Updates
The latest updates, press, and news from Virtue Foundation
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Virtue Foundation Discusses AI in Healthcare on Bloomberg Businessweek
Dr. Joan LaRovere joined Bloomberg Businessweek to discuss how AI is transforming healthcare and how Virtue Foundation is using data and technology to expand access to care in underserved communities worldwide.
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Virtue Foundation Joins Museum of Science Panel on Generative AI in Global Healthcare
At a Harvard Business School Alumni Association panel in Boston, Virtue Foundation shared how generative AI, geospatial data, and predictive analytics can help identify healthcare needs and improve access to care in underserved communities worldwide.
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Virtue Foundation Presents at the 2025 Databricks Data + AI Summit
At the 2025 Databricks Data + AI Summit, Virtue Foundation demonstrated how AI, data engineering, and geospatial analytics are helping identify healthcare needs and connect medical volunteers with underserved communities worldwide.
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Virtue Foundation Participates in MIT/ Forbes AI Summit
In April 2024, Virtue Foundation joined the “Forging the Future of Business with AI” summit, where Dr. Joan LaRovere presented the Actionable Data Initiative, showcasing its use of AI to map healthcare facilities, identify medical deserts, and uncover insights to guide future medical and surgical missions in underserved regions.
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For the second year, Virtue Foundation Supports Surgical Mission to Ecuador
In July 2023, Dr. Parag Gandhi led a team to Ecuador, performing about 20 surgeries in Chimborazo with Virtue Foundation’s support, in collaboration with Partners for Andean Community Health (PACH).
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Virtue Foundation Supports Surgical Mission to Ecuador
In August 2022, Dr. Parag Gandhi, an oculoplastic and reconstructive surgeon, who has served as a Virtue Foundation volunteer for several years, led a mission to Ecuador.
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Dr. Ebby Elahi receives the prestigious Jacobi Medallion from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
For his work in advancing clinical and global medicine, including his work with Virtue Foundation, Dr. Ebby Elahi has been awarded the prestigious Jacobi Medallion from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Data Mapping for Good
Dun & Bradstreet and Virtue Foundation partner to support the Data Mapping Initiative, a forward-thinking technology platform that seeks to create a more efficient marketplace for the delivery of healthcare in under-served regions of the world.
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Virtue Foundation Celebrates Tenth Anniversary and Completes Tenth Annual Surgical and Teaching Mission to Mongolia
Virtue Foundation returned to Mongolia for its 10th Annual Surgical and Teaching Mission to Mongolia, serving more than 10,0000 patients over the past 10 years.








