Dr. Keynan is an associate professor, departments of internal medicine, medical microbiology and infectious diseases, and community health sciences, and Ad Honorem professor at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellin, Colombia. He is a clinician-scientist, infectious diseases consultant in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and the Manitoba HIV Program. He is the scientific director of the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) at the University of Manitoba focusing on infectious diseases knowledge translation for vulnerable populations.
Education
- PhD, Infectious Diseases/Medical Microbiology-Viral Immunology, completed in Dr. Keith Fowke’s Laboratory (2014)
- Certified specialty in Internal Medicine (2004)
- Residency, Division of Medicine, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel (2004)
- Completion of residency license examinations, with honours (2003)
- Internship, Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel (1995)
- Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (1994); Dean’s list 1991, 1992, 1993
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Pediatric Neurology, Honor (1992)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Rheumatology – elective (1992)
Select awards
- Doctors Manitoba, Scholastic Award (2020)
- Manitoba Medical Students' Association (MMSA) teaching awards-Med II Best teaching in small group setting (2020)
- Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases/ AMMI, Dr. John M. Embil Mentorship Award in Infectious Diseases (2019)
- Faculty Educator of the Year Award, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2017)
- Dr. Ethan Rubinstein Memorial Clinician Scientist Award, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2015)
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba (2013)