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Between 1999 and 2004, OSI operated the Soros Advocacy Fellowship for Physicians to support a cadre of physician advocates with expertise in achieving system or policy social change at the local, state, and national level. The program was designed both to advance advocacy as a core professional value for physicians and to enable doctors to develop or enhance skills that they could use in advocating for their patients and communities. Thirty-two fellows in thirteen states received fellowships to implement projects in partnership with advocacy organizations addressing issues such as Medicaid coverage and enrollment, health care access, pediatric oral health, environmental hazards, and high quality educational opportunities for young children.
In January 2005, with OSI's support, the program moved to the Institute on Medicine as a Profession at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. The program continues to seek new applicants and to serve as the convener both for past OSI grantees and new fellows that are funded by IMAP. A complete list of OSI Soros Advocacy Fellows may be found in the Grantees section. For more information about the Physician Advocacy Fellowship at IMAP, please contact Claudia Calhoon at cmc100@columbia.edu or visit http://www.imapny.org/advocacy.
