Nancy Keating

Nancy L. Keating, MD, MPH, is a professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School and a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Keating’s research examines provider, patient, and health system factors that influence the delivery of high-quality care for individuals with cancer.

Dr. Keating is currently evaluating the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s Oncology Care Model, a new payment and delivery model for oncology practices administering chemotherapy. This model aims to use appropriately aligned financial incentives to improve care coordination, appropriateness of care, and access to care for Medicare beneficiaries undergoing chemotherapy at approximately 250 practices in the U.S., and the evaluation will assess patients’ experiences with care, quality of care, health care utilization, and outcomes.

Dr. Keating is a longstanding member of the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance (CanCORS) Consortium, funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This is a collaborative effort among investigators at seven sites to examine patterns of care and outcomes for patients with colorectal and lung cancer. Using CanCORS data linked with Medicare administrative data, she is seeking to better understand patient, physician, and health system factors contributing to the variations in the intensity of end-of-life (EOL) care for individuals with advanced cancer. In other work funded by the NCI, she is examining the influence of physician networks on care to understand the diffusion of cancer care practices over time, focusing on the use of new biologic therapies for cancer and care at the end of life.

In another project funded by the NCI, Dr. Keating is using data from the Massachusetts Cancer Registry linked with the Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database to examine variations in the quality and costs of cancer care across provider networks in Massachusetts. Dr. Keating also has a K24 grant from the NCI that is applying from behavioral economics techniques to improve discussions and understanding of goals of chemotherapy for individuals with advanced cancer. Finally, with funding from the American Cancer Society, she is examining the impact of oral cancer drug parity laws, which have been adopted in 23 states since 2007, to ensure that patients pay no more for oral anti-cancer therapies than they pay for intravenous therapies offered by the same health plan. Findings from this study will inform current efforts in Congress to pass similar national legislation.

Dr. Keating received her MD from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. She was awarded the Outstanding Junior Investigator Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine in 2005. She is an associate editor at the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology, and a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Center Senior Oncology Guideline Panel. She recently completed 3-year terms on the Council of the Society of General Internal Medicine and the American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee. Dr. Keating recently served on the Institute of Medicine Committee: Clinical Guidance for the Care of Health Conditions Identified by the Camp Lejeune Legislation.

Honors & Awards

2018

Nominee, Distinguished Service Award

University of Chicago Alumni Association

2017

Association of American Physicians

2016

Visiting Professor in Cancer Outcomes and Health Services Research

Johns Hopkins University

2016

Top Cited Articles of 2013

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

2016

Best Abstract in Aging, Disability, and End of Life

AcademyHealth

2016

Top Performing Reviewer for Cancer

Cancer

2015

Nominee, Excellence in Mentoring Award

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

2015

A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award

Harvard Medical School

2012, 2014

Nominee, Excellence in Mentoring Award

Harvard Medical School

2011, 2013, 2015, 2017

Excellence in Tutoring Award

Harvard Medical School

2010

American Society for Clinical Investigation

2006

Fellow, American College of Physicians

American College of Physicians

2005

Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year

Society of General Internal Medicine

2002

Author of “Best of JGIM” article

Journal of General Internal Medicine Recognition of one of most accessed articles

2000

Milton Hamolsky Junior Faculty Award

Society of General Internal Medicine Outstanding Research Presentation at National Meeting

1999

Clinical Scientist Award

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation National Research Award

1997

Mack Lipkin Sr. Associates Award

Society of General Internal Medicine Outstanding Research Presentation at National Meeting

1993

Joseph A. Capps Award for Outstanding Proficiency in Clinical Medicine

University of Chicago Outstanding Clinical Achievement

1993

Award for Scholastic Achievement

American Medical Women's Association

1992

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

University of Chicago

1991

Research Award

International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery

1990

Ciba Geigy Research Award

University of Chicago

1989

BS Summa Cum Laude

Virginia Tech

1989

Outstanding Senior in Department of Biochemistry

Virginia Tech

1988

Phi Beta Kappa

Virginia Tech