C. William Keck, MD, MPH

Northeast Ohio Medical University
Department of Family and Community Medicine
4209 State Route 44
Rootstown, OH
USA 44272

Biographical Sketch: C. William Keck, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.M. is Professor and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, and former Director of Health for the City of Akron. He holds an MD degree from Case Western Reserve University, and an MPH degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is Past-President of the American Public Health Association, the Council on Education for Public Health, the Ohio Public Health Association, the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners, and the Summit County Medical Society. He currently chairs the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice and is Editor in Chief of the journal, MEDICC Review. Dr. Keck is board certified in Preventive Medicine/Public Health and is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. His career has been focused on providing quality public health services, teaching community health sciences to medical and other health professional students, and linking public health practice with its academic bases.

Papers:
4397.0 Academic health department (AHD) learning community: Strengthening public health through collaboration