Robert Francis Keating, MD

Senior Vice President, Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center

Division Chief, Neurosurgery

Robert Keating, MD, has been serving as a dedicated surgeon and physician leader at Children’s National Hospital for nearly 30 years. In addition to his role as senior vice president of Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center, Dr. Keating also serves as the David McCullough Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery. He leads our top-ranked division of Pediatric Neurosurgery while shaping the growth and direction of our neuroscience and behavioral medicine programs.

A graduate of Georgetown University Medical School, Dr. Keating completed a neurosurgery residency and fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery/craniofacial surgery at the Albert Einstein and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY.

Following his training, Dr. Keating served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed at the Oakland Naval Hospital serving as the chief from 1991-1994. After his time in the Navy, he returned to the Bronx where he was on staff at Montefiore Medical Center as well as the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center for two years before coming back to Washington, D.C., in 1996 to join the faculty at Children’s National

Dr. Keating's past appointments include the president of the medical staff at Children’s National, as well as head of credentials. He maintains a busy practice of pediatric neurosurgery, with an emphasis on tumors, Chiari malformations, craniofacial reconstruction, spinal dysraphism, spasticity and brachial plexus surgery. A

As a member of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery and International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Dr. Keating has published and presented extensively in the field.

He is also chair, medical advisory committee on the Board of the American Syringomyelia Alliance Project as well as a founding member of the Posterior Fossa Society and maintains long-standing membership in the CNS, AANS, ASPN and ISPN.

• Brachial Plexus Program
• Brain Tumor Institute (Neuro-oncology)
• Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
• Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstruction
• Cleft and Craniofacial Program
• Movement Disorders Program
• Neurocritical Care
• Neurofibromatosis Institute
• Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Center
• Neurosurgery
• Prenatal Pediatrics Institute
• Spina Bifida Program
• Tuberous Sclerosis Program