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Terry Defreitas, MD, CCFP (CASM)
Family Physician
Diploma of Sport Medicine
Dr. DeFreitas completed her medical training with honors in 1995. She is very active in the practice of sport medicine, having developed a keen interest in tae kwon do and other full contact martial arts throughout the years. She has served as the Team Physician for Tae Kwon Do Alberta since 1997, and the National Tae Kwon Do team since 2000. She was appointed as the Medical Director for the World Championships in Tae Kwon Do in 1999, and currently sits on the PanAm Tae Kwon Do Union Medical Committee. Dr. DeFreitas attended the Pan Am Games in 2007 in Rio, Brazil as the National Tae Kwon Do Team Physician. Closer to home,she was the Medical Director for the Alberta Winter Games 2008 in Leduc, Alberta and was a Venue Physician on Cypress Mountain for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games.
Dr. DeFreitas is recognized for her knowledge of head injury in sport, establishing a policy for management of head injury in the sport of Tae Kwon Do. She is also the Team Physician for the Pandas Hockey and Soccer teams at the University of Alberta as well as the Huskies Football Team of the Canadian Junior Football League.
Dr. DeFreitas practices family medicine at the Leduc Family Medicine Clinic. She has been a consultant at the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic since 2003.
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