Patrick Kerrigan, D.O., elected as delegate of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association
7/7/2015
Patrick Kerrigan, D.O., a veteran staff member of Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, was recently elected as a delegate of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association and will represent District 4 at meetings, which are held four times a year in Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
According to its website, the mission of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association is to promote public health by the elevation and maintenance of high standards of osteopathic education; by the stimulation of research and investigation; and by the collection and dissemination of such knowledge for the education and improvement of the profession and for the benefit of humanity.
There are approximately 200 delegates and alternate delegates that serve and election is based on nominations from District 4 members.
“It came about unexpectedly and I’m very humbled to be elected,” Dr. Kerrigan said. “My fellow District 4 members felt I would serve them well on the state level.”
Dr. Kerrigan, whose office is located on Hazle Avenue in Wilkes-Barre, has been in practice since July 21, 1986. He is a 1976 graduate of Bishop Hoban High School, a 1980 graduate of the University of Scranton and a 1984 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed an internship and residency at Community General Osteopathic Hospital in Harrisburg (now a part of Pinnacle and Hershey Medical). He was named Intern of the Year in 1984 and was also the recipient of the Humaneness In Medicine award from the Pennsylvania Medical Society in 1986. In 2012, Dr. Kerrigan was named the Family Physician of the Year by the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society.
Dr. Kerrigan has extensive experience serving on boards as he served as president of the medical staff at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in 2008. He is a long-time board member and has also served as the chairman of the medical executive committee and chairman of the credentials committee.
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