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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.
IMS Foundation Group

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 2023 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!

IMS Foundation Global Locations Map
Belize
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Columbia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Peru
Saint Lucia
United States
Gabon
Ghana
India
Kenya
Nepal
Romania
Rwanda
South Africa
Sweden
Tanzania
Thailand
United Kingdom
Uganda
Vietnam

“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

Scott Truhlar, MD

Chair

Radiologic Medical Services, PC
Coralville

Jessica Zuzga-Reed, DO

Vice Chair

(IMS President)
MercyOne Children's Hospital
Des Moines

Steven Churchill

Secretary Treasurer

(IMS CEO)
Des Moines

Christina Taylor, MD

Director

(IMS President-Elect)
Clover Health, Value Based Care
Franklin, TN

Eric Heininger, CFRE

Director

(Chair of IMS Alliance)
EDEN+ Fundraising and Non-profit Consulting
Des Moines

Stephen T. H. Gutu, MD

Director

Pediatric Neurology Divine Solutions
West Des Moines

Marygrace Elson, MD

Director

UIHC
Iowa City

Mary Kitchell

Director

Ames

Michael Kitchell, MD

Director

McFarland Clinic
Ames

Tiffani Milless, MD

Director

Goldfinch Laboratory
Des Moines

Michael Romano, MD

Director

Nebraska Health Network
Omaha, NE

Megan Sinik

Student Director

UI Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City

Humphrey Wong, MD

Director

Genesis Pulmonary Associates
Davenport

Kady Reese

IMS Staff Liaison

Iowa Medical Society
Des Moines

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