Shawn M. Hamm, DO, MPH is a dual board-certified Family Medicine Physician with UNC Health Blue Ridge and the Medical Director of the Burke County Health Department in Morganton, North Carolina. He is the Physician Liaison for Quality and Population Health within the UNC Health Blue Ridge Medical Group, and serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Family Medicine for the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Hamm earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, and served as an Osteopathic Health Policy Intern with the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) in Washington, D.C. prior to residency. Dr. Hamm completed his Family Medicine training at the St. Vincent’s Family Medicine Residency Program in Jacksonville, Fla., where he received the Spirit of Family Medicine Award, and the Distinction of Advanced Osteopathic Training in Family Medicine from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).

Prior to his clinical training, Dr. Hamm had a unique career in healthcare administration and public health. He was the Center Manager of three Federally-Qualified Health Centers in a rural, medically-underserved region of Florida. He then became a Performance Improvement Consultant for the Division of Children’s Medical Services at the Florida Department of Health, where he earned his Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification. About one year prior to starting medical school, Dr. Hamm was appointed the Interim Bureau Chief of Network Operations by the Deputy Secretary of Health, a senior management position overseeing statewide operations for the division.

During his time at ACOM, Dr. Hamm served as a Class of 2018 Student Representative and subsequently as the school’s second Student Government Association President. He represented his fellow students on the AACOM Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents nationally, leading to further leadership as the National Legislative Affairs Representative for this group. In January 2015, Dr. Hamm was selected by his peers as the Class of 2018 Student of the Year, and later that year, represented all osteopathic medical students in Alabama as the Osteopathic Medical Student Delegate at the AOA House of Delegates in Chicago, IL. For his national advocacy on legislative issues affecting graduate medical education and the osteopathic profession, Dr. Hamm was selected the 2020 AACOM ED to MED Outstanding Advocate of the Year.

Since medical school, Dr. Hamm has served in many volunteer leadership roles at the state and national level, including the President of the Resident Board of Directors at the Florida Academy of Family Physicians, the Policy Committee Chair for the AOGME Residents and Fellows Council, the President of the ACOM Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Advocacy Workgroup Chair and New Physician in Practice member of the AOA Bureau of Emerging Leaders, and the New Physician in Practice member of the AOA Bureau on Federal Health Programs.

Dr. Hamm continues to represent ACOM in his national leadership today, currently serving as the New Physician in Practice Advisor on the AOA Board of Trustees, and the Advocacy Committee Chair of the AOA Bureau of Emerging Leaders.