Source: IVUmed — Who We Are Page

Summary

IVUmed's history page naming founder Catherine deVries and the Teach One, Reach Many training model.

Useful Claims

• IVU was founded in 1995 to address global urological care and training shortages in low-resource areas.
• Founder Dr. Catherine deVries began the model after a 1992 invitation from ReSurge International (then Interplast) to address pediatric urological need in Honduras.
• IVU was officially established in 1995 after pilot work in Honduras and Vietnam (from 1994).
• IVU reports 25–30 surgical training workshops each year as it approaches its 30th anniversary (self-reported as of capture date).
• The page describes training physicians and nurses and building sustainable surgical teaching programs, not episodic mission surgery alone.

Verbatim

"IVU was founded in 1995 to address the global shortage of urological care and training in low-resource areas of the world." — Who We Are, History

"IVU's founder, Dr. Catherine deVries, was invited in 1992 by the plastic surgery group ReSurge International (then Interplast) to help with the tremendous need for pediatric urological care they had witnessed in Honduras." — Who We Are, History

"Following this initial work, IVU was officially established in 1995." — Who We Are, History

"As we approach our 30th anniversary, we now conduct 25-30 workshops each year." — Who We Are, History

"Each person we train has the potential to reach hundreds, even thousands, of children and adults in need." — Who We Are, Teach One, Reach Many

Reliability Notes

Self-reported tier. Names Catherine deVries — a different person from William C. DeVries, the Utah artificial-heart surgeon documented on DeVries et al. (NEJM, 1984).

Related Pages

• IVUmed