Heather A. Sharkey D.O.

About Heather A. Sharkey D.O.

Dr. Heather Sharkey began her medical career practicing on her sister with a Fisher Price medical bag and at a young age was bandaging her accident prone father. Dr. Sharkey graduated from Rutgers College with a degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. She won a Howard Hughes fellowship award to perform research in cell death and degeneration on C. Elegans under the mentorship of Dr. Dewey Royal in Dr. Monica Driscoll’s lab. She attended medical school at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) and completed her Family Medicine and NMM/OMM plus one residencies at Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC, now Northern Light) in Bangor. She was awarded the Young Osteopathic Physician of the Year Award in 2013 by the Maine Osteopathic Association. Dr. Sharkey has been teaching Osteopathic Clinical Skills at UNECOM as adjunct faculty since 2012. She won the Times Record Best of the Midcoast Physician category in 2022. Dr. Sharkey began studying Biodynamics/Traditional Osteopathy with Dr. Jealous in 2008 and attended his courses at least yearly until 2020. She completed Phases I-IX and Peds Phases I, II, and III with him. She is now repeating the phases and learning with Greg Yesensky and Donald Hankinson. She is on faculty for Biobasics New Hampshire classes. Dr. Sharkey is board certified in Family Medicine and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. She is deeply appreciative of her colleagues for their mentoring and encouragement. Her hobbies include reading, hiking, swimming, cooking, listening to the Portland Symphony Orchestra, enjoying the natural world, and spending time with friends and family. She is married to woodworker Jason Weymouth and likes playing boardgames with her stepson, Matthew.

Specialties / Certifications

Family Medicine and NMM/OMM
James Jealous D.O. Phases I-IX and Peds Phases I, II, and III from 2008- 2020. Phase VIII 2022 with Greg Yesensky and Phases I-II with Donald Hankinson.