Chair, Department of Pediatrics and Dartmouth Health Children's Physician-in-Chief
Keith J. Loud, MD, MSc, MMgmt, FAAP, is Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Physician-in-Chief of Dartmouth Health Children's.
A 1996 graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University, Dr. Loud completed his pediatric residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in 2000 and fellowship training at Boston Children's Hospital in 2004, also earning a Master of Medical Sciences in clinical investigation at Harvard Medical School. Most recently, Dr. Loud earned an International Masters in Health Leadership (MMgmt) from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill in 2021.
Certified in adolescent medicine, sports medicine, and general pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), Dr. Loud is associate professor of pediatrics and of orthopaedic surgery at Geisel and a former member of the ABP Subboard of Adolescent Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Sports Medicine & Fitness Executive Committee, and American Hospital Association Maternal and Child Health Governing Council. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the New Hampshire Children's Health Foundation.