Background
Keith, Howard Barton was born on August 23, 1932 in Enid, Oklahoma, United States. Son of John A. and Dorothy O. (Murphy) Keith.
Keith, Howard Barton was born on August 23, 1932 in Enid, Oklahoma, United States. Son of John A. and Dorothy O. (Murphy) Keith.
Degree, U. Oklahoma, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, U. Oklahoma, 1957.
Intern in surgery, U. Oklahoma Medical Center, 1957-1958;
resident in general surgery, thoracic, cardiovascular surgery, U. Oklahoma Medical Center, 1958-1963;
general and thoracic surgeon, Newman Memorial Hospital, Shattuck, Oklahoma, 1963-1987;
chief of staff, board directors, Newman Memorial Hospital, Shattuck, Oklahoma, 1963-1983;
general and thoracic surgeon, Woodward (Oklahoma) Hospital and Health Center, since 1988;
president, N.W. Oklahoma Specialty Clinic, Woodward, 1988-1992;
associate preceptor, U. Oklahoma Medical Center, Shattuck, 1963-1979;
preceptor, U. Oklahoma Medical Center, Shattuck, 1979-1987;
preceptor, U. Oklahoma Medical Center, Woodward, since 1988;
private practice, MedWest Physicians Network, Inc., Woodward. Clinical assistant, professor surgery U. Oklahoma, since 1980. President Newman Medical Center, Inc., 1977, 85-87.
Consultant utilization and peer review Region VI Department Human Health Svc., since 1973. Board directors Oklahoma Regional Medical Program, 1964-1970. Medical director, board directors Shattuck Convalescent Center, 1964-1978.
Aviation medical examiner Federal Aviation Administration, 1967-1992. Cancer liaison physician Woodward Hospital and Health Center, 1988. General surgery consultant Department Human Health Superior vena cava syndrome, since 1979.
Presenter in field.
Trustee Shattuck Hospital Authority, 1964-1976. Member Executive Board directors GreatSalt Plains county Boy Scouts American, 1969-1982, member finance committee, 1970-1982. Medical advisor N.W. Oklahoma chapter Oklahoma State Tuberculosis Association, 1964-1980.
Board edn.Shattuck Public School Sys., 1964-1971. President Lions Club, Shattuck, 1967. Board directors Big Bros-Big Sisters, N.W. Oklahoma, 1986, Woodward Industrial Foundation, since 1988, Oklahoma Foundation for Peer Review, 1981-1991, K-101 Classic Bowl, 1989, Grand National Quail Foundation, 1991, Oklahoma U. Club of N.W. Oklahoma, 1989-1992, Woodward Rotary Club, 1989-1992.
Medical advisor Angel Fire Ski Patrol, 1981-1984. Member of advisory board Blue Cross Blue Shiels, since 1984. Chairman Shattuck Business Development Committee, 1987.
Trustee Alumni Association School Medicine U. Oklahoma, 1987. Advisor to technical medical direction committee Oklahoma State Health Department, 1979-1993. Board of Governors Angel Fire Corporation, 1980-1984.
Member ad hoc advising committee, High Plains advising committee High Plains Vo-Technology School, Woodward, 1984, member superintendent's board, 1989. Chairman Express Mail Service, technical medical direction committee Oklahoma State Department Health, 1984-1993. Vice president Oklahoma Trauma Society, 1990.
Chairman medical direction subcommittee Oklahoma Express Mail Service Advisory Council, 1990. Board Express Mail Service-C consortum section general pediatrics U. Oklahoma Health Science Center, 1990. Member American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons (liaison fellow commission on cancer since 1968, member county since 1977, member Oklahoma cancer committee 1971-1977, member Oklahoma trauma committee since 1972, chairman 1979-1989, Oklahoma advising committee since 1975, vice president Oklahoma chapter 1980-1981, president-elect 1982, president 1982-1983, national commission on trauma 1989-1995), National Association Express Mail Service Physicians, Oklahoma Thoracic Society (president 1972), Oklahoma State Medical Association (medical advisor N.W. Oklahoma 1964-1980, chairman peer review committee 1965-1974), N.W.Counties Medical Society (president 1965, 82-83), Oklahoma Surgical Society (president-elect 1976, president 1977), Aerospace Medical Association, American Nuclear Society, Pan American Medical Association, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Society American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.
Married Joanne Lee Norman, March 12,1954. Children: Preston Jonathan, Kim Keith Glazier, Shaun Howard, Spencer Norman.
