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Jacob Eapen

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Jacob Eapen is an Indian-American pediatrician and public health physician. He serves as Medical Director of Alameda Health System and as a member of the Board of Directors of Washington Township Healthcare District in Fremont, California.[1][2] He received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2007.[1][3]

Early life and education

Eapen was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.[1][4] He received his MBBS degree from Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram in 1976 and completed postgraduate training in pediatrics at Christian Medical College, Ludhiana.[4][5]

Eapen earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1985.[1][4] He served on the advisory board of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.[4]

He completed a pediatric residency at Stanford University School of Medicine from 1992 to 1993.[6] Stanford University included him among 40 alumni profiled in a publication marking the medical school's 40th anniversary in Palo Alto.[4][6][2]

Career

Work in Africa

From 1980 to 1984, Eapen worked in Sub-Saharan Africa at Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and at Sokoto University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria.[1][5] During this period, he provided medical care to approximately 200-250 patients daily.[4][2]

United Nations service

Eapen served as Health Advisor for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1988 to 1989 at the Philippines Refugee Processing Center in Bataan.[1][7] He coordinated medical care for Indo-Chinese refugees at the facility.[7][4]

Public health positions

Eapen was appointed Public Health Commissioner for Alameda County, California in June 1999 for a two-year term.[5][1] He serves as Medical Director of Alameda Health System.[4][8] The system operates mobile health clinics and school-based health programs.[4]

Hospital board service

Eapen was elected to the Board of Directors of Washington Township Healthcare District in November 2004.[4][1] He has been re-elected five times through 2022.[9] He served as Board President in 2024 and as Board Secretary in 2025.[10]

Recognition

  • Ellis Island Medal of Honor, National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (2007)[1][3]
  • California Legislature Resolution, Assemblymember Alberto Torrico (2006)[11]
  • Physician Recognition Award, Medical Board of California (2001)[12]
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram (2019)[4]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Sainik School, Kerala (2017)[4]
  • Alameda County Board of Supervisors Proclamation (2007)[13]
  • Stanford University "40 Careers in Medicine" selection (1999-2000)[6][4]

Board memberships

Eapen has served on:[1]

  • Association of California Healthcare Districts
  • Alameda County's Every Child Counts Commission
  • UC Berkeley School of Public Health advisory board[4]

Personal life

Eapen resides in Fremont, California.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "Tribute to Dr. Jacob Eapen". Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11. U.S. Government Publishing Office. June 5, 2007. p. 14947. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Doctor with a mission". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram. April 24, 2000. p. 3.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Six Americans of Indian Descent Among 100 Distinguished Recipients of Ellis Island Medal of Honor" (Press release). National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations. June 1, 2007. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 George, Shaju Philip (February 20, 2019). "A Malayali doctor US adores". Onmanorama. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Viji Sundaram (April 9, 1999). "County Pediatrician Appointed Public Health Commissioner". India-West. p. A26.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Stanford University School of Medicine: Forty Careers in Medicine. Palo Alto, California: Stanford University School of Medicine. 2000. p. 18. Search this book on
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Peter Hakewill. "Letter of Recommendation". Geneva: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
  8. ↑ "In search of a healer for the planet". The New Indian Express. Kochi. April 7, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Certificate of Appointment and Oath of Office". County of Alameda, State of California. December 8, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Board of Directors: Jacob Eapen". Washington Hospital Healthcare System. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  11. ↑ Alberto Torrico (September 2006). "California Legislature Assembly Resolution". California State Assembly.
  12. ↑ "Medical Board of California Physician Recognition Award". Sacramento, California: Medical Board of California. January 30, 2001.
  13. ↑ "Proclamation". Board of Supervisors, County of Alameda. July 10, 2007.

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