Volunteers in Medicine Institute

The Volunteers in Medicine Institute (VIMI) was created in response to requests for assistance in replicating the VIM Clinic model in communities across the country. Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) began in 1992, when one out of three people who lived on Hilton Head Island had no access to health care. At the same time, a number of retired medical personnel (physicians, nurses, dentists) began expressing an interest in finding a way to continue practicing their profession on a voluntary, part-time basis to help those without access to care. In 1993, VIM brought these two groups together and created the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, a free health clinic utilizing retired health care professionals. VIMI is Dedicated to promoting and guiding the development of a national network of free clinics emphasizing the use of retired medical volunteers to care for the "working uninsured" within a culture of caring so that everyone in a community has access to health care.

162 St. Paul Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone:(802)651-0112
E-mail:VIM.Institute@verizon.net

Volunteers in Medicine Institute