Kay O’Shea, MAC, CADC, CCTP

Central Region Director, 2025-2027
Kay O’Shea is one of the two founders of STL-Professionals Health Program. It is a newly established nonprofit that advocates and monitors healthcare professionals in the St. Louis, Missouri, region. She was the Program Director of the Missouri Physicians Health Program (MPHP) from October 2020 to December 2024. For 11 years prior, she served as the Clinical and Business Coordinator for MPHP. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Fontbonne University and a Master’s in Addiction Counseling from Aspen University in Colorado. In 2012, she became a Missouri Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She has renewed her Certification as a Clinical Trauma Professional every year since 2018. Kay has been an FSPHP Associate Member and has attended the annual conference for over twelve years. For the past three years, she has served on the FSPHP Board of Directors as Central Region Representative. She co-chairs the FSPHP Medical Student Committee and is a member of the FSPHP Nomination Committees and PEER Committee. She focused her business management talents on working with various educational nonprofit organizations for 28 years before joining the PHP force.