Dr. Keepnews, an expert on health care systems and health policy, currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, a quarterly journal. He has previously served in policy-related positions for the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Nurses Association and the California Nurses Association. He also practiced as a staff nurse in psychiatric and substance abuse settings in New York and San Francisco. He has held elected and appointed positions in the American Nurses Association, the American Academy of Nursing, the National League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International and the Commission in Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools. Dr. Keepnews is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Nursing. He is a recipient of the New York State Nurses Association 2009 Media Award.