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Home | Health & Wellness | Special Olympics NC MedFest

Special Olympics NC MedFest

A MedFest event:

• Offers a free sports physical, and other health screening services to people with intellectual disabilities (ID).

• Provides individuals with ID who are not yet Special Olympics athletes the means to become Special Olympics athletes.

• Provides individuals who are already Special Olympics athletes the means to remain athletes by supplying the necessary re-qualification physical examination.

• Provides members of the medical community with training and specialized experience in the examination and assessment of people with ID.

• Offers sports demos and wellness activities in the form of a Wellness Fair. This is to promote the local SO sports programming as well as connect athletes to local community health and wellness resources.

Become a MedFest Clinical Director

Medical professionals are needed to help provide physical exams in their communities for local athletes. For more information on becoming a Clinical Director, click here. Those interested in becoming a certified MedFest Clinical Director should reach out to health@sonc.net.

Current MedFest Clinical Directors

  • Ramona P. Albrecht, MMS, PA-C – Campbell University Physician Assistant Program
  • Ashley Fedorov, DO – New Hanover Regional Medical Center
  • Peter Allen Fenn, DHSc, MPAS, PA-C – Campbell University Physician Assistant Program, Raleigh Emergency Medicine Associates Inc.
  • Justin M. Gambini, PA-C – Campbell University Physician Assistant Program, Wake Emergency Physicians
  • Meera M. Gandhi, PA-C – Duke Urgent Care
  • Shauna Gutherie, MD – Granville Vance Public Health
  • Kendall Held, Resident – Carolinas Rehabilitation
  • Matthew Higgins, MD – Vance Family Medicine
  • Nick Horan, Resident – Carolinas Rehabilitation
  • Amanda Neal, PA
  • Jordan Sestak, Resident – Carolinas Rehabilitation
  • Burton Shelton, FNP-BC, MSN, CLS, MT (ASCP) – Novant Health, Forsyth Medical Center
  • Ian Ward, PA-C – Methodist University Physician Assistant Program, Carolina Eye Associates
Find a MedFest near you

2019 MedFest Impact

9 MedFests

  • Counties: Durham, Forsyth, Gaston, Harnett, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Rutherford, Warren

578 new and returning athletes received free physical exams.

152 MedFest participants received free dental screenings through Special Smiles!

46 MedFest participants received free physical therapy screenings through FUNfitness!

  • Partners/Sponsors: Atrium Health’s Carolinas Rehabilitation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Campbell University, Cape Fear Memorial Foundation, Cape Fear Regional Medical Center, Cardinal Innovations Healthcare, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Duke Health, Granville Vance Public Health, UNC – Wilmington, Wake Forest University, Warren County Economic Development Commission, Warren County Health Department

MedFest Resources

  • MedFest Starter Kit: Step by step document to help you with your planning.
  • MedFest Introduction video
  • How to plan a MedFest: Webinar taking you through the beginning steps on how to plan a successful event

Please, feel free to reach out to the SONC Health Director if you have any questions.

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