Institute on Medicine as a Profession
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Founded in 2003, the Institute on Medicine as a Profession (IMAP) is a non-profit health care policy think tank housed at Columbia University in New York City. Its primary area of focus is the concept of medical professionalism. Other areas of IMAP’s academic focus include conflicts of interest in the health care industry; the role of medical doctors in national security interrogations; marketing practices in the drug, alcohol, food and tobacco industries; and health information technology. IMAP also funds a physician advocacy grants program that aims to train physicians to advocate for policy change at the local, state and national level. It is also a partner and co-sponsor of the China-US Center on Medical Professionalism based in Beijing.
’s Medicine as a Profession initiative, which ran from 1999-2004. In 2003, the Open Society Institute gave a grant of $7.5 million to establish the Institute on Medicine as Profession as an independent entity, to be chaired by David J. Rothman, professor at Columbia University
, and housed at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The Institute has also received grants from Pew Charitable Trusts, the ABIM Foundation
, the American Legacy Foundation
, and Permanente Medical Group. It does not accept funding from industry sources.
History and Funding
IMAP grew from the Open Society InstituteOpen Society Institute
The Open Society Institute , renamed in 2011 to Open Society Foundations, is a private operating and grantmaking foundation started by George Soros, aimed to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform...
’s Medicine as a Profession initiative, which ran from 1999-2004. In 2003, the Open Society Institute gave a grant of $7.5 million to establish the Institute on Medicine as Profession as an independent entity, to be chaired by David J. Rothman, professor at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, and housed at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The Institute has also received grants from Pew Charitable Trusts, the ABIM Foundation
ABIM Foundation
The ABIM Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation established by the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1999 to advance medical professionalism and physician leadership in quality assessment and improvement...
, the American Legacy Foundation
American Legacy Foundation
The American Legacy Foundation is a 501 not-for-profit organization dedicated to preventing teen smoking and encouraging smokers to quit. It was established in March 1998 as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement between a coalition of attorneys general in 46 states and five United States...
, and Permanente Medical Group. It does not accept funding from industry sources.