"The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well"

Our Mission

The Interurban Clinical Club was founded by Sir William Osler in 1905 to encourage dialogue and exchange among academic physician-scientists in neighboring cities. Since then, twice a year (with a few exceptions during World War II and the COVID-19 Pandemic), meetings have been held in rotation in Baltimore, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. A few years after the organization of the Club, members from New Haven were added.

The Club’s mission is to support collegial interactions that promote shared goals including state-of-the-art, high impact biomedical research and the training of physician-scientists. The ICC has a maximum of 75 active physician-scientist members, representing Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, New Haven and New York, along with about 100 emeritus members.

The meetings begin with a one-day scientific symposium highlighting work done in the host city followed by a formal dinner attended by members, guests, and local MD-PhD students. Candidates for membership are nominated by the current members, with discussion and election during the bi-annual business meeting. The ICC and its members are committed to promoting excellence and diversity in all its forms within the Club and in academic medicine.