# Source: IVUmed — Who We Are Page

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** official-page
**URL:** https://www.ivumed.org/who-we-are
**Publisher:** IVUmed
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**Raw:** raw/ivumed-who-we-are-page/2026-08-11-b8379b4c72ef.txt
**Updated:** 2026-08-11
**Relates:** cites [IVUmed](ivumed.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/ivumed.md · https://www.ivumed.org/who-we-are

## 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)](devries-total-artificial-heart-nejm-1984.md).

## Related Pages

- [IVUmed](ivumed.md)