Fast Facts about Medical Missions for Children (MMC)

• MMC was founded in 1999 by Peg and Frank Brady at St. Joseph's Children’s Hospital in Paterson, NJ.


• Since 1999, MMC has provided diagnostic consultations to almost 25,000 children using the talents of more than 600 physicians from 27 tier-one mentoring hospitals.


• The Medical Broadcasting Channel, launched in November of 2005, delivers high-quality, up-to-date medical education to physicians and allied healthcare workers around the world using satellite broadcasts and Internet streaming.


• The Global Video Library of Medicine will provide healthcare workers around the world access to an archive of more 25,000 hours of valuable medical video, free of charge.


• The Medical Broadcasting Channel is expected to impact the lives of more than a million children each year.


• Charity Navigator, a global charity rating service, has awarded MMC a four-star rating, the highest rating a charity can receive for both 2005 and 2006.


• MMC and Doctors Without Borders are named the "Best of the Best" Charities by Contact Center World for 2006.


• 96% of all donated funds directly impact the health and welfare of children around the globe.


• Medical Missions for Children recently recognized by the Stockholm Challenge (modeled after the Nobel Prize) as one of the world's top philanthropies incorporating technology.
  
  
• MMC produces four television shows aimed at an informed patient.
  
  
• MMC is constructing a HDTV production studio on campus