Barbara Josephine BastaDoctor of Medicine (M.D.), psychiatrist
Born Zbyszyce, Poland, Jan.1,1935; daughter of Jan (born Zbyszyce, Poland) and Stefania (Krol) B. (born Szarzyszk, Limanowa, Poland).
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), specialty, psychiatry, Medical Academy, University Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, 1971; residency training in psychiatry, College of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ, 1976-79.
Career: Psychiatrist, 1976-; Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), psychiatrist, Psychiatric Hospital Service (PHS) position, Shawnee Indian Health Service Center, Shawnee, (OK), Mar., 1990-.
Awards: Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, Mental Health Program for the Deaf, 1981; Certificate of Recognition for ten years of USA government service, 1989; Outstanding Accomplishment, District of Columbia (DC) citizens care, 1990.
Member of: Southern Medical Association, 1989-; American Psychiatrist Association, 1977-87.
Languages: Polish, English, sign language for deaf.
Avocations: music, visual art, travel.
Resident: Norman, OK.
From: "Polish Americans in California, vol. II," National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs & Polish American Historical Association. California 1995.