International Hippocratic Foundation

The International Hippocratic foundation was established in 1960 in honour of Hippocrates the Father of Medicine, by the late Professor Spyridon Economou, Professor of Urology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for the purpose of promoting the Hippocratic ideals to the entire world. The foundation premises lies to the east of the Asclepeion on 380.000 square metres of land. The building comprises a conference hall, an exhibition hall and several offices. 

A museum is available to visit, with few but significant exhibits related to Hippocrates. On the grounds you can also visit the "Hippocratic Botanical Garden" which contains various medicinal herbs of the Greek flora that are mentioned in Hippocratic literature. There is also an exhibition of medical instruments. Nikolaos E. Papantoniou, professor emeritus, School of Medicine of the University of Athens, is the current President of the I.H.F.C.