The Hippocratic Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support for ethical medical practices, advancing life-saving medical research, and fostering community health education. Our mission is to empower future physicians, drive innovation in healthcare, and promote awareness that saves lives. Through scholarships, research funding, and educational outreach, we aim to create a healthier, more informed world while honoring the timeless principles of Hippocrates.
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About The Hippocratic Foundation
Founded in 1999 in Mobile, Alabama, the AHEPA Hippocratic Foundation is a nonprofit organization inspired by the timeless principles of Hippocrates, the father of medicine. Our foundation’s mission is to uphold ethical medical practices, advance medical research, and foster community health education. Rooted in these guiding values, we strive to make a lasting impact on the medical community and the lives of individuals through education, innovation, and support.
In a defining moment of our history, we proudly donated a statue of Hippocrates to the University of South Alabama. This statue stands as a lasting symbol of our commitment to the ideals of compassionate and ethical healthcare, serving as an inspiration to medical professionals and the community alike. It reflects our belief in the power of honoring history while building a better future for the next generation of healthcare leaders.
Guided by these principles, the foundation continues to make a meaningful impact by:
Educating the community about early detection and prevention of critical health conditions like heart attacks and strokes.
Empowering future physicians through scholarships for medical students committed to ethical practice.
Supporting innovative medical research to drive life-saving advancements.
Through these initiatives, the AHEPA Hippocratic Foundation remains steadfast in its dedication to improving lives and fostering a healthier, more informed world. We invite you to join us in our journey to champion ethical healthcare and empower communities. Together, we can create a legacy of hope, knowledge, and compassion.
The Modern Hippocratic Oath
“I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:
I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug.
I will not be ashamed to say “I know not,” nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient’s recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know.
Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty.
experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.”
Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person’s family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter.
May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.
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