Heather Sharkey, DO

Dr. Heather Sharkey began her medical career at the tender age of 4 practicing on her sister with a Fisher Price medical kit. She graduated from Rutgers College with a degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. She graduated from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) and completed her residency in Family Medicine and the NMM/OMM fellowship at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.

Dr. Sharkey is board certified in Family Medicine and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. She was awarded the Young Osteopathic Physician of the Year Award in 2013 by the Maine Osteopathic Association. She was recognized as a Times Record "Best of the Midcoast" Physician in 2022.

Dr. Sharkey served as a Primary Care Physician at Martin’s Point Healthcare, St. Mary’s Health System, and most recently her own private practice in Yarmouth until 2023. She continues to see patients as an NMM/OMM specialist in Yarmouth, Maine.

Dr. Sharkey has been teaching at UNECOM since 2012 and is currently the Clinical Skills content lead for 1st year students. Her hobbies include being curious about lots of things, listening to podcasts during her commute to Biddeford, traveling, reading, writing, hiking, walking her dog, listening to the Portland Symphony Orchestra, watching the Maine State Music Theater, enjoying the natural world, and spending time with friends and family.

Heather Sharkey, DO, has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement, or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.