THE ANNUAL REPORT 2012DREAMS

THE ANNUAL REPORT 2012THE ANNUAL REPORT 2012

MISSIONOur organization is dedicated to providing not only a career enhancing experience, but also a life changing one. Interns work side-by-side with doctors in developing countries to save lives and improve healthcare conditions. Dr. Interns seeks to educate future medical leaders on the preventable disparities that cripple many under-served regions of the world today.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Message from the Founder……...3II. 501(C)3 Status……………………...4III. 2012 Internship Program…………5IV. Partnership with Siemens………10V. Partnership with 2U………………11VI. UC Berkeley Fellowship…………13VII. Dreams of The Future……………14VIII. Financial Summary……………….18

MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER

Since the inception of Dr. Interns, I have believed in creating community ofsustainable healthcare for thoseInterns undoubtedly upheld this goal, and we are working diligently every day to spread our mission and provide more opportunities to interns across the United States.

With over 3 years of successful operation and internshipto grow at a steady pace. By continually doubling our number of interns per year, our 2013 India summer internship is on track to accept 50 interns for a 4period. Through increasing the amount of interns we acareas of India with capable hands, knowledge, and awareness.

Although our internship program is growing rapidly, we face certain challenges. Our overall mission of providing sustainable healthcare through our Mobile Clinicbe put to the test as our grantoperational mobile clinic. With each mobile clinic costing nearly $700,000.00, Dr. Interns will rely heavily on our partnerships with private institutions aour funding goals.

As an organization, we strive to involve as many individuals as possible in our mission. We do not see the Dr. Interns’ program as a special interest to doctors, medical students, or investors, but as andeserves to live a healthy, fulfilled life, and with that comes the necessity of quality healthcare whether it is home or abroad.

Let the successes of Dr. Interns in 2012 be the driving force for ourInterns depends on the persistence of our interns, and the generosity of our donors. Without this, our program canthroughout the world.

This annual reports’ theme of “Dreams,support Dr. Interns while we further a journey we only once imagined.

Sincerely,

Ketan Patel

Founder and Director

MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER

Since the inception of Dr. Interns, I have believed in creating a program in which a community of students, companies, and universities can work together to provide sustainable healthcare for those who cannot easily access such necessities. In 2012, Dr. Interns undoubtedly upheld this goal, and we are working diligently every day to spread our mission and provide more opportunities to interns across the United States.

With over 3 years of successful operation and internship programs, Dr. Interns continues to grow at a steady pace. By continually doubling our number of interns per year, our 2013 India summer internship is on track to accept 50 interns for a 4period. Through increasing the amount of interns we accept, Dr. Interns benefits rural areas of India with capable hands, knowledge, and awareness.

Although our internship program is growing rapidly, we face certain challenges. Our overall mission of providing sustainable healthcare through our Mobile Clinicbe put to the test as our grant team works to obtain funding in 2013 for our first operational mobile clinic. With each mobile clinic costing nearly $700,000.00, Dr. Interns will rely heavily on our partnerships with private institutions andour funding goals.

As an organization, we strive to involve as many individuals as possible in our mission. We do not see the Dr. Interns’ program as a special interest to doctors, medical students, or investors, but as an interest to everyone on this remarkable planet. Each individual deserves to live a healthy, fulfilled life, and with that comes the necessity of quality healthcare whether it is home or abroad.

Let the successes of Dr. Interns in 2012 be the driving force for ourInterns depends on the persistence of our interns, and the generosity of our donors. Without this, our program can simply not survive just as those without proper healthcare throughout the world.

This annual reports’ theme of “Dreams,” is a tribute to those who have, and continue to support Dr. Interns while we further a journey we only once imagined.

Sincerely,

Ketan Patel

Founder and Director

program in which a students, companies, and universities can work together to provide

such necessities. In 2012, Dr. Interns undoubtedly upheld this goal, and we are working diligently every day to spread our mission and provide more opportunities to interns across the United States.

programs, Dr. Interns continues to grow at a steady pace. By continually doubling our number of interns per year, our 2013 India summer internship is on track to accept 50 interns for a 4-week program

cept, Dr. Interns benefits rural

Although our internship program is growing rapidly, we face certain challenges. Our overall mission of providing sustainable healthcare through our Mobile Clinic Initiative will

team works to obtain funding in 2013 for our first operational mobile clinic. With each mobile clinic costing nearly $700,000.00, Dr. Interns

nd corporations to meet

As an organization, we strive to involve as many individuals as possible in our mission. We do not see the Dr. Interns’ program as a special interest to doctors, medical students, or

to everyone on this remarkable planet. Each individual deserves to live a healthy, fulfilled life, and with that comes the necessity of quality

Let the successes of Dr. Interns in 2012 be the driving force for our dreams of 2013. Dr. Interns depends on the persistence of our interns, and the generosity of our donors.

simply not survive just as those without proper healthcare

” is a tribute to those who have, and continue to support Dr. Interns while we further a journey we only once imagined.

501(C)3 STATUS

Dr. Interns began operating in 2010, and since origination this corporation has grown to cultivate many successful milestones. Such milestones include the implementation of medical internship programs in both India and Ecuador, the hosting of three medical camps, the sponsorship of approximately 120 surgeries, and the education of 42 interns in the fields of global health, international medicine, and international development. That being said, achieving the 501(c)3 non-profit status in early 2012 was monumental to ensuring the longevity and perpetuation of Dr. Interns’ mission.

More specifically, knowing that Dr. Interns seeks to alleviate global health disparities by educating future medical professionals and also by networking mobile medical coaches in these impoverished regions, such a substantial task and goal requires substantial funding. Dr. Interns first began executing this mission in the State of Gujarat, India. Expansion plans for the India internship program revolve around building intern housing to create a sustainable and profitable operation to accommodate more interns and, to moreover use this profit to propel the clinic initiatives. Having also seen initial successes with the medical camps, Dr. Interns anticipates this to translate to improved health statistics for those residing in Gujarat upon expansion. This initiative’s expansion will implement a network of three to four mobile medical coaches over the next five years to deliver quality healthcare to those residing in remote areas where medical care is inaccessible. Attaining the non-profit status permits eligibility for private grants, federal funding, and state funding, in turn allowing Dr. Interns to grow exponentially in all facets.

THE INTERNSHIPTHE INTERNSHIP

SCRUBBING IN

The third consecutive Dr. Interns internship program in Gujarat, India proved to be a major milestone for many reasons. Each year’s internship program has surpassed the prior with a growth rate showing an approximate 50 percent increase in the number of interns accepted (with an expected 150 percent increase in 2013). This program was no exception, hosting 21 American students, the most to attend one program to date. These young adults, showing interest in international medicine and public health, traveled to Gujarat where their participation created a symbiotic success.

From the intern perspective, those participating in the 2012 program gained firsthand experience working alongside health care professionals in the fields of medicine, public health, and international development. They observed approximately 80 surgeries, all of which were funded and therefore made possible by their program fees. They traveled to rural villages alongside Sewa Rural, a voluntary health organization in Gujarat, to bring awareness and deliver medical care to their fellow global citizens living in extreme poverty. They assisted in a medical camp in the farming village of Ratanpura where most inhabitants survive on less than one dollar per day. This camp treated upwards of 500 patients and following the camp, the interns and staff hosted a dinner for all of the patients. Finally, these interns delivered books, educational materials, and toys to children living in the slums of Baroda. Unlike those participating in medical internships within the US where students often perform office duties and feel as though they have contributed little to nothing to the cause, these young adults were able to recognize their ability to make a profound difference in areas which need it the most and directly improve the quality of life.

From a business perspective, this year’s program was likewise advantageous. As with every program, at the end of each day, interns compose a personal blog discussing the events of the day and his/her reaction to everything he/she experienced. These blogs, often accompanied with visual media, are then uploaded to our website and linked to our various social media outlets in order to reach a large audience. The technological aspect creates a ripple effect, amplifying the number of individuals this internship program touches, therefore inspiring more people to become involved. Again, because this year hosted the most students, this ripple effect also reached the largest populace to date.

The additional profit garnered through the enlarged intern population allowed for the medical camp to treat and diagnose more patients.

Moving forward, the successful outcome from this year’s program and medical camp reinforce the two major ambitions behind Dr. Interns. The first being continual growth. The amount of new and returning interns confirms that once people see the lives of those they are improving, they then want to do extraordinary things. When primarily targeting the youthful generations, this confirmation could prove imperative to our world’s future development. Secondly, the successful medical camp outcomes show that in a situation where the patients are unable to reach the doctor, bringing the doctor to the patients is both desired and the most conducive response to an area with little infrastructure on many scales.

WHEN DREAMS…

BECOME

REAMS…

BECOME REALITY.

PARTNERING WITH INTERNATIONALOne of the major motivators behind the development of Dr. Interns is to deliver medical care to those who are cut off from quality health care. Rural Gujarat encompasses roughly 19,000 villages, many of which are poorly accessible, with little or no road orail infrastructure. The nearest medical center is often a several hours walk away, and those who require treatment lack the means and mode to seek medical care. In fact, the State of Gujarat is the seventh most populated state of India, with one major hevery 1,000,000 people and one primary care facility for every 10,000 people. Because of this, the alarming numbers of unnecessary mortalities continue to increase.

The long-term vision of Dr. Interns is to implement a network of mobile medicawhich travel year round to the rural villages, supplying medical care for all in need. This goal became a reality with the partnership of Dr. Interns with Siemens Healthcare. Siemens is an international powerhouse in electronics and electrical enoperating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. In the healthcare field, Siemens began constructing mobile medical coaches to aid the health disparities in the State of Uttarakhand, India and has treated over 60,000 patients in the pasThis partnership has allowed Dr. Interns a single outlet to design our mobile clinics. Each coach, made through Siemens, will be equipped with a highly functional doctor’s office, complete with an array of diagnostic aids, and its own power gefurthermore agreed to customize each coach according to the major needs of the region, further supplying medical camps with tents to be set up alongside the clinic to house all patients seeking an appointment with the doctor. This formwill also allow for health education for the inhabitants of each village in an effort to further circumvent preventable deaths. The fleet mobile clinics built by Siemens will be networked through a Dr. Interns central headquarters whichall camps, to keep record of the types of patients treated, medications used and needed, as well as a tool to continually evaluate the needs of each community and realign resources as needed. As evident, this partnership was a tInterns’ mobile medicine initiatives.

PARTNERING WITH SIEMENS HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONALOne of the major motivators behind the development of Dr. Interns is to deliver medical care to those who are cut off from quality health care. Rural Gujarat encompasses roughly 19,000 villages, many of which are poorly accessible, with little or no road orail infrastructure. The nearest medical center is often a several hours walk away, and those who require treatment lack the means and mode to seek medical care. In fact, the State of Gujarat is the seventh most populated state of India, with one major hevery 1,000,000 people and one primary care facility for every 10,000 people. Because of this, the alarming numbers of unnecessary mortalities continue to increase.

term vision of Dr. Interns is to implement a network of mobile medicawhich travel year round to the rural villages, supplying medical care for all in need. This goal became a reality with the partnership of Dr. Interns with Siemens Healthcare. Siemens is an international powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. In the healthcare field, Siemens began constructing mobile medical coaches to aid the health disparities in the State of Uttarakhand, India and has treated over 60,000 patients in the past six years. This partnership has allowed Dr. Interns a single outlet to design our mobile clinics. Each coach, made through Siemens, will be equipped with a highly functional doctor’s office, complete with an array of diagnostic aids, and its own power generator. Siemens has furthermore agreed to customize each coach according to the major needs of the region, further supplying medical camps with tents to be set up alongside the clinic to house all patients seeking an appointment with the doctor. This form of mobile medicine will also allow for health education for the inhabitants of each village in an effort to further circumvent preventable deaths. The fleet mobile clinics built by Siemens will be networked through a Dr. Interns central headquarters which will be used to coordinate all camps, to keep record of the types of patients treated, medications used and needed, as well as a tool to continually evaluate the needs of each community and realign resources as needed. As evident, this partnership was a tremendous milestone for Dr. Interns’ mobile medicine initiatives.

HEALTHCARE

One of the major motivators behind the development of Dr. Interns is to deliver medical care to those who are cut off from quality health care. Rural Gujarat encompasses roughly 19,000 villages, many of which are poorly accessible, with little or no road or rail infrastructure. The nearest medical center is often a several hours walk away, and those who require treatment lack the means and mode to seek medical care. In fact, the State of Gujarat is the seventh most populated state of India, with one major hospital for every 1,000,000 people and one primary care facility for every 10,000 people. Because of this, the alarming numbers of unnecessary mortalities continue to increase.

term vision of Dr. Interns is to implement a network of mobile medical coaches which travel year round to the rural villages, supplying medical care for all in need. This goal became a reality with the partnership of Dr. Interns with Siemens Healthcare.

gineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. In the healthcare field, Siemens began constructing mobile medical coaches to aid the health disparities in the

t six years. This partnership has allowed Dr. Interns a single outlet to design our mobile clinics. Each coach, made through Siemens, will be equipped with a highly functional doctor’s office,

nerator. Siemens has furthermore agreed to customize each coach according to the major needs of the region, further supplying medical camps with tents to be set up alongside the clinic to

of mobile medicine will also allow for health education for the inhabitants of each village in an effort to further circumvent preventable deaths. The fleet mobile clinics built by Siemens will be

will be used to coordinate all camps, to keep record of the types of patients treated, medications used and needed, as well as a tool to continually evaluate the needs of each community and realign

remendous milestone for Dr.

PARTNERING WITH 2U

Dr. Interns’ innovation to end global health disparities begins with implementing medical internships in the impoverished State of Gujarat. By recruiting and sending the next generation of medical leaders to India to experience andtherefore internalize the disparity, the drive to create the solution becomeinnate. Marketing is imperative to both the success as well as the continued expansion of this innovation. Just recently, Dr. Interns has collaborated with the corporation 2U.

2U represents a team of education veterans who partner with US institutions of higher education to deliver rigorous and selective online degree programs to students globally. Moreover, 2U supplies universities with the tools, capital, and global recruiting needed to deliver virtual schooling. This is not to be equated with online courses, but rather is a new entity which offers the same depth of learning offered in offline curricula in a new online setting which can be accessed anywhere in the world. In doing so, much like Dr. Interns, this approach promotes the feasibility for students to travel to locations, such as India, to receive the hands on experience while continuing their respective semester’s workload simultaneously.

This partnership presents an array of exciting new ventWorking with 2U allows Dr. Interns the opportunity to have university backing and to therefore reach a much larger audience of students. Besides this, Dr. Interns will work with 2U on various marketing campaiwebsite sponsorship with all university internship pages 2U associates withAdditionally, 2U will promote the Dr. Interns newsletter, blog, fellowship program, and work towards creating a scholarship program in schools offerinPublic Health for all those who participate in a Dr. Interns program. Overall this partnership represents another avenue to ensure the success of Dr. Interns.

PARTNERING WITH 2U

Dr. Interns’ innovation to end global health disparities begins with implementing medical internships in the impoverished State of Gujarat. By recruiting and sending the next generation of medical leaders to India to experience andtherefore internalize the disparity, the drive to create the solution becomes

is imperative to both the success as well as the continued expansion of this innovation. Just recently, Dr. Interns has collaborated with the

2U represents a team of education veterans who partner with US institutions of higher education to deliver rigorous and selective online degree programs to students globally. Moreover, 2U supplies universities with the tools, capital, and

needed to deliver virtual schooling. This is not to be equated with online courses, but rather is a new entity which offers the same depth of learning offered in offline curricula in a new online setting which can be accessed

ng so, much like Dr. Interns, this approach promotes the feasibility for students to travel to locations, such as India, to receive the hands on experience while continuing their respective semester’s workload

array of exciting new ventures for Dr. Interns. orking with 2U allows Dr. Interns the opportunity to have university backing and

to therefore reach a much larger audience of students. Besides this, Dr. Interns will work with 2U on various marketing campaigns such as email blasts and

iversity internship pages 2U associates with. , 2U will promote the Dr. Interns newsletter, blog, fellowship program,

and work towards creating a scholarship program in schools offering Masters in Public Health for all those who participate in a Dr. Interns program. Overall this partnership represents another avenue to ensure the success of Dr. Interns.

Interns Marcus Tellez and Casey Schreiber play with local children in India.

“Being a fellow for Dr. Interns is a life-changing opportunity. The fellowship program allowed me to

develop life-long leadership and networking skills, while developing incredible friendships and instituting a legacy

at my university.”

Ron Sahyouni 2012 UC-Berkeley Fellow

The first Dr. Interns Chapter was established in the spring of 2012 at the University of California, Berkeley by Ron Sahyouni. The chapter has 77 members all of whom have actively participated in propelling the Dr. Interns cause by hosting information sessions and global health lectures, including some explicating the current disparities facing India. This group furthermore has held movie screenings and also set up panel discussions with various medical guest speakers. In the current school year, this chapter anticipates maintaining these activities while additionally introducing fundraising events such as movie nights and restaurant fundraisers. With every year, more fellows are accepted and Dr. Interns continues to grow and provide rewarding internships for those most passionate and qualified.

FELLOWSHIPS

PREPARING FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE

In the coming year the management team at Dr. Interns anticipates earning substantial funding to catalyze the projected expansion of the India Internship Program as well as the Mobile Clinic Initiatives. Dr. Interns will secure such funding through various ventures, which include charity dinners and fundraisers hosted by the UC Berkeley Dr. Interns Chapter. The fellowship program at UC Berkeley aims to increase membership from 77 to 100 members, form a subcommittee for fundraising and awareness, and host their first fundraising event in the spring of 2013. Besides this, Dr. Interns will host at least two fundraising dinners, and also seek outside financial support from both private grant foundations as well as from corporate sponsorships.

This capital will facilitate the internship expansion and the launch of t

Dr. Interns has utilized grant opportunities to apply for and secure funding for the renovation of the Dr. Interns Clinical Headquarters and for the purchase of the first mobile medical coach. Recognizing the success of the previous medical camps, Dr. Intetake this form of mobile medicine to the next level. In order to create the greatest impact in the healthcare systems of Gujarat, Dr. Interns plans to implement 3next 3-5 years. As mentioned previously, central headquarters in Ratanpura, Gujarat. aim to treat 50,000 patients in the first year of operation.

The headquarters will double as a clothing manufacturing shop for the Dr. Interns’ Women’s Empowerment Initiative. Dr. Interns aims to empower the women in Gujarat, India, by providing sustainable employment to improve living conditions in the rural, slum renovate the headquarters will also be used to purchase equipment and cover the salaries for 40 women to make clothing to then be donated to the slums of Gujarat. Of the seven million families residing in Gujarat, nearly half are living below the poverty line. The lack of financial outlets lend to perpetuating impoverished conditions. With the female labor participation rates at 17.9 percent, compared to 75 percent for men, implementing this innovation will create job securitlifestyles.

This capital will facilitate the internship expansion and the launch of the Mobile Clinic Initiatives.

Dr. Interns has utilized grant opportunities to apply for and secure funding for the renovation of the Dr. Interns Clinical Headquarters and for the purchase of the first mobile medical coach. Recognizing the success of the previous medical camps, Dr. Interns has invented the Mobile Clinics Initiatives to take this form of mobile medicine to the next level. In order to create the greatest impact in the healthcare systems of Gujarat, Dr. Interns plans to implement 3-4 mobile medical clinics over the

As mentioned previously, the fleet of mobile clinics will be networked through the Gujarat. The first mobile clinic will be based out of Ratanpura and

aim to treat 50,000 patients in the first year of operation.

as a clothing manufacturing shop for the Dr. Interns’ Women’s Empowerment Initiative. Dr. Interns aims to empower the women in Gujarat, India, by providing sustainable employment to improve living conditions in the rural, slum areas. The financial support to renovate the headquarters will also be used to purchase equipment and cover the salaries for 40 women to make clothing to then be donated to the slums of Gujarat. Of the seven million families

f are living below the poverty line. The lack of financial outlets lend to perpetuating impoverished conditions. With the female labor participation rates at 17.9 percent, compared to 75 percent for men, implementing this innovation will create job securit

he Mobile Clinic Initiatives.

Dr. Interns has utilized grant opportunities to apply for and secure funding for the renovation of the Dr. Interns Clinical Headquarters and for the purchase of the first mobile medical coach. Recognizing

the Mobile Clinics Initiatives to take this form of mobile medicine to the next level. In order to create the greatest impact in the

4 mobile medical clinics over the mobile clinics will be networked through the

be based out of Ratanpura and

as a clothing manufacturing shop for the Dr. Interns’ Women’s Empowerment Initiative. Dr. Interns aims to empower the women in Gujarat, India, by providing

areas. The financial support to renovate the headquarters will also be used to purchase equipment and cover the salaries for 40 women to make clothing to then be donated to the slums of Gujarat. Of the seven million families

f are living below the poverty line. The lack of financial outlets lend to perpetuating impoverished conditions. With the female labor participation rates at 17.9 percent, compared to 75 percent for men, implementing this innovation will create job security and improved

Finally, in 2013, Dr. Interns seeks to acquire the funding necessary to construct the Dr. Interns housing complex. In order to make the internship program self-sustainable for the coming years, building company housing for the interns and staff to avoid outside room and board costs is imperative. The construction of this housing, while expensive in the short run, will lead to increased profitability and stability in the long run.

During the 10 months when the housing is not being utilized for the internship programs, Dr. Interns will lease the house to researchers from various regions and institutions to perform primary medical research. Other financial innovations include gaining corporate sponsorships to aid all initiatives and further market the founding mission of Dr. Interns. Besides corporate assistance, Dr. Interns will continue to seek partnerships with various higher education institutions and universities to perpetuate the initial successes of Dr. Interns. In its entirety, these expansion plans translate into improved living conditions for the State of Gujarat through both social awareness and tangible aid.

Dr. Interns’ community projects bring necessary supplies to rural villages, such as water bottles.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Net Income18%

ProgramExpenses47%

Donations35%

In 2012, Dr. Interns generated $38,280.00 in revenue. Of this profit, nearly $14,000.00 was donated back to hospitals and communities in India. These donations funded surgeries, community projects, and basic healthcare checkups.

The yearly expenses of the organization were $18,221.00. These expenses included all intern program costs such as housing, food, program leader costs, transportation, fellowships, and other administrative costs to maintain our organization.

With a net income just shy of $7,000.00, Dr. Interns will be able to focus financial efforts on educating a larger audience of interns in 2013 through advertisement, fellowships, and fund raising programs.

Through the admittance of 50 interns in 2013, Dr. Interns will gross $120,000.00 in revenue (210 percentincrease). In addition, Dr. Interns currently has potential grant funding of up to $750,000.00 in process.

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