Lawton Indian Hospital

The Lawton Indian Hospital is a full service hospital and comprehensive outpatient facility located in Oklahoma's third largest metropolitan area. The Lawton Fort Sill area serves as a prominent shopping, medical, recreational, educational and religious center for the region. It is the retail and distribution hub for the area's cattle, manufacturing, dairy and other agricultural industries.

The city of Lawton, only 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City and 50 miles North of Wichita Falls, TX, has a population of roughly 100,000. Steeped in history, our city is surrounded by mountains and small lakes, the city enjoys a stable economy, largely due to the 26,000 service personnel on active duty at Fort Sill and an equal number of former military personnel who chose to make Lawton their home after retiring from the service.

The Lawton Indian Hospital is modern facility with 26 beds and a staff over 30 full time credentialed providers. The facility offers inpatient care including general surgery, gynecology, internal medicine, and pediatrics, as well as a full suite of outpatient services in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, radiology, laboratory, nursing, optometry, podiatry, and audiology to name a few. There is also a large number of public health nursing staff, health educators, social workers, and environmental health specialists. The hospital provides approximately 800 admissions and over 185,000 outpatient visits per year. Our mission is to raise the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska natives (AI/AN) to the highest level possible.

Leadership

Chief Executive Officer: Brian Wren, Pharm.D., 580-354-5525

Administrative Officer: John Bear, 580-354-5525

Clinic Director: Dr. Steven Sanders , 580-354-5525

Chief Nurse Executive: Jennifer Wahkinney, 580-354-5525

Services

Lawton Service Unit

The Lawton Service Unit encompasses ten counties in the southwestern corner of Oklahoma, where 25,000 members of the Caddo, Comanche, Delaware, Fort Sill Apache, Kiowa, Apache, and Wichita tribes are concentrated. Although mountains and small lakes adorn the rugged landscape, this is great plains country. The Lawton Service Unit includes the Lawton Indian Hospital, the Anadarko Indian Health Center, and the Carnegie Indian Health Center.