IVUmed

What IVUmed does

IVUmed (legally International Volunteers in Urology) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1995 and headquartered in Sandy, Utah, that builds sustainable access to urological care in low-resource settings through medical and surgical education. Its mission is operationalized as the 'Teach One, Reach Many' model: volunteer teams of 3-8 board-certified urologists, anesthesiologists, and nurses travel to teaching hospitals in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean to conduct week-long hands-on surgical training workshops alongside the local medical staff, with a portfolio that now also includes the Traveling Resident Scholar Program (sponsoring urology trainees since 1999, with over 250 alumni), Virtual Visiting Professor lectures with an online archive, a Research Program, and the newly launched Dr. Catherine deVries Pediatric Training Program focused on sub-Saharan Africa.

The organization operates 25-30 workshops annually across 30+ countries, training hundreds of local doctors and nurses each year and serving thousands of patients. The underlying technology stack is deliberately modest: standard medical and surgical equipment at partner sites plus video-conferencing tools for the Virtual Visiting Professor Program; no proprietary software, AI systems, or digital product surface were disclosed.

IVUmed is governed by a board of medical professionals and is led by Executive Director Josh Wood. Its revenue model is donation-based, comprising individual one-time and recurring (Impact Partner) gifts, planned giving via stock, Donor Advised Funds, and Qualified Charitable Distributions, event fundraising, and small volunteer contributions (doctors $500, nurses $600). No specific revenue figure is disclosed; the organization reports a $10-in-services-per-dollar-donated efficiency ratio as its principal impact metric.

Name

IVUmed

Legal name

International Volunteers in Urology

Website

https://ivumed.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IVUmed is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1995 that runs 25-30 surgical training workshops annually across 30+ countries, pairing volunteer urologists and nurses with teaching hospitals in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean to build local surgical capacity and treat underserved patients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Global Health Medical Education and Surgical Training

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Missions & Global Health NGOs (BPAGACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Health & Medical Volunteering Programs (EDAIAGAC), Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

Keywords

• Global surgical education
• Urology training programs
• Medical volunteer services
• Nonprofit healthcare training
• Surgical capacity building

Headquarters

HQ city

Sandy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and monthly donations from individual supporters. The organization promotes monthly giving through their Impact Partner program.
2. Planned Giving and Tax-Advantaged Donations: Accepts stock donations, grants from Donor Advised Funds, and Qualified Charitable Distributions as more tax-efficient giving methods.
3. Volunteer Contributions: Doctors contribute $500 and nurses contribute $600 (when scholarship is offered) as standard contributions toward workshop participation costs.
4. Event Fundraising: Hosts fundraising events such as 'An Evening Supporting IVU' in various cities, virtual Run/Walk/Bike challenges, and gala events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

IVUmed organizes week-long surgical teaching workshops in urology at teaching hospitals in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, where teams of 3-8 volunteer doctors and nurses train local counterparts across subspecialties such as reconstructive urology, pediatric urology, urologic oncology, female urology, and endourology. It supplements in-person training with scholarships for urology residents, virtual visiting professor lectures, collaborative outcomes research, and a pediatric fellowship training program in sub-Saharan Africa. The organization is funded primarily through charitable donations and volunteer contributions, delivering an estimated $10+ in services for every $1 donated.

Product overview

IVUmed is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of global surgical education and training services focused on urological care. The core offerings include Surgical Teaching Workshops (6-14 day intensive training programs at teaching hospitals), Traveling Resident Scholarships (1-2 week mentored experiences for urology trainees), Virtual Visiting Professor Lectures (live online lectures and case consultations), a Research Program (partnerships on outcomes research), and the Dr. Catherine deVries Pediatric Training Program (fellowship training in sub-Saharan Africa). The organization conducts 25-30 workshops annually across Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, serving thousands of patients while training hundreds of doctors and nurses each year.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dr. Catherine deVries Pediatric Training Program: A training program focused on building fellowship training programs for pediatric urology in sub-Saharan Africa, announced in February 2026.
• Virtual Visiting Professor
• Traveling Resident Scholar Program

Products and services

• Surgical Teaching Workshops Week-long intensive surgical training workshops conducted by volunteer teams of 3-8 doctors and nurses at teaching hospitals in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, covering urology subspecialties including reconstructive urology, women's health, pediatric urology, general urology, and urologic oncology. The workshops train local physicians and nurses to build sustainable urological surgical capacity.
• Traveling Resident Scholarships Scholarship program enabling urology trainees in North America (PGY-3 and above) to travel with mentor urologists to low-resource teaching hospitals for 1-2 week hands-on surgical experiences. Sponsored by various AUA sections.
• Virtual Visiting Professor Lectures Live interactive online lectures, case presentations, and consultations featuring leading urologists covering topics in reconstructive urology, urologic oncology, female urology, pediatric urology, and endourology. Includes an archive of recorded lectures available to global partners.
• Research Program Partnership program with physicians in low-resource countries on research projects to measure impact, improve outcomes, and investigate organizational effectiveness. Includes peer-reviewed publications on surgical outcomes and international medical volunteerism, with scholarships for global health students.
• Dr. Catherine deVries Pediatric Training Program Training initiative to increase access to pediatric urological care in sub-Saharan Africa by supporting fellowship training programs in East and West Africa, including multiple pediatric urology surgical workshops per year and virtual lectures.

Quantifiable outcome

• Each dollar donated generates over $10 in services where it is critically needed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and foundational.

• American Urological Association (AUA) SectionscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 1999Various AUA sections (Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic, New York, Western, Southeastern) sponsor Traveling Resident Scholarships enabling urology trainees to participate in IVU workshops. These partnerships provide funding and support for resident participation in global health initiatives.
• ReSurge InternationalfoundationalStrategic or Co-development PartnerIVU was founded in 1992 when Dr. Catherine deVries was invited by ReSurge International (then Interplast) to help with pediatric urological care needs in Honduras. This founding partnership established IVU's Teach One, Reach Many model.
• Teaching Hospitals in Africa, Asia, and CaribbeancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIVU partners with dynamic surgeons in teaching hospitals in low-resource areas. Partner hospitals include facilities in Ghana, Rwanda, Vietnam, Liberia, Ethiopia, Uganda, and over 30 other countries where IVU conducts surgical training workshops.
• Academic Medical InstitutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIVU works with academic institutions whose volunteer physicians provide training at partner sites. These institutions provide board-certified urologists, residents, and fellows who volunteer their expertise.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Operation Smile: Large medical missions NGO that sends volunteer surgical teams to low- and middle-income countries, provides training to local providers, and relies on a similar donor-plus-volunteer revenue model. Highly comparable in mission and operational structure despite cleft-lip/palate focus versus IVUmed's urology focus.
• ReSurge International: Founding strategic partner of IVUmed (Dr. deVries' original 1992 invitation came from ReSurge/Interplast). Both are medical volunteer NGOs sending surgical teams to low-resource countries to train local providers, with overlapping teaching-hospital networks and donor bases.
• SIGN Fracture Care International: Nonprofit that partners with surgeons in low-resource settings to train them on intramedullary nailing, operating teaching-hospital-based training programs in many of the same African and Asian countries as IVUmed - same training-of-trainers model with similar revenue mix.
• CURE International: Pediatric surgical care nonprofit operating specialty teaching hospitals in low-resource countries with visiting medical teams and a training-of-local-surgeons model; comparable mission footprint (Africa, Asia) and donor-funded operational structure.
• Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO): Nonprofit that places volunteer medical professionals at teaching institutions in low-resource countries to provide education and training - essentially a multi-specialty umbrella peer to IVUmed's urology-specific mission, with comparable volunteer travel-and-train operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Partners in Health: Large global health equity organization that builds and operates health systems in low-resource countries (Haiti, Rwanda, Liberia, etc., many overlapping with IVUmed). Operates at significantly greater scale but shares training-of-local-providers ethos and global health donor base.
• Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders: Largest global medical NGO; operates in many of the same countries (Haiti, Liberia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Mozambique, etc.) with a similar donation-driven, international volunteer model, but at vastly greater scale and scope (multi-specialty, emergency response).
• American Urological Association (AUA): U.S. urology professional society that partners with IVUmed through multiple AUA sections (Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic, NY, Western, Southeastern) to sponsor Traveling Resident Scholarships. Indirectly comparable as the broader specialty ecosystem governing urology training in which IVUmed operates.

Others

• Urology Care Foundation: AUA's official foundation funding urology research, education, and global outreach. Not a direct competitor but operates in the same urology specialty ecosystem and shares donor pools and professional audiences with IVUmed.

Emerging players

• Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health / Global Surgery Initiatives: Smaller specialty global-surgery training nonprofits operating similar teach-the-teacher surgical workshops in low-resource countries; comparable scope and volunteer-based delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IVUmed
• Facebookfacebook.com/IVUmed
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ivumed/about

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Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

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M&A

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