It is the only national foundation dedicated solely to improving the education of health professionals.
Since 1930, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation has worked to improve health care in the United States.
The Macy Foundation frequently hosts conferences that convene experts and leaders in the areas of medical and health professions education.
Starting in the late 1940s, the Foundation became internationally known for its Macy conferences: a series of interdisciplinary meetings of scientists and others focused on important topics in medicine.
Early conferences played an important role in the foundation of cybernetics.