IMS Foundation
What is the IMS Foundation?
The IMSF is a voluntary organization that uses personal donations from physicians and friends of medicine to inspire, facilitate, and expand the educational and philanthropic endeavors of IMS.
- Helps fund Global Health Clinical Rotations/Experiences
- Provides endowment scholarships to Iowa students attending medical school.
- Supports annual cohorts of the Physician Business Leadership Program.
- Purchases white coats worn by Iowa students attending medical school.
- Sponsors physician education and professional development initiatives such as Crucial Conversations, CANDOR, Recognize. Recover. Rebuild. and the Women in Medicine Conference.
Why contribute to IMSF?
The IMSF supports physician initiatives that promote professionalism and leadership, including sponsorship of IMS CANDOR conferences and workshops, and support of Provider Burnout and Professional Resiliency conferences and educational sessions. For the IMSF, development of medical students at Des Moines University's Osteopathic College of Medicine, and the University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine is of utmost importance, and remains our #1 priority for our 2024 Month of Giving.
In the last 10 years alone, the IMSF has been able to send over 110 medical students to 25+ countries to gain invaluable medical training and on-site experiences.
See Where Our Student Members Have Been!
United States
“The best part of this trip was getting to be in a beautiful place, camping, and providing a unique form of clinical care –low-resource medicine.”
– (2019) Lisa Bell,
Himachal Pradesh, India
"What we experienced was physicians doing the best they can with their limited resources. I saw first-hand the importance of putting patients first."
– (2023) Jeffrey Goddard,
South Africa
Your contributions are needed to continue to make a lasting impact in Iowa and globally.
IMSF Board of Directors
Eric Heininger, CFRE
Director
(Chair of IMS Alliance)
EDEN+ Fundraising and Non-profit Consulting
Des Moines
