IPPA

What IPPA does

IPPA is a US-based, El Paso-headquartered non-profit professional association that supports panel physicians and civil surgeons who conduct immigration medical examinations (IMEs) for migrants applying for visas, residency, or asylum across more than 70 countries. The organization operates as a membership-driven body aligned with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and immigration authorities in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, collectively screening approximately two million persons annually. Its mission is to standardize IME quality, disseminate evolving Technical Instructions, and provide continuing professional development to its clinical members.

IPPA's product surface is centered on education and member services rather than clinical software. Its flagship technology is the IPPA Link mobile learning application, built on the Moodle open-source learning management system, which delivers on-demand training, the Knowledge Base of Technical Instructions, and continuing medical education content. Complementary offerings include the Revolve and Evolve in-person workshops, a Peer-to-Peer mentoring program, technical webinars (for example, on TB screening and IGRA diagnostics), and the annual International Panel Physicians Conference. The association also co-hosts regional programming, such as Africa regional events, often in coordination with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The business model is a classic professional-association membership economy. IPPA generates revenue primarily through tiered individual and organizational membership dues — individual membership at roughly $175, associate organizational membership at $600 covering up to five staff, and benefactor membership at $1,200 covering up to ten staff — supplemented by event registration fees for workshops and conferences in the $550–$850 range. Go-to-market is referral-, relationship-, and reputation-driven within the IME clinical community, with no traditional sales force or enterprise customer acquisition motion. The organization is governed by a volunteer board and recently transitioned leadership to a new Executive Director in July 2025, signaling a professionalization phase rather than a scale-up phase.

Name

IPPA

Legal name

International Panel Physicians Association

Website

https://panelphysician.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IPPA is a US-based non-profit professional association supporting panel physicians and civil surgeons who conduct immigration medical examinations across 70+ countries, providing membership, training, and educational resources aligned with CDC and four other national immigration authorities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

El Paso

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees at three tiers (Partner $175, Associate $600, Benefactor $1200) providing online resources, discounts on course fees, and access to special interest groups.
2. Event Registration Fees: Registration fees for workshops and training events including Early Bird, Regular, and Late registration pricing for the Revolve and Evolve workshops.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IPPA is a non-profit professional association that provides training, education, and professional development resources for panel physicians and civil surgeons conducting immigration medical examinations (IMEs). Its core offering is the IPPA Link mobile application, which delivers digital training courses, educational resources, and practical tools, complemented by in-person workshops (Revolve and Evolve series), a Peer-to-Peer Program, a country-specific Knowledge Base, and clinic assessment checklists.

Product overview

IPPA operates as a non-profit professional association offering a unified platform of educational and professional development services for panel physicians and civil surgeons who conduct immigration medical examinations. The core offering is the IPPA Link mobile application, which serves as a centralized hub for training courses, educational resources, and practical tools. Supporting this are in-person training workshops (Revolve and Evolve series for Panel Physicians and Civil Surgeons), the Peer to Peer Program for cross-regional collaboration, a Knowledge Base containing country-specific technical instructions and webinars, and clinic assessment checklists. The portfolio is centered on the mobile app as the primary delivery mechanism, supplemented by live events and digital resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IPPA Link: A mobile application that serves as a digital suite of training courses and resources for providers of immigration medical examinations. It provides training courses, education resources, updates and practical tools for panel physicians, civil surgeons and immigration medical examination professionals.

Products and services

• IPPA Link Mobile Application

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDC collaborates with IPPA to present educational and training opportunities for Panel Physicians. CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine supports pre-migration TB screening initiatives through IPPA programs.
• Australia Government (Department of Home Affairs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustralian government partners with IPPA to provide panel member instructions and training for physicians conducting immigration medical examinations for Australian visa applicants.
• Canada Government (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanadian government collaborates with IPPA on Technical Instructions and training resources for panel physicians conducting immigration medical examinations for Canadian immigration.
• New Zealand Government (Immigration New Zealand)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Zealand government works with IPPA to provide panel member instructions and training opportunities for physicians conducting immigration medical examinations for New Zealand.
• United Kingdom GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK government partners with IPPA on Technical Instructions and training for panel physicians conducting immigration medical examinations for UK visa applicants.
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPPA partners with IOM for TB diagnostics and has collaborated on TB Laboratory Workshops, promoting collaboration between IOM and non-IOM Panel Physicians and staff.

Scale indicators3 records

Emerging players

• AMOpportunities: Marketplace connecting international medical graduates with U.S. clinical training. Operates adjacent to IPPA's domain by serving internationally-trained physicians pursuing U.S. practice, including immigration-related clinical readiness.
• Doximity: Digital professional network for U.S. physicians offering CME, news, and collaboration tools. Comparable to IPPA in providing physician-facing digital learning and networking infrastructure, but at vastly greater scale and scope.

Direct peers

• ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates): Certifies international medical graduates for U.S. practice and training. Operates in the immigration-medicine intersection like IPPA, with comparable functions around credentialing, examination, and training of physicians serving immigrant populations.
• International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM): Global professional association for travel medicine practitioners. Highly comparable to IPPA in structure — a member-driven, internationally focused medical specialty association delivering training, conferences, and certification resources to a defined clinical community.
• International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA): Global association of medical regulatory bodies. Operates in the same international physician-regulation ecosystem as IPPA and shares a similar membership-driven, mission-oriented structure with cross-border collaboration.

Broad incumbents

• World Medical Association (WMA): International federation of national medical associations. Comparable to IPPA in global orientation and physician-advocacy mission, though it represents the broader profession rather than the panel-physician specialty.
• American College of Physicians (ACP): Large U.S. specialty medical society providing continuing education, guidelines, and member benefits. Mirrors IPPA's combination of clinical training, education resources, and tiered membership, but serves internal medicine broadly.
• American Medical Association (AMA): Largest U.S. physician professional association. Shares IPPA's member-driven, education-and-advocacy model, but operates at vastly greater scale across all physician specialties rather than the immigration-medicine niche.
• British Medical Association (BMA): UK national physicians' trade union and professional body. Comparable to IPPA in serving UK-based physicians with education, training, and advocacy, but operating across all medical practice areas.

Others

• International Organization for Migration (IOM): UN-affiliated agency operating in the migration-health ecosystem. IPPA is already an active partner of IOM, making it the most directly comparable organization in terms of mission and constituency, though IOM is a much larger intergovernmental body rather than a member association.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ippaorg

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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