Dr. Keith Clancy, MD, MBA, FACS

Expert Publications

• Chlorpromazine modulates cytokine expression in the liver and lung after burn injury and endotoxemia.
• A crew resource management program tailored to trauma resuscitation improves team behavior and communication.
• Down-regulation of tissue specific tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the liver and lung after burn injury and endotoxemia.
• Prostaglandin E2 alterations during sepsis are partially mediated by endotoxin-induced inhibition of prostaglandin 15-hydroxydehydrogenase.

Media Releases

Get to know Trauma Surgeon Dr. Keith Clancy, who serves patients in Orange Park, Florida.

A trauma, critical care, and acute care surgeon, Dr. Clancy is the Trauma Medical Director at HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital in Florida. His practice is focused on trauma care, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery.

With over two decades of experience managing patients with traumatic injuries, Dr. Clancy treats the scope of traumatic injuries as well as cares for critically ill patients in the intensive care unit. 

His educational journey began at Wheaton College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from 1981 to 1985.  Following this, he pursued a Doctor of Medicine Degree at Creighton University School of Medicine from 1988 to 1992. During his time at Creighton University, Dr. Clancy was inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu and Omicron Delta Kappa. 

Continuing his academic pursuits, Dr. Clancy completed the General Surgery Residency Program at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine from 1992 to 1998. He then further specialized in surgical critical care, undertaking a fellowship at Jackson Memorial Medical Center through the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine from 1998 to 1999.

After gaining valuable medical experience, Dr. Clancy extended his education to business administration, earning a Master of Business Administration Degree with a focus on Health/Health Care Administration/Management from The University of Texas at Dallas in 2011. 

Board certified in both surgery and surgical critical care, the doctor is recognized as a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge. 

Holding academic appointments, Dr. Clancy serves as a Professor of Surgery at the University of South Florida, and as an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

His professional network extends to membership status with the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American College of Surgeons (Fellow), the American College of Physician Executives, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Trauma surgery is a surgical specialty that utilizes both operative and non-operative management to treat traumatic injuries, typically in an acute setting. Trauma surgeons generally complete residency training in general surgery and often fellowship training in trauma or surgical critical care. They are responsible for treating bone fractures, cuts, internal injuries, burns, and shock. They also perform surgery to repair penetrating and blunt-force injuries.

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