Healthy Physician Foundation
Welcome to your new resource for stopping the scourge of moral injury, burnout, and addiction.
MSDC joins the American Medical Association and the entire House of Medicine in recognizing the epidemic of burnout in healthcare professionals. In particular, MSDC remains dedicated to providing resources and support to District physicians in their struggle against burnout. For decades, MSDC has provided support and advocacy for those physicians battling addiction. MSDC has officially launched The Healthy Physician Foundation to advance physician wellness.
What is the Healthy Physician Foundation?
The Healthy Physician Foundation is an affiliated 501(c)3 charitable organization dedicated to addressing and preventing moral injury in the physician population, with a specific focus in the DC area. This organization exists to provide programs, resources,
and community to a profession overwhelmed and overburdened by stress.
What kind of resources does the Healthy Physician Foundation provide?
The Foundation focuses on two areas. The first area is support for behavioral and addiction illness through our long-standing Physician Health Program. The second area is our rapidly growing Wellbeing Program, which offers resources to prevent and address moral injury in the physician community.
What is the MSDC Wellbeing Program?
The MSDC Wellbeing Program serves the physician community by offering resources and programs that prevent and address burnout and moral injury. Existing resources include our Healthy Physician App, free consultations with vetted wellness professionals, a line-up of community-building programs, and articles on the latest wellbeing information.
Is this the same as the Medical Society and Alliance Foundation (MSAF)?
No, MSAF is a separate organization with a very important mission. Learn more here.
Support the Foundation
The Healthy Physician Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Donations to the Foundation are tax deductible to the maximum extent of the law.
If you want to work with the Foundation on applying for grants, sponsorship opportunities, or other fundraisers, contact Robert Hay Jr. at 202-466-1800 or hay@msdc.org.
Use the QR code to donate quickly and easily
Upcoming events
100 Potomac Avenue SW, Washington, DC, USA
Register NowJoin MSDC, the Healthy Physician Foundation, and your colleagues as we enjoy a beautiful summer night honoring our healthcare heroes. The Healthy Physician Foundation has purchased a group of tickets for MSDC members and guests to watch DC United take on Orlando at Audi Field. Special recognition of healthcare workers will occur throughout the match.
MSDC members can buy their tickets for the MSDC section at a great rate, and donate to the Healthy Physician Foundation to support their colleagues' wellbeing as well as events like this. We have reserved seats in Section 122 at state-of the art stadium Audi Field. Please register by July 15.
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The Foundation and Wellbeing Program is supported by a grant from The Institute for Technology in HealthCare, a non-profit organization, located in Washington, DC. The Institute for Technology in HealthCare is concerned with the use of technology to benefit and stimulate others in health care. For more information about The Institute for Technology in HealthCare please visit the website at www.ithcawards.org.