Background
Howard, Barbara Ann was born on November 22, 1952 in Palestine, Texas, United States. Daughter of Pink and Pearlene Delois Sanders.
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Barbara Ann Howard
Edit ProfileObstetrical/gynecological nurse practitioner
Education
AS in Nursing, Tarrant County Junior College, Fort Worth, Texas, 1975; Nursing Practitioner Women's Health, U. Tex Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1992.
Career
Student nurse emergency room and Interstate Commerce Commission, Fort Worth Osteopathic Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas, 1973-1975;
supervisor emergency room, Newburn Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, Texas, 1975-1977;
part time staff nurse, Newburn Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, 1979-1980;
staff for labor and delivery, Doctor's Memorial Hospital, Tyler, Texas, 1977-1979;
staff nurse medical-surgical, Woman's Hospital of Texas, Houston, 1982-1984;
nurse, PMS counselor, Women's Health Institute Baylor University, Houston, 1984-1989;
obstetrics-gynecology. nurse practitioner, consultant, Smith County Health District and Family Care Center, Tyler, 1990-1995;
private practice,, Henderson, Texas, since 1995. Counselor PMS Support Group, Houston, 1984-1989. 1st vice president Women's Hosp.Employee Advisory Board, Houston, 1984-1988.
Consultant Smith County Health District, Tyler, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member Speakers Bureau, Women's Hospital Texas, Houston, 1985-1990. Member Houston Regional Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1984-1986. Consultant on teen pregnancy Junior League Tyler, 1995-1997.
Member Texas Nursing Association, Texas Nurse Practitioners Association, East Texas Black Nurses Association, Teenage Parent Program Advisory Committee, National Black Leadership Initiative Against Cancer, Professional Black Womens Association.
Interests
Connections
Married Troy W. Simmons (divorced). 1 child, Troy W. Junior. Married Gardner B. Howard, Junior.
1 child, Tiri Chantréal.
