Stephen N. Keith

STEPHEN N. KEITH holds the position of Vice President, Marketing and
Sales, North American Vaccine, Inc. As an officer of the Company, he is
responsible for the development and coordination of the marketing, sales
and public affairs functions at the Company, in support of its
forthcoming combination diphtheria-acellular pertussis-tetanus vaccine
products in development. Dr. Keith was born in Battle Creek, Michigan,
and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his undergraduate work at
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, graduating Magna Cum Laude with
a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973. He returned to Chicago where he
received the M.D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1977. Dr.
Keith completed a three year residency in Pediatrics at the University
if California, Los Angeles, Center for the Health Sciences in 1980. From
1980 to 1982, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar
at UCLA, during which time he received a Masters in Science in Public
Health from UCLA. During this same period he conducted research at the
Rand Corporation in health manpower policy analysis. From 1982 to 1987,
Dr. Keith served on the faculty of the Charles Drew Medical School and
the UCLA School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics. He also
served as Assistant Dean and later Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
From 1987 to 1990, Dr. Keith served as a Health Policy Advisor to the
U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, under Senator Edward
M. Kennedy. From 1990 to 1995, Dr. Keith held varied positions with
Merck & Co., Inc. including Senior Customer Manager in the U.S. Human
Health Division, and Senior Director, Health Strategies, in the Merk-
Medco Managed Care Division. Dr. Keith is a Fellow of the Academy of
Pediatrics and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics.