David McKenna, MD

David McKenna, MD is a 1992 graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH. He completed his residency in in 1996 in Obstetrics and Gynecology, with the U.S. Air Force at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and Wright State University in Dayton, OH. He received his fellowship training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine from 1996-8, at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.
While on active duty in the U.S. Air Force from 1998-2004, he was on the faculty at Wright State University attaining the rank of Associate Professor. He also worked part-time with Perinatal Partners while in the Air Force. Upon completing his Air Force duty, he was on faculty with the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, North Carolina for one year before returning to Dayton to join Perinatal Partners in 2005.
Areas of special interest include the diagnosis and management of preterm labor, preeclampsia, obstetrical and gynecological sonography, neurosonography, prenatal diagnosis, clinical obstetrics and resident education. In 2010 Dr. McKenna began the new Advanced Fetal Therapy program at Miami Valley Hospital (MVH). He is excited to be able to offer advanced in-utero fetal procedures for our regions patients.  Since 2010 he has been the Principal investigator at MVH for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine network, which focuses research on improving the outcomes for pregnant women and premature babies.  
Dr. McKenna is currently a clinical faculty member at Wright State University and serves as Medical Director of The Perinatal Intensive Care Unit at MVH. He also serves on various local and state projects dedicated to improving the outcomes for pregnant women and premature infants, and decreasing disparity in healthcare and infant mortality.
Dr. McKenna and his wife have three children and reside in Beavercreek, OH. Interests include cycling, snowboarding and skiing, the Boston Red Sox, and the University of Notre Dame football.
Dr. McKenna is currently accepting high-risk patients. Please call 937-208-8088 for further information.

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