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Deborah S. Keller, MD, MS is an Associate Professor at Marks Colorectal Surgical Associates, Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, PA and Surgical Scientist at Lankenau Medical Research Institute. She also serves as a Visiting Professor at IRCAD in Strasbourg, France.
She was previously an Assistant Professor of Surgery and a member of the Population Sciences Group in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.
Dr. Keller has a Masters Degree in healthcare policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University, worked as a healthcare business analyst for several years and then completed her MD at Rutgers University. She did her surgical residency at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, followed by a Colorectal Surgery research fellowship at University Hospitals-Case Medical Center, Cleveland and a clinical Colorectal fellowships at St. Vincent Medical Center/Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, as well as advanced MIS training in Houston.
Dr. Keller's clinical expertise includes laparoscopic, robotic and minimally invasive colorectal surgery, anorectal procedures and the management of pelvic floor disorders. Dr. Keller is an outstanding researcher with numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, presentations, book chapters, and books to her name. She has an interest in surgical quality with a focus on perioperative management including enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways, multimodal opioid-sparing pain relief, and expanding use of minimally invasive technique to optimize patient outcomes.