# IVUmed

**Type:** resource
**Status:** Draft
**Confidence:** Medium
**Tier:** C
**Focus:** global surgery, urology training, teach-the-teacher, low-resource settings, pediatric urology
**Identifiers:** ein=58-2263983, orcid=0000-0002-9828-3488
**Primary Location:** Sandy, UT
**Utah Location:** Sandy, UT
**Region:** Sandy
**Domain:** health-bio
**Website:** https://www.ivumed.org/
**Updated:** 2026-08-11
**Pull:** *Train the surgeon, not just the patient — a Sandy nonprofit's "Teach One, Reach Many" model for urology capacity in thirty countries.*

## Summary

IVUmed (International Volunteers in Urology) is a Sandy, Utah 501(c)(3) that trains surgeons and nurses in low-resource countries rather than running episodic mission trips alone. Founded in **1995** by pediatric urologist **Catherine R. deVries** after pilot work in Honduras (from **1992**) and Vietnam (from **1994**), it operates under the motto **"Teach One, Reach Many"** ([who we are](ivumed-who-we-are-page.md), [homepage](ivumed-official-website.md)).

This is **not** [William C. DeVries](devries-total-artificial-heart-nejm-1984.md), the University of Utah surgeon who implanted the Jarvik-7 artificial heart in 1982. Catherine deVries is a different physician; her ORCID is **0000-0002-9828-3488** with University of Utah affiliation.

## Who It's For

Urologists, pediatric surgeons, nurses, and teaching hospitals in **Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America** seeking sustained surgical training partnerships — and U.S. volunteers donating teaching time and travel.

## What It Provides

**Surgical teaching workshops** (the organization reports **25–30 per year** approaching its 30th anniversary), traveling resident scholarships, virtual visiting-professor lectures, and on-site capacity building ([who we are](ivumed-who-we-are-page.md)). The homepage emphasizes **medical and surgical education** plus treatment for children and adults in low-resource settings ([official site](ivumed-official-website.md)).

A **peer-reviewed paper co-authored by deVries** describes IVUmed's model as coordinating urological education in **30 LMICs** over **20 years** with a teach-the-teacher emphasis rather than one-off missions ([Annals of Global Health, 2015](ivumed-nonprofit-model-aogh-2015.md)).

IRS filings show a mid-six-figure operation — **$242,867** revenue and **$745,813** assets in FY2023 ([IRS record](ivumed-form-990-record.md)).

## How To Use It

- Website: https://www.ivumed.org/
- Address: 1914 East 9400 South, #448, Sandy, UT 84093; (512) 859-6509 ([official site](ivumed-official-website.md))
- Medical volunteer application and workshop calendar on the site

## Open Questions

- **deVries's current University of Utah appointment** — ORCID lists Utah among affiliations but no primary faculty page was captured here.
- **FY2024 990-EZ** shows **$0** revenue in the API extract ([IRS record](ivumed-form-990-record.md)) — likely reporting lag or accounting-period artifact; the PDF was not pulled.
- Whether IVUmed still performs direct patient care missions in addition to training — the captured materials emphasize training; the peer-reviewed paper's "treatment" language is less detailed than the training claims.

## Evidence

- [Source: IVUmed Official Website](ivumed-official-website.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/ivumed-official-website.md · https://www.ivumed.org/
- [Source: IVUmed — Who We Are Page](ivumed-who-we-are-page.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/ivumed-who-we-are-page.md · https://www.ivumed.org/who-we-are
- [Source: IRS Form 990 Record — IVUmed](ivumed-form-990-record.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/ivumed-form-990-record.md · https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/api/v2/organizations/582263983.json
- [Source: Jalloh et al., "IVUmed: A Nonprofit Model for Surgical Training in Low-Resource Countries" (Annals of Global Health, 2015)](ivumed-nonprofit-model-aogh-2015.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/ivumed-nonprofit-model-aogh-2015.md · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2015.03.001
- [DeVries et al., "Clinical Use of the Total Artificial Heart" (NEJM, 1984)](devries-total-artificial-heart-nejm-1984.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/devries-total-artificial-heart-nejm-1984.md · https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198402023100501 — disambiguation only: **William C. DeVries**, not Catherine deVries