Matt Keener, M.D.

Dr. Keener is a board-certified psychiatrist passionate about applying neuroscience in non-traditional settings to help young adults and their supporters. He is the founder and director of Blackbird Health, a new type of health system focused on providing young adults and adolescents with the tactics and teams they will require to reduce emotional risk factors on their road ahead. Matt completed his medical training and residency in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh. There he served as Chief Resident for the Research Track under the mentorship of David Kupfer, the lead author of the DSM-V. He subsequently undertook a post-doctoral research fellowship in Pediatric Neuroimaging Research under NIH grant funding to research how developing brain systems that underpin our sense of self are impacted by depression and bipolar disorder. Fascinated by big waves — and believing that the tidal wave of mental health needs in young adults might best be stemmed through applying neuroscience in the market — in 2012 he dove into the waters of healthcare innovation. He co-founded Emodt, a failed emotional analytics startup that nevertheless partnered with a Top 10 PhRMA firm to create their first non-drug “digital” health product (launching 2016). Around this time he also began working on the team at DrOnDemand to shape how families could receive high-quality, evidence-based mental health care. As Director Of Emotional Health he was responsible for architecting the mental health protocols for what is now the nations fastest growing telemedicine company, and #1 rated app in the iTunes Health store. During this time he also worked with Kauffman Foundation and HealthData Consortium as a Site Architect for their Energizing Health series. In 2015, wishing to put all this experience directly to bear upon serving young adults and their supporters, Dr. Keener founded Blackbird Health (BBH) as a means of improving access to evidence-based strategies proven to mitigate emotional risk. They presently serve young adults based out of Pennsylvania.