SOAR (Student Outreach to Area Residents), NEOMED’s student-run free clinic, has announced its upcoming dates of operation to provide free health care services for the community. The clinic will be open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the following Saturdays: Sept. 8, Sept. 22, Oct. 6, Oct. 20, Nov. 3, Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and Dec. 15.
SOAR offers free primary care, chronic disease management, regular routine care, physical exams, basic labs and prescriptions for medications. Students from the College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy work together to provide patients interprofessional care under the oversight of University faculty.
Services are provided to anyone in need at no cost. SOAR was recently named Free Clinic of the Year by the Ohio Association of Free Clinics.
The clinic is located at 4211 St. Rt. 44 in the NEOMED Education and Wellness (NEW) Center. For questions, contact 330.552.7080 or clinic@outreachneo.org.
-Submitted by Lacey Madison