Amador County – A longtime doctor at Sutter Amador Hospital, Dr. Geraldine O’Shea, was presented with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons of California recently.

O’Shea received the award Feb. 11 at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego during the President’s Banquet held in conjunction with OPSC’s 51st Annual Convention.

SAH announced the award, saying the “Lifetime Achievement Award” goes to an osteopathic physician who has demonstrated a true “pioneering spirit,” and whose diligence and efforts have enabled the “profession to not only survive, but thrive,” and said O’Shea is a well deserving recipient who “readily fulfills these criteria.”

O’Shea has served as Medical Director and as a practicing Internal Medicine physician for Foothill Women’s Medical Center in Jackson since 1998. She is joined in the practice by husband Dr. Mark Eastman. O’Shea was previously Chief of Staff with Talbert Medical Group in Chandler, Arizona.

O’Shea received her medical degree from Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, Calif. and a BA in Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara. She also has a degree in Acupuncture and Herbology from the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco.

She has maintained staff privileges with Sutter Amador Hospital since 1998, serving as Medical Director of the Diabetes Education Program since 2005 and as a member of the Medical Executive Committee in 2004.

Sutter Amador Hospital CEO Anne Platt said: “Dr. O’Shea is very dedicated to her patients and our community. It’s no surprise that she is the recipient of this very prestigious award.” She said SAH and its foundation are “very proud of her amazing achievement and are fortunate that she is part of our medical staff.”

In addition to running a busy practice, O’Shea volunteers a significant amount of time to professional and community activities and has served in numerous influential positions, including as member of Amador County Hospice Board.

O’Shea held and holds several state and national positions in her profession, including current President of the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006.

In presenting the award, OPSC Executive Director Kathleen Creason said “although Dr. O’Shea is being presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, we know that she is still a rising star” and “has many great achievements ahead of her.”

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