Medical Director: Jennifer Lay, M.D.
Dr. Jennifer Lay is the oldest of five children and a self-proclaimed ‘Army Brat’. She followed in her family’s military tradition by earning her Doctor of Medicine from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. While initially commissioning as an officer in the United States Air Force, she transferred to the United States Army after marrying her husband, an Army Officer and fellow graduate of the Uniformed Services University. She went on to complete her residency in Family Medicine at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. She enjoyed a fulfilling career caring for Soldiers, family members, and retirees initially as an active duty officer then as a reservist and civil service physician. After she retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the US Army Reserves, she continued working as a civil service provider caring for Soldiers assigned to the 7th Special Group (airborne) at Eglin Air Force Base. After meeting Dr. Fedosky in 2019, she accepted his invitation to join Access Medical Group where she is able to focus on prevention and wellness in addition to continuing the tradition of restoring thyroid and hormone balance to area residents.
Jessica B. Rapa, PA-C
Jessica earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Valdosta State University and her Master of Science in Physician Assistant from the Medical College of Georgia. She moved to the gulf coast and married her husband Joe in 2010. She has experience in pediatrics, pulmonology, internal medicine, urgent care, allergy/immunology, and family medicine.
Jessica has been a provider at Access Medical Group since 2016. She approaches medicine by first and foremost listening to the patient. She loves ordering labs and analyzing the numbers, but strongly believes that numbers aren’t everything. What’s important to her is that her patients feel like their best selves. She works hard to find the underlying cause of each patient’s symptoms, rather than simply treating the symptoms themselves.
Jessica and Joe have lived in Niceville since 2011. They enjoy traveling, boating, paddle boarding, and entertaining friends.
Christi Hays, FNP-C
Christi is a veteran of the United States Army and the Gulf War. She is married to Ben and they have seven children and six grandchildren. She spent the first half of her career in higher education administration and finished as a university president. She obtained her Bachelor of Science from Austin Peay State University, her Master of Business Administration from Bethel University and completed her Master of Science in Nursing in family and emergency medicine from the University of South Alabama. Christi began her nursing career in cardiac critical care followed by serving in the emergency department. Christi is passionate about serving others and desires to help improve the quality of life for her patients.
Christi’s style of practice incorporates traditional medicine and holistic approach. She believes that the mind, body and spirit are all connected, and that we are made up as a whole person and not a series of parts, as did Hippocrates, "The Father of Medicine." Christi joined Access Medical Group in May 2023 and is focused on helping patients be their optimal best through the basic building blocks of hormonal balance and restorative functioning of the thyroid.
Founding Physician: Allan L. Fedosky, M.D.
As an Air Force Colonel, Dr. Fedosky first cared for Eglin area residents in 1976. He was assigned to AFSC Regional Hospital Eglin to establish the Family Medicine Service and Residency Training Program. He completed two additional Eglin tours in Aerospace Medicine and Emergency Medicine, and two overseas tours as medical commander in Korea and Guam. He retired in 1987 with over 22 years of military service.
In October 1988, Dr. Fedosky established Access Medical Group in Shalimar, Florida to provide family medicine services to both military and civilian area residents. In 2004, he moved the practice to Niceville and focused on restoring thyroid and hormone balance to area residents of all ages.
Dr. Fedosky retired from Access Medical Group in 2020, but he still maintains strong ties to the practice and is always welcome at the annual holiday party!