in a minimally invasive way (meaning without the need for traditional open surgery).

“We can get our catheters to various positions in the heart and do things as simple as measuring pressure and oxygen saturation or thread a small ultrasound probe,” Dr. Keeshan says. “We can actually take pictures of a person’s heart defect from within the heart itself.”

The advances in his field have been immense and continue at an exciting rate, he says. “If you asked someone who performed catheterization 20 years ago where we’d be today, they’d be incredibly impressed with the technology,” he says. “Now, we’re performing advanced surgical techniques on newborns, and they are living well into adulthood.”

Dr. Keeshan is an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine.

Titles

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Education & Training

  • Fellowship
    Seattle Children's Hospital / University of Washington (2018)
  • Fellowship
    Seattle Children's Hospital (2017)
  • Residency
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2013)
  • MD
    University of Vermont College of Medicine (2010)
  • MPH
    Dartmouth Medical School (2006)
  • BA
    Middlebury College, Religion & Molecular Biology/Biochemistry (2005)

Additional Information

Locations
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Yale Pediatric Cardiology
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
1 Park Street, Wing West Pavillion Fl 2nd
New Haven, CT 06504
1 of 2
  • Yale Pediatric Cardiology
    Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
    1 Park Street, Wing West Pavillion Fl 2nd
    New Haven, CT 06504
  • Yale Heart & Vascular Clinic
    Yale Physicians Building
    800 Howard Avenue, Fl 2nd
    New Haven, CT 06519

Biography

Britton C. Keeshan MD, MPH, is a pediatric cardiologist who treats congenital heart disease in adults and children and says he is constantly inspired by his patients.

“Some of the children we treat have been through so much, maybe three or even four congenital heart surgeries. They’ve spent significant periods of their lives in the hospital,” Dr. Keeshan says. “They are some of the most resilient, special kids you’ll ever meet.”

Dr. Keeshan specializes in diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization, which involves inserting a thin, flexible tube (called a catheter) into a blood vessel (typically in the leg) and threading it up to the heart. Doctors can then perform imaging tests and certain procedures in a minimally invasive way (meaning without the need for traditional open surgery).

“We can get our catheters to various positions in the heart and do things as simple as measuring pressure and oxygen saturation or thread a small ultrasound probe,” Dr. Keeshan says. “We can actually take pictures of a person’s heart defect from within the heart itself.”

The advances in his field have been immense and continue at an exciting rate, he says. “If you asked someone who performed catheterization 20 years ago where we’d be today, they’d be incredibly impressed with the technology,” he says. “Now, we’re performing advanced surgical techniques on newborns, and they are living well into adulthood.”

Dr. Keeshan is an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine.

Titles

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Education & Training

  • Fellowship
    Seattle Children's Hospital / University of Washington (2018)
  • Fellowship
    Seattle Children's Hospital (2017)
  • Residency
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2013)
  • MD
    University of Vermont College of Medicine (2010)
  • MPH
    Dartmouth Medical School (2006)
  • BA
    Middlebury College, Religion & Molecular Biology/Biochemistry (2005)

Additional Information

Locations
1
Yale Pediatric Cardiology
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
1 Park Street, Wing West Pavillion Fl 2nd
New Haven, CT 06504
1 of 2
  • Yale Pediatric Cardiology
    Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
    1 Park Street, Wing West Pavillion Fl 2nd
    New Haven, CT 06504
  • Yale Heart & Vascular Clinic
    Yale Physicians Building
    800 Howard Avenue, Fl 2nd
    New Haven, CT 06519
1
Yale Pediatric Cardiology
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
1 Park Street, Wing West Pavillion Fl 2nd
New Haven, CT 06504
1 of 2
  • Yale Pediatric Cardiology
    Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
    1 Park Street, Wing West Pavillion Fl 2nd
    New Haven, CT 06504
  • Yale Heart & Vascular Clinic
    Yale Physicians Building
    800 Howard Avenue, Fl 2nd
    New Haven, CT 06519