Education:
Dr. Akers (she/her) received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Touro University, California, where she received the prestigious Student Doctor of the Year award, and was selected to complete an additional year of training in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine as a pre-doctoral fellow.
She completed her hospital-based training (residency) in Neurology at UC Davis Health in Sacramento, CA, providing acute Neurologic care for adults, as well as newborns and children. She previously worked as an assistant clinical professor at UC Davis Health Department of Neurology, providing comprehensive neurologic care and osteopathic manipulative treatment for patients with neurologic conditions in Sacramento and Davis. She currently serves as adjunct faculty at Touro University, California. She is a member of the Osteopathic Cranial Academy and has completed more than 200 hours of additional training in Cranial Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.
Dr. Akers was born and raised in Davis, CA. Before medical school, she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with highest honors in Nutritional Sciences & Human Physiology, receiving multiple awards upon graduation.
Dr. Akers pursued Osteopathic medical training with the vision of expanding access to traditional Osteopathic care, particularly in her own community in the Sacramento Valley. It is her privilege to do so in this practice.
Dr. Beatrice Akers is an Osteopathic physician committed to providing whole-person Osteopathic medical care, offering a gentle hands-on treatment called Osteopathic manipulative medicine at the core of her patient care.
Beatrice Akers, DO
Health Practice Lineage:
I am grateful to the many formal and informal teachers on my path of medical education. My primary mentors in Osteopathy include R. Mitchell Hiserote, DO, and Daniel Shadoan, DO. Drs. Hiserote and Shadoan trained with Viola Fryman, DO, who was a student of William Garner Sutherland, DO, who developed the model of Osteopathy in the Cranial Field. Dr. Sutherland was a student of Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO, who was the founder of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Still was trained as an allopathic physician, and developed Osteopathy in search of a more complete system of healing. It is likely that Osteopathy was influenced by Indigenous healing practices, as it is known Dr. Still lived and trained alongside healers from the Shawnee tribe during his formative years.
Land acknowledgement:
For thousands of years, the land where I practice has been the home of Patwin people. Today, there are three federally recognized Patwin tribes: Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community, Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, and Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation.
The Patwin people have remained committed to the stewardship of this land over many centuries. It has been cherished and protected, as elders have instructed the young through generations. I am honored and grateful to be living and practicing medicine on their traditional lands.