The mission of the Duval County Medical Society Foundation  is to conduct charitable, scientific, and educational activities, in partnership with physicians, which benefit the community’s health and wellbeing. The not-for-profit arm of the medical society was known as the Academy of Medicine until June 2008.

The Academy of Medicine was established by the Duval County Medical Society in 1959 as a not-for-profit  institute of scientific  research and learning, dealing primarily with medical science. The Academy has had a major impact on our region's health awareness through a variety of initiatives:

  • The Jacksonville Health Education Program (JHEP)

  • The founding and development of the Borland Medical Library

  • Countywide polio and rubella inoculation programs

  • Financial and medical supply relief for international disaster victims

  • Groundbreaking radio and television programs in partnership with the DCMS

  • Community education on HIV/AIDS and substance abuse

  • Pre-participation physicals for the Police Athletic League and the Special Olympics

  • Continuing medical education for physicians

  • Forty-five years of community health studies and research on a variety of illnesses

  • Partnering with the DCMS to produce the award-winning Northeast Florida Medicine journal

  • The International Health Volunteers Organization (www.internationalhealthvolunteers.org )

The Academy founded (and originally housed) the WE CARE Program, which provided over five million dollars worth of free medical care to the homeless, working poor, underinsured and uninsured adults and children of the Jacksonville community. The program was a success, and is now managed by the Duval County Health Department.

Want to be a part of this important mission in our community? Please consider making the work of the Foundation a tax-friendly part of your estate planning and charitable giving. This 501 (c)(3) institute is financially responsible for operating and maintaining facilities used to conduct cultural, educational and social activities promoting medical knowledge and enlightenment. *

In the next five years the Foundation will continue its current philanthropic programs. The DCMS Foundation is the ideal center to bring our medical and lay community together to begin the dialogue and establish the strategies necessary to impact the more encompassing systems and societal issues that must be addressed to effect optimal health outcomes for all.

If you would like to honor a colleague or loved one who has been important to your life or medical career, and support important local medical education at the same time, make a tax-free donation* to the DCMS Foundation in their honor. Your donation will be recognized in the Northeast Florida Medicine journal and online.

For additional information please call 355-6561 or email Jay Millson, EVP.

* A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the division of consumer services by calling toll free within the state.  Registration does not imply endorsement, or recommendation by the state.  The toll free number of the division is 800-435-7352.  Registration #SC-04348.  The Academy of Medicine retains 100 percent of each contribution received.
 

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