Free physical exams, primary care and other services are available at the award-wining free clinic run by students at Northeast Ohio Medical University in Portage County.



The Student Outreach to Area Residents Free Clinic, on NEOMED’s campus in Rootstown Township, will be open on these Saturdays: Oct. 20, Nov. 3, Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and Dec. 15.



The free clinic — inside the NEOMED Education and Wellness (NEW) Center — offers free primary care, chronic disease management, regular routine care, physical exams, basic labs and prescriptions for medications.



The clinic opened in September 2016, and the next year it was named Free Clinic of the Year by the Ohio Association of Free Clinics. Since the clinic’s opening, 339 NEOMED medical and pharmacy student volunteers have provided 2,255 hours of service .



Dr. John Boltri, chair of NEOMED’s family and community medicine department, serves as the medical director of the clinic.



Call 330-552-7080 or email clinic@outreachneo.org with questions or to set up an appointment.



Parking is in the NEW Center lot. Beginning early next year, the clinic will be open three Saturdays a month.



The clinic’s address is 4209 state Route 44, Rootstown, OH 44272. The NEW Center is just south of Interstate 76.



The clinic is part of a network of clinics started by Volunteers in Medicine, a national nonprofit that helps communities to develop free health care clinics for America’s uninsured. Patients at the SOAR clinic do not have to be uninsured.



On Nov. 16, the clinic will host a Casino Night from 7 to 11 p.m. at Ralph Regula Great Hall at NEOMED to raise money for operations. The early bird ticket cost is $25 for students of NEOMED and other schools and $35 for non-students. For more information and to order, go to neomed.edu/event/2018-casino-night. Dress is semi-formal.