Funded Screening
Fully covered mammograms for uninsured and underinsured women, at no cost to the patient.
Her Story
Why the Foundation exists
Vivian Hanna was married to a physician. She had access to care, to expertise, and to a physician in her own home. Her breast cancer was still found late.
By the time anyone knew what they were looking at, it had already traveled. From the first sign that something was wrong to the day the family understood what they were facing, only a few months passed. Vivian passed three months after it was found, in 2024.
That is the fact her family sat with afterward, and it is the reason this Foundation exists. If it can happen inside a doctor's own home, it can happen to any woman anywhere in Tampa Bay, and it happens most often to the women with the fewest chances to catch it early.
Who Vivian Was
Vivian and John Hanna were both born in Egypt, and both families came to America in the late 1970s through New York. They attended the same grammar school, the same high school, and the same college, and never once met. They were introduced years later through mutual friends, by what both always described as providence.
They married young, he at 23 and she at 21, in New Jersey. They had two children early and grew up alongside them. In November of 1998 the family moved to Florida.
Vivian worked as a physical therapist assistant. She was the giver in every room she entered: she supported multiple charities and treated generosity as an ordinary daily practice rather than an occasion. When she and Dr. Hanna founded Internal Medicine MD, the purpose was simple. Patients should have options.
"My happy place is watching people get better. It was hers too. We both truly believe in that."
John Hanna, MD, Founder