Burton Carey West

Background

West, Burton Carey was born on February 21, 1941 in Pittsburgh. Son of Pemberton Burton and Maree (Van Scoyoc) W.

Education

AB, AMherst College, 1963; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1967.

Career

Resident, U. Hospitals, Seattle, 1967-1969; clinical associate, senior staff fellow, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1972; resident, chief resident, Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, 1972-1974; from assistant professor to professor medicine, Louisiana State University School Medicine, Shreveport, 1974-1989; chief section infectious diseases, Louisiana State University School Medicine, Shreveport, 1974-1989; department chairman medicine, Meridia Huron Hospital, Cleveland, since 1989.

Achievements

• Burton Carey West has been listed as a noteworthy Physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant commander United States Public Health Service, 1969-1971. Fellow American College of Physicians (chairman program directors Ohio chapter since 1995), Infectious Diseases Society American (president Ohio chapter 1996-1998).

Connections

Married Katherine Ann Young, December 27, 1963. Children: Amy Fay Chandler, Holly Katherine Brewer, John Pemberton, Abigail Coleman, Emily Van Scoyoc.

Father:

Pemberton Burton West

Mother:

Maree (Van Scoyoc) West

Spouse:

Katherine Ann Young

child:

John Pemberton West

child:

Amy Fay Chandler West

child:

Emily Van Scoyoc West

child:

Abigail Coleman West

child:

Holly Katherine Brewer West