Medical professionals of our community had long cherished the idea of having a professional body where they can interact and work together for the collective good of the community. In the year 1993, this idea was given the shape of a reality when some of us gathered in the basement of a house in New York. Discussions started well before the dinner and kept us engrossed till the wee hours of the next morning. Before we got up for the morning prayers, the concept of Imamia Medics International had already evolved.

The implementation of this concept took another twenty meetings, four hundred and fifty hours of hard work and coming together of 35 medical and legal minds. Finally, on April 23rd, 1994, IMI’s constitution was unveiled at the first conference in Boston and was unanimously adopted at the first general body meeting on September the 10th, 1994.

This was the beginning. Since then, thousands have joined the IMI caravan within and outside the United States. From a humble beginning, IMI has become a global name.

There are many firsts credited to the unique movement called IMI: