Multiple gold medal winner Michael Phelps walked onto the stage at HIMSS22 to a strong round of applause from a full house in the Valencia Ballroom in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.

Phelps, the closing keynote on Friday, brought a message that has been top of mind in healthcare during COVID-19: the need to pay attention to mental health.

“This stigma has to go away,” Phelps said. “We have to break it down.”