Recommended Speakers
Recommended Speakers Disclaimer: Christian Medical
& Dental Associations does not manage the expenses, honorariums or
speaking schedule for speakers. The opinions of the speakers do not
necessarily reflect the official policy of the Christian Medical &
Dental Associations.
Speakers
Harold Adolph, MD
General Surgeon - speaks on missionary topics
(Travels from Wisconsin or Florida)
Contact Dr. Adolph
Ron Anderson, MD
Family Practice - speaks on Medicine, Religion and
Spirituality
(Travels from Texas)
Office: 214-590-8076
Dorothy Barbo, MD
OB/GYN - former president of CMDA, speaks on women's issues; suggested
topics include Jewels in My Life, Discovering My Gifts, Setting
Priorities, and Being a Godly Leader
WIMD Member
(Travels from New Mexico)
Contact Dr.
Barbo
Karl Benzio, MD
Psychiatrist - speaks on Biblical foundation and view of
behavioral health issues; spirit-mind-body integration for all life
skill areas.
(Travels from Pennsylvania)
Web site: www.lighthousenetwork.org
Ruth Bolton, MD
Family Practice - speaks on Faith and Practice, starting a
Christian Practice
WIMD Member
(Travels from Minnesota)
Contact Dr. Bolton
Reginald Finger, MD
Independent Medical Researcher
Board Certified in Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Speaks on Embryo Donation and Adoption
(Travels from Colorado)
Contact Dr.
Finger
Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA
Internal Medicine - speaks on (suggested topics): Aging, Depression
in Primary Care Practice, Business/Management/Admin. in Healthcare,
God's Grace, Working Mothers in the Church
WIMD Member
(Travels from Texas)
Contact Dr. Galbreath
Gloria Halverson, MD
OB/Gyn - speaks on stress, contentment, ethics of advanced
reproductive tech (CME), menopause (CME), and preserving fertility for
cancer patients (CME)
WIMD Member
(Travels from Wisconsin)
Contact Dr.
Halverson
John Isch, MD
Cardiac Surgeon - speaks on The Ministry of Medicine;
Devotional topics
(Travels from Indiana)
Contact Dr. Isch
Walt Larimore, MD
Family Practitioner - Former Vice-President of Medical Outreach
at Focus on the Family and Focus on the Family's Physician, Co-Author of
the popular CMDA seminar The Saline Solution, speaks on Faith &
Health, taking a spiritual history
(Travels from Colorado)
Contact Dr. Larimore
Henry Lesesne, MD
Gastroenterology/Internal Medicine - speaks on Faith Factor; Laughter in
Medicine
(Travels from North Carolina)
Contact Dr. Lesesne
Dale Matthews, MD
Internist - speaks on the faith factor in Medicine, the use of
prayer in patient care
(Travels from Washington DC)
Contact Dr. Matthews
Paul Meier, MD
Psychiatrist - speaks on Physician Burnout, Marriage and Family Issues,
Depression
(Travels from Texas)
*Limited speaking availability
Contact Dr. Meier
Alan Nelson, MD
Psychiatrist - (spouse of Claudia) speaks on marriage
issues
(Travels from Colorado)
Contact - 970-963-0408
Claudia Nelson, MD
Pediatrician (spouse of Alan) - speaks on marriage and child-rearing
issues
(Travels from Colorado)
Contact - 970-963-0408
Dónal O'Mathúna, PhD
PhD in Medicinal Chemistry - speaks on alternative medicine topics and
bioethical issues
(Travels from Ireland)
Contact Dr.
O'Mathúna
Robert Orr, MD
Family Practitioner and Clinical Ethicist - speaks on
bioethical issues
(Travels from Vermont)
Contact Dr. Orr
John Patrick, MD
Biochemist and Pediatrician - speaks on philosophical issues,
Euthanasia, Multi-Culturalism
(Travels from Canada)
Contact Dr. Patrick
D. Joy Riley, MD, MA
Executive Director, Tennessee Center for Bioethics and Culture - speaks
on most issues regarding medical ethics
(Travels from Tennessee)
Contact Dr. Riley
Gene Rudd, MD
OB/Gyn - speaks on Practice & Ministry; Doctors & Money; CMDA
Associate Director
(Travels from Tennessee)
Contact Dr. Rudd
Robert Scheidt, MD
General Surgeon - speaks on Decision Making and Biblical
topics
(Travels from Ohio)
Contact Dr. Scheidt
Dennis M. Sullivan, MD, MA
Director, Center for Bioethics at Cedarville University - speaks on
biomedical ethics
(Travels from Ohio)
Contact Dr.
Sullivan
David Stevens, MD, MA (Bioethics)
CMDA Chief Executive Officer
Family Practitioner - speaks on variety of issues including bioethical
issues and motivational talks
(Travels from Tennessee)
Contact Dr. Stevens
Richard Swenson, MD
Family Practitioner - speaks on Margin, Overload Syndrome, the
Future of Medicine
(Travels from Wisconsin)
Contact Dr. Swenson
Leslie Stern Walker, MD
Psychiatrist - speaks on depression in physicians, postpartum
depression, work/family balance issues, medical marriages, psychiatry
and faith, personality disorders, dealing with difficult colleagues, and
impaired physicians
WIMD Member
(Travels from Ohio)
Contact Dr.
Walker
Al Weir, MD
Oncologist/Hematologist - speaks on communicating bad news,
physician-assisted suicide, stem cell research and more; CMDA Campus and
Community Ministries Director
(Travels from Tennessee)
Contact Dr. Weir
Jean Wright, MD
Anesthesiologist - speaks on women's issues and Partial Birth
Abortion
(Travels from Georgia)
Contact Dr. Wright
