Keith is an Applied Science Technologist (civil engineering) and Registered Technology Manager and has lived with persistent neuropathic pain since August of 1986, following a near fatal motor vehicle accident. In 2021 he was diagnosed with primary mitochondrial disease, which also causes persistent pain. In 2012 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Pain BC, serving as the Vice Chair and the Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee until 2018. Since 2018 Keith has focused his advocacy efforts as a personal pain advocate. This led to an invitation to present at the International Association for the Study Pain’s (IASP) 2018 World Congress, his appointment as a founding of the Global Alliance of Partners for Pain Advocacy, an IASP Task Force, and his 2022 appointment to the National Advisory Committee for Pain Canada. Keith has presented on the complexities of living with persistent pain and effective supported self-management locally, nationally, and internationally, guest lectured at universities, delivered numerous webinars, co-authored two articles on persistent pain, and has a Facebook blog called A Path Forward in which he shares his experiences, advice, and thoughts on living with persistent pain.
