Michael Keng, MD

Dr. Michael Keng holds a clinical faculty appointment in Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at UVA Cancer Center. He practices at the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center in Charlottesville and serves as an inpatient hematologist hematologist: (hee-muh-TOL-uh-jist) A doctor who specializes in treating blood diseases and disorders of blood producing organs. at UVA Hospital. His clinical areas of interest are: myelodysplastic syndromes myelodysplastic syndromes: (my-eh-lo-diss-PLASS-tik SIN-dromez) A group of disorders where the bone marrow does not work well, and the bone marrow cells fail to make enough healthy blood cells. Myelo refers to the bone marrow. Dysplastic means abnormal growth or development. People with MDS have low blood cell count for at… , myeloproliferative disorders, acute myeloid leukemia acute myeloid leukemia: (uh-KYOOT my-uh-LOYD loo-KEE-mee-uh) A cancer of the blood cells. It happens when very young white blood cells (blasts) in the bone marrow fail to mature. The blast cells stay in the bone marrow and become to numerous. This slows production of red blood cells and platelets. Some cases of MDS become… , chronic myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoid leukemia, and aplastic anemia aplastic anemia: (ay-PLASS-tik uh-NEE_mee-uh) A rare and serious condition in which the bone marrow fails to make enough blood cells - red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. The term aplastic is a Greek word meaning not to form. Anemia is a condition that happens when red blood cell count is low. Most… . He attended medical school at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan and completed internal medicine residency at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. He completed fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, in 2014, where he served as chief fellow from 2013-2014. Dr. Keng joined the University of Virginia in 2014. He lives with his wife and daughter and enjoys cooking, hiking, and travelling.