Emmet B. Keeffe, M.D., has received Creighton University¹s Alumni Merit
Award for the School of Medicine. He was selected to receive the award for
exemplifying Creighton¹s mission of ³service to others² through his
contributions as a physician and a leader in his field, and for his
dedication to improving the lives of patients with chronic liver disease.

A native San Franciscan, Dr. Keeffe received his medical degree from
Creighton University¹s School of Medicine in 1969. He went on to complete
his postgraduate training in internal medicine and gastroenterology at
Oregon Health Sciences University. He then served as a staff physician at
the Oakland Naval Regional Medical Center, and completed two years of
research training in hepatology at the University of California, San
Francisco. He joined Stanford University School of Medicine in 1995 where
he is currently chief of Hepatology, co-director of the Liver Transplant
Program, and a professor of medicine.

Dr. Keeffe has served on the boards of the American Liver Foundation and
the American Digestive Health Foundation, as well as on the editorial boards
of several professional journals. He is currently president-elect of the
American Gastroenterological Association and will serve as its president in
2004-2005.

He has received numerous teaching awards, and in the past decade he has
been listed seven times in ³The Best Doctors in America² and ³America¹s Top
Doctors² publications.

Creighton is an independent, comprehensive university operated by the
Jesuits. Creighton has been ranked at or near the top of Midwestern
universities in the U.S. News & World Report magazine¹s ³America¹s Best
Colleges² edition for more than a decade.