Vol. 5 Issue 2 (Feb 2010)

Les Parrott, PhD is founder of the Center for Relationship Development on the campus of Seattle Pacific University and the bestselling author of High-Maintenance Relationships, Love the Life You Live (with Neil Clark Warren), Love Talk (with Leslie Parrott), 3 Seconds, and 25 Ways to Win with People (with John C. Maxwell). Dr. Parrott is a sought after speaker to Fortune 500 companies and holds relationship seminars across North America. Dr. Parrott has been featured in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. His many television appearances include The View, The O'Reilly Factor, CNN, Good Morning America, and Oprah.

Marcia Hutchinson, MDis a pediatrician on the faculty of Mercer University School of Medicine where she serves as Associate Dean for Graduate and Continuing Education on the Macon Campus at the Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG). She is employed at MCCG, working as an administrative physician in both medical education and medical staff affairs. Her career included 4 years in the private practice of pediatrics in Warner Robins, GA and 20 years in pediatric medical education before assuming her present position 4 years ago. Dr. Hutchinson graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine (1977) and completed a pediatric residency at the same institution. She spent her childhood and early adolescence in Nigeria where her parents served as missionaries and returned to the States to complete high school and college. Her professional passion is graduate medical education, especially the opportunity to mentor residents and influence the next ge! neration of physicians. Children have always gained her attention, and now that attention gets focused on the eight grandchildren, ages 10 months to 6 years.

Vol. 5 Issue 1 (Jan 2010)

Bruce Steffes, MD iwas appointed CEO of the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS) in March of 2006. Since early 1998, Bruce has spent the majority of each year as a volunteer physician, general surgeon and administrator in developing countries. A member of CMDA for over 30 years, he is active in other ministries of CMDA and is especially interested in medical education. He has also written two books, Handbook for Short Term Medical Missionaries published in 2002 and Medical Missions: Get Ready, Get Set, GO! Volumes 1 & 2, both are available through the CMDA resource web site. When in the US, Steffes has served for a decade as a volunteer associate clinical professor of surgery at Duke University and teaches anatomy, physiology and general surgery each fall in the Physician Assistant Program at Methodist University in his home city of Fayetteville, NC.

Richard Swenson, MD is a full time futurist, physician-researcher, author and educator. As a futurist, his emphasis is fourfold: the future of the world system, western culture, faith and healthcare. As a physician, his focus is “cultural medicine,” researching the intersection of health and culture, and also the future of health care, helping to initiate a national multidisciplinary group examining the health care crisis and exploring new paradigms. Dr. Swenson is the author of six books, including the best selling, MARGIN: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives and THE OVERLOAD SYNDROME: Learning to Live within Your Limits, both award winning. His works have been translated into five languages and have been distributed to over 150 countries. In 2003 he was awarded the Educator of the Year Award by the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. Dr. Swenson and his wife, Linda, have two sons, a daughter! -in-law and two grandchildren.

Vol. 4 Issue 6 (Dec 2009)

Dr. David Stevens - Christ the Attending Physician

Biographies

David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics) serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. From 1981 to 1991, Dr. Stevens served as a missionary doctor in Kenya helping to transform Tenwek Hospital into a premier mission healthcare facility. Subsequently, he served as the Director of World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan's Purse, assisting mission hospitals and leading medical relief teams into war and disaster zones. As a leading spokesman for Christian doctors in America, Dr. Stevens has conducted hundreds of television, radio and print media interviews. Dr. Stevens holds degrees from Asbury College and the University of Louisville School of Medicine and is board certified in family practice. He earned a master's degree in bioethics from Trinity International University in 2002.

Vol. 4 Issue 6 (Nov 2009)

1. Dr. David Stevens & Dr. Gene Rudd - How Do You Address Spiritual Issues with your Patents?

Biographies

David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics) serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. From 1981 to 1991, Dr. Stevens served as a missionary doctor in Kenya helping to transform Tenwek Hospital into a premier mission healthcare facility. Subsequently, he served as the Director of World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan's Purse, assisting mission hospitals and leading medical relief teams into war and disaster zones. As a leading spokesman for Christian doctors in America, Dr. Stevens has conducted hundreds of television, radio and print media interviews. Dr. Stevens holds degrees from Asbury College and the University of Louisville School of Medicine and is board certified in family practice. He earned a master's degree in bioethics from Trinity International University in 2002.

Jeffery Barrows, DO is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist who in 1999 joined the staff of the Christian Medical Dental Association to help administrate a medical education mission outreach called Medical Education International (MEI). He served as the Director of MEI from July of 2002 until December of 2005. As part of his work with MEI, he has been involved in short-term teaching trips to Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia. Since December of 2005, Dr. Barrows’ work with the Christian Medical Association has shifted to focusing on the health ramifications of human trafficking, and teaching healthcare professionals how to recognize potential human trafficking victims. In 2006, he completed a consultation on the health needs of trafficking victims in Sierra Leone and Liberia. He has a M.A. in Bioethics at Trinity International University in Chicago. He’s been married to his wife Kathy for 29 years, and has 3 ! children, Colleen, Kari, and Caleb, and one foster child Amanda.

Bert Jones is the President and CEO of GO InterNational located in Wilmore, Kentucky. In addition to providing leadership & vision to the ministry of GO InterNational, Bert travels across the United States and around the world preaching, challenging people to consider mission opportunities, leading mission teams, teaching and speaking at Church services, revivals, mission conferences, colleges, retreats, & camp meetings. In 2008 he helped establish the GO Institute for InterNational leadership which provides mentoring in leadership for college and graduate students. Prior to taking on leadership at GO InterNational, Bert served full time at the Christian Medical and Dental Associations. He served from 1998-2004 as the founder & Lead Pastor at Harvest Community Church, “A Community Church with a world-wide vision.” Bert spoke each week as the principle communicator on “The Source,” a weekly radio ministry on WORD FM in Pittsburgh, PA. Bert graduated from A! sbury College in 1989 with a degree in Bible. While serving as a Pastor at the Union Avenue United Methodist Church in Pennsylvania, he attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA for two years. He and his wife Cheryl have been married since 1989 and have three children actively involved in their ministry: Joshua, Allyson and Aaron. ]]>http://www.cmda.org/media/Life_Support/Nov09LS.mp3Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:01:08 -0500

Vol. 4 Issue 4 (May 2009)

1. Dr. David Stevens & Dr. Gene Rudd - How Do You Address Spiritual Issues with your Patents?

Biographies

David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics) serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. From 1981 to 1991, Dr. Stevens served as a missionary doctor in Kenya helping to transform Tenwek Hospital into a premier mission healthcare facility. Subsequently, he served as the Director of World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan's Purse, assisting mission hospitals and leading medical relief teams into war and disaster zones. As a leading spokesman for Christian doctors in America, Dr. Stevens has conducted hundreds of television, radio and print media interviews. Dr. Stevens holds degrees from Asbury College and the University of Louisville School of Medicine and is board certified in family practice. He earned a master's degree in bioethics from Trinity International University in 2002.

Gene Rudd, MD serves as Senior Vice President of CMDA. Dr. Rudd is a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, and has extensive experience as a director of maternal-fetal medicine training program and in rural healthcare practice. He has garnered several awards including the Gorgas Medal, presented by the U.S. government for the most significant achievement in preventive medicine. As a spokesman for Christian doctors in America, Dr. Rudd has received national media coverage, including interviews with the Washington Post and People Magazine.

Dr. Rudd's experiences provide rich illustrations for inspirational and educational presentation. Dr. Rudd has communicated what God is doing through Christian medicine by speaking at seminars, conferences and churches.

Vol. 4 Issue 2 (February 2009)

1. Dr. Ruth Bolton - Can a Physician Be Values Neutral?
2. Dr. Dick Swenson - Margin; The State of the Healthcare Crisis  (Part 2 - From Christian Doctor's Digest)

Biographies

Ruth Bolton, MD is a native of Janesville, WI. She received her medical degree from the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota. She has been a CMDA member since 1976, she is founder of the student chapter at Mayo Clinic and she has served as a member of the CMDA Board of Trustees. During her career Dr. Bolton has served on several other Boards and Associations and is the founder of Soteria Family Health Center in Minnesota, which is a Christian clinic where doctors can minister not only to physical sickness, but the spiritual needs of their patients as well.

Richard A. Swenson, MD is a full time futurist, physician-researcher, author and educator. As a futurist, his emphasis is fourfold: the future of the world system, western culture, faith and healthcare. As a physician, his focus is “cultural medicine,” researching the intersection of health and culture, and also the future of health care, helping to initiate a national multidisciplinary group examining the health care crisis and exploring new paradigms. Dr. Swenson is the author of six books, including the best selling, MARGIN: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives and THE OVERLOAD SYNDROME: Learning to Live within Your Limits, both award winning. His works have been translated into five languages and have been distributed to over 150 countries. In 2003 he was awarded the Educator of the Year Award by the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. Dr. Swenson and his wife, Linda, have two sons, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.

Vol. 4 Issue 1 (January 2009)

1. Dr. Leslie Walker - Wholeness in Medical/Dental School
2. Dr. Dick Swenson - Margin; The State of the Healthcare Crisis  (Part 1 - From Christian Doctor's Digest)

Biographies

Dr. Leslie Walker graduated from Wheaton College with a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry. She then attended the University of Michigan, where she received a Master's degree in Neuroscience and her medical degree. After an internship in internal medicine, she moved to Baltimore for her psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has been in private practice since 2000. Her particular interests are treating physicians and treating women during pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause. She also lectures nationally on topics such as mental health in physicians, women's psychiatry, psychiatry updates for physicians in other specialties, physician marriages, time and stress management and spirituality and wholeness in physicians. Her husband, Dr. Mark Walker, is an academic neurologist at Case Western who does research at the Cleveland VAMC. She and Mark served on CMDA's Marriage Commission from 2002-2006. They have two children: Ben and Anna.

Richard A. Swenson, MD is a full time futurist, physician-researcher, author and educator. As a futurist, his emphasis is fourfold: the future of the world system, western culture, faith and healthcare. As a physician, his focus is “cultural medicine,” researching the intersection of health and culture, and also the future of health care, helping to initiate a national multidisciplinary group examining the health care crisis and exploring new paradigms. Dr. Swenson is the author of six books, including the best selling, MARGIN: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives and THE OVERLOAD SYNDROME: Learning to Live within Your Limits, both award winning. His works have been translated into five languages and have been distributed to over 150 countries. In 2003 he was awarded the Educator of the Year Award by the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. Dr. Swenson and his wife, Linda, have two sons, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.

Vol. 3 Issue 8 (November 2008)

1. Dr. Mitch Duinunck - "Family Practice Specialty" (Second in a Series)
2. Ruth Graham - "In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart"

Biographies

Dr. Duininck attended a Christian primary and high school in Minnesota, and then went to Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He majored in Chemistry and minored in Biology/Math-Physics, and played varsity baseball for 3 years. He graduated cum laude from Bethel in 1981 and attended Oral Roberts University School of Medicine from 1981-1985. He then joined the ORU Family Practice Residency, serving as Chief Resident in 1987-88. Subsequently he joined the faculty of the ORU School of Medicine, which became the In His IMAGE Family Practice Residency program. He served for ten years as Associate Residency Director and is currently the Residency Director. Dr. Duininck has done medical missions in many countries, including Russia, Romania, the Czech Republic, India, Kenya, Zaire, Ghana, Afghanistan and Honduras. He has been a partner in Family Medical Care of Tulsa since 1989. Dr. Duininck and his wife Leah have six children, three boys and three girls. As a family, they served as medical missionaries at Manna Mission Hospital in Ghana, West Africa for two years, 1999-2001.

Ruth Graham seeks to minister God’s merciful grace and restoration to those who are hurting and alone. Ruth reflects on the ordinary trials she’s faced, her divorces, her teenage daughters’ pregnancies, her son’s drug use and her other daughters’ eating disorder and the experience of returning to school at age 40, all part of her faith journey. The third child of Ruth and Billy Graham, Ruth graduated cum laude form Mary Baldwin College, with a BA in religion/communication and in 2004 received an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from Eastern University.

Working thirteen years as the Acquisitions Editor for HarperCollins/San Francisco and McCracken Press, Ruth published First Steps in the Bible, a children’s Bible storybook, in 1980. Ruth also worked for five years as the Donor Relations Coordinator for Samaritan’s Purse. In addition to writing for Moody Magazine, Decision Magazine and the Saturday Evening Post, Ruth co-authored a book titled I’m Pregnant..Now What?...Heartfelt Advice on Getting Through an Unplanned Pregnancy. In 2004, Zondervan released In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart, and in 2005 her next book was released, Legacy of Love…Things I learned from My Mother.

www.ruthgrahamministries.org

Vol. 3 Issue 7 (October 2008)

Darilyn Falck, MD serves as the CMDA Area Director for the Sacramento Area and oversees the medical student ministry at the University of California Davis School of Medicine. She is a graduate of Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Falck completed residency in Emergency Medicine at Loma Linda University Medical Center and currently practices Emergency Medicine at Sutter Roseville Medical Center, where she serves as the Assistant Medical Director of the Emergency Department and as Chair of the Bioethics Committee. Dr. Falck has been a member of CMDA since 1991 and has served as a campus student leader, Student Delegate, Student Trustee, and Chair of the WIMD Commission. She is married to Troy, who also works as an Emergency Medicine physician. She is committed to short-term medical mission work and has served on teams around the world. She remains passionate about mentoring and ministry to women and students.

*Note from Dr. Falck: I encourage medical students to prayerfully consider their specialty choice. You need to follow after God's call, which may be into EM or another specialty. There are good resources available to help students who are thinking about EM as a specialty choice. The EMRA (Emergency Medicine Resident's Association) has a book that would be helpful.

The Medical Student Survival Guide, 2nd edition
by Kristin E. Harkin, MD, Jeremy T. Cushman, MD, MS
This new edition, with more than 75 chapters, is the comprehensive guide to the specialty of emergency medicine. Written specifically for medical students, it’s a great resource for anyone who needs to be familiar with all aspects of emergency medicine including history, lifestyle and wellness, careers, training, research, fellowships, subspecialties and much more. EMRA Member Price $15.95/Non Member Price $25.95

Dick Tibbits, MD has used his training in behavioral sciences and spiritual health to assist people in achieving whole person health and designing life strategies that work. He holds a doctoral degree in psychology and is a licensed professional mental health counselor, an ordained minister with ten years of pastoral ministry experience and a certified Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor (ACPE). He trained at the Harvard University Mind-Body-Spirit Institute and has worked collaboratively with Stanford University and Florida Hospital on his pioneering forgiveness research, which he has spoken around the world on. He has served as an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, United Theological Seminary, and Andrews University Theological Seminary, and was a key member working with the Walt Disney Company and Florida Hospital in designing the health intervention programs at the ground-breaking medical facility, Celebration Health. Dr. Tibbits currently serves as Chief People Officer (CPO) at Florida Hospital.

Vol. 3 Issue 6 (September 2008)

Lakita Garth-Wright is the author of the book and curriculum, "The Naked Truth: About Sex, Love and Relationships." She is also a social commentator, media consultant, professional entertainer and activist. Lakita is a versed and noted speaker on various issues such as race relations, politics, feminism, and HIV/AIDS and is one of America's leading abstinence advocates. Lakita has testified before the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C. on teen pregnancy prevention. Lakita represented the state of California as a runner-up to Miss Black America. She has appeared on various commercials and television shows such as, The View, The Tyra Banks Show, Montel Williams, Inside Edition, Nightline, MTV, and BET. As well as magazines and periodicals such as Vogue, Seventeen, Vibe, Essence  and The Washington Post. Lakita is married to Carl Jeffrey Wright and they have one son.

Harry Kraus, MD is an author, father, husband and full-time missionary surgeon, practicing in Kijabe, Kenya, where he resides with his family. Since 1994, he has gained notoriety as a fiction writer, having penned best sellers such as "Could I Have this Dance?" and "The Chairman”, a finalist for the Catherine Marshall Award for Excellence in Inspirational Fiction. "Breathing Grace: What You Need More Than Your Next Breath" is his first non-fiction book and was released by Crossway Books in Spring '07. As a board certified surgeon, his novels are laced with medical realism as a signature and are characterized by flawed people in a hurting world encountering the hope of Grace. Dr. Kraus has several works in progress that are scheduled for release next spring including “Perfect” and a non-fiction book about love that he has yet to give a title.

Vol. 3 Issue 5 (August 2008)

1. Todd Clements, MD - What I've Learned Since I Knew it All
2. Carol Spears - Personal Testimony
3. David Stevens, MD - Rights of Conscience

Todd Clements, MD is the medical director of the Clements Clinic in Plano, Texas. He is a board certified adolescent and adult psychiatrist who specializes in SPECT brain imaging. Dr. Clements has authored 2 books including the recent release, “What I’ve Learned Since I Knew It All.” His next book, “Happy Pills,” is due out in early 2009. Dr. Clements and his wife, Lynda, serve on the CMDA marriage commission and help lead many of the CMDA “Marriage Enrichment Weekend” seminars. They are in their 12th year of marriage and make their home in Frisco, Texas.
 
Carol Spears, MD now serves at Tenwek Hospital in Bomet, Kenya as a career missionary surgeon. Dr. Spears’ non-traditional journey to medicine started over 15 years ago while visiting friends in Nigeria that Carol felt God’s call to a career in medicine. Up to that point, she had a successful career in the telecommunications industry. She received her M.D. from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham and her training in General Surgery from the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Dr. Spears is now a board certified General Surgeon and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She maintains a relationship with the University of Kentucky Medical Center as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery. Her amazing testimony of faith through a dark time in Kenya testifies to God’s power and faithfulness.

Vol. 3 Issue 4 (April 2008)

1. Jennifer A. Marshall - Making Sense of Single in the 21st Century
2. Gary Chapman - Five Love Languages (From Christian Doctor's Digest)

Jennifer A. Marshall has more than a decade of experience in public policy relating to the character of American culture. As director of domestic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., she oversees research in the areas of education, welfare, marriage and the family, and religion and civil society. She also manages the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, as well as www.familyfacts.org. Before joining Heritage, Marshall worked on cultural policy issues at Empower America. Before that, she was Senior Director of Family Studies at the Family Research Council. Marshall holds degrees from Wheaton College and the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C. In her debut book, Now and Not Yet: Making Sense of Single Life in the Twenty-First Century, Marshall speaks up to help other single females discover some of life’s most profound lessons during the time between “now” and the “not yet” of marriage.

Gary Chapman has traveled extensively around the world challenging couples to pursue healthy, growing marriages. Since 1979, Gary has written more than 20 books. His book, The Five Love Languages, has sold over 4 million copies in English alone and has been translated into 36 languages including Arabic and Hindi. He has also appeared on several television and radio programs and has his own daily radio program called, “A Love Language Minute”. In addition to his busy writing and seminar schedule, Gary Chapman is a senior associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he has served for 36 years. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Wheaton College (B.A.), Wake Forest University (M.A.), and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.R.E. and Ph.D.) and has completed postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Duke University. Gary and his wife, Karolyn, have been married for 45 years, have two adult children, and two grandchildren.

Vol. 3 Issue 3 (March 2008)

1. Walt Larimore, MD - The Highly Healthy Student
2. Michael Behe, PhD - Intelligent Design/Darwin's Black Box

Walt Larimore, MD is listed in the Best Doctors in America, Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, and the International Health Professionals of the Year. His MD degree is from Louisiana State University and his Family Medicine residency was at Duke. In 1996, he was named America’s Outstanding Family Medicine Educator by the American Academy of Family Physicians, and in 1999 he and his wife Barb received the “Christian Educator of the Year” award from the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. From 1996 to 2001, Dr. Larimore hosted the daily, live Ask the Family Doctor show on Fox’s Health Network. From 2002 to 2004, Dr. Larimore hosted the Focus on Your Family’s Health’s radio and TV features. He has published over a dozen books and over 500 articles in dozens of medical and lay publications. His best-selling books include Bryson City Tales: Stories of a Doctor’s Practice in the Smoky Mountains and Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook. His website is www.DrWalt.com.

Michael J. Behe, PhD graduated from Drexel University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He did his graduate studies in biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded the Ph.D. in 1978 for his dissertation research on sickle-cell disease. From 1978-1982 he did postdoctoral work on DNA structure at the National Institutes of Health. From 1982-85 he was Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Queens College in New York City, where he met his wife. In 1985 he moved to Lehigh University where he is currently Professor of Biochemistry. In his career he has authored over 40 technical papers and the book, Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, which argues that living systems at the molecular level are best explained as being the result of deliberate intelligent design. Darwin’s Black Box has been reviewed by the New York Times, Nature, Philosophy of Science, Christianity Today and over one hundred other periodicals. The interview with Dr. Behe was recorded prior to the publishing of his latest book, The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism. He and his wife reside near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with their nine children.

Vol. 3 Issue 2 (February 2008)

1. Drs. Katy Hurd and Chris Berry - Missions
2. Russ East - Ministering to Mormons

Katy Hurd, MD graduated from the University of Washington medical school in 2005. At the time of this recording session she was a second year resident at In His Image Family Medicine Residency in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Chris Berry, MD graduated from the University of Texas medical school in 2004. At the time of this recording session he was a chief year resident at In His Image Family Medicine Residency in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Russ East, Director of Utah Partnerships For Christ (UPFC), grew up in a fourth generation Mormon family, where he remembers competition rather than Christ's love. After six years of frustrated devotion to Mormonism, Russ felt spiritually empty. One day, the East family was invited to visit the Santa Rosa Bible Church in Santa Rosa, California. Russ had never heard such things in a church and basically considered the idea of salvation through grace by faith plus nothing as ridiculous. Two weeks later, Russ accepted Christ, and he began the most abundant and fulfilling life offered to mankind. Presently, Russ East is the Director of UPFC, an organization that helps bring short-term mission teams to Utah. They also provide workshops on how to reach Mormons for Christ. Russ encourages each of us to go through the first seven chapters of the book of Romans and see for ourselves how amazing true salvation really is.

Vol. 3 Issue 1 (January 2008)

1. Dr. Rick Donlon - Inner City Clinic/Domestic Missions
2. Dr. Robert Douglas - Ministering to Muslims

Dr. Rick Donlon has been a CMDA member since 1986, his freshman year at LSU Medical School in New Orleans. After completing his MD in 1990, he moved to Memphis, TN where he completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. In 1995, he and three medical school classmates founded Christ Community Health Services. Starting in 1995 with four doctors and a single clinic, Christ Community now operates health centers in four of Memphis' neediest communities, employing twenty physicians and ten nurse practitioners who provide more than 80,000 patient visits and deliver over 700 babies annually. Dr. Donlon practices Internal Medicine and Pediatrics as well as oversees Christ Community's HIV/AIDS services. He and his wife, Laurie, have six children and live in Binghampton, the inner city neighborhood where he works. He serves as an elder in a neighborhood-based house church.

Dr. Robert C. Douglas joined the Lincoln Christian Seminary faculty in 1994, and currently serves as Professor of Intercultural Studies. His education includes: PhD in Religion, Univ. of Southern California (1980); MA in Missiology, Fuller Theological Seminary (1977); MA in New Testament, Abilene Christian University (1957); and BA in Greek, Abilene Christian University (1957). He brings a broad range of experience and training in missions and pastoral ministry. He founded and directed the Middle East Bible Training College in Beirut. He later served as Vice President for Training of Mission Resource and Training Center and as Executive Director of the Zwemer Insitute of Muslim Studies, an organization dedicated to preparing church planters for work among Muslims. Dr. Douglas also led the Central Asia Study Center in Istanbul, Turkey, in an effort to provide final phase training for Christian workers going to Central Asia. He frequently travels overseas to assist in the further preparation of cross-cultural workers.

Vol. 2 Issue 1 (January 2007)

1. Al Weir, MD - How to integrate your faith into every aspect of your life 2. Anthony Levantino, MD - Abortion, Dr. Levatino's career and how God has worked in his life

Al Weir, MD is board certified in Internal Medicine, with certifications in hematology and oncology. Dr. Weir is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, and was a Fellow in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Dr. Weir worked as Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Tennessee in Memphis until leaving Memphis for his CMDA appointment as Director of Campus & Community Ministries. Throughout his career, Dr. Weir has acted in many important leadership roles, including President of CMDA and an Internal Medicine Consultant for Eku Baptist Hospital in Eku, Nigeria from 1983-1985. In addition to his specialties, Dr. Weir’s areas of interest include the relationship of science to Christianity in medicine, joy in medicine, end-of-life palliative care issues, ethical decision making in stem cell research and the development of local ministries for CMDA. He is the author of two books: When Your Doctor Has Bad News (Zondervan, 2003) and Practice by the Book (CMDA, 2005). He and his wife, Becky have three children and live in Bristol, Tennessee. 

Anthony Levatino, MD, JD, a former abortionist, is now a nationally recognized pro-life speaker. He is currently in private practice (obstetrics and gynecology) at the Women’s Wellness Center of Southern New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM. Dr. Levatino received his J.D. at Albany Law School of Union University (1993) and his M.D. from Albany Medical College of Union University (1976). Since then, Dr. Levatino has held private practice, served as an assistant professor and a medical expert. In 1998, he published a book titled, “A Doctor’s Illustrated Guide to Partial-Birth Abortion.” Over the years he has received numerous awards, professional achievements and affiliations. He has made several public appearances, including the 700 Club, American Life League National Convention, and Jerry Falwell, Listen America. Dr. Levatino is co-founder and co-director of Heather’s Place, a non-profit foundation that awards financial grants to pregnancy assistance centers worldwide. His hobbies and interests include private flying, amateur radio and amateur astronomy. 

Vol. 2 Issue 2 (February 2007)

1. Chi Huang, MD - Missions with Children in Bolivia
2. Scott Reichenbach - Post-Residency Program

Dr. Chi Huang is the founder of the Bolivian Street Children Project. He is an assistant professor in pediatrics at Boston University Medical School. Dr. Huang is also medical director of inpatient pediatrics, director of the pediatric global health initiative, and an internal medicine physician attending at BU’s Boston Medical Center. He earned an undergraduate degree in biology from Texas A& M University and graduated cum laude from Harvard Medical School. He and his wife Kristin have three daughters.

Scott Reichenbach holds a BS in Nursing from Messiah College in Grantham, PA and for 11 years worked as a Pediatric ICU nurse at several major teaching hospitals. Scott has served with Mercy Ships in Honduras and with Samaritan's Purse on international relief projects in Honduras, Mozambique, and Sudan. In 2005 he joined the staff at World Medical Mission to coordinate the newly–created Post-Residency Program. He and his wife, Rachel, live in Boone, North Carolina and have a son, Benjamin, and just days after this interview, welcomed into the world their daughter, Anna.

Vol. 2 Issue 3 (March 2007)

1. Cheyn Onarecker, MD - Picking Your Residency Program
2. Al Weir, MD - Sharing Bad News (Part 1)

Cheyn Onarecker, MD obtained his undergraduate and medical degrees from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and completed his family medicine residency at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas in 1988. For the next three years, he worked as an Air Force family physician at llsworth, Air Force Base, near Rapid City, South Dakota - quite an adventure for a guy who grew up in Houston, Texas and swore he would never live in the north! From South Dakota, Dr. Onarecker moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1991, to help start the St. Anthony Family Medicine Residency, where he is now the program director. He and his wife, Sarah, have a blended family with six children, ages 17 to 26, and one granddaughter.

Al Weir, MD is board certified in Internal Medicine, with certifications in hematology and oncology. Dr. Weir is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, and was a Fellow in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Dr. Weir worked as Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Tennessee in Memphis until leaving Memphis for his CMDA appointment as Director of Campus & Community Ministries. Throughout his career, Dr. Weir has acted in many important leadership roles, including President of CMDA and an Internal Medicine Consultant for Eku Baptist Hospital in Eku, Nigeria from 1983-1985. In addition to his specialties, Dr. Weir’s areas of interest include the relationship of science to Christianity in medicine, joy in medicine, end-of-life palliative care issues, ethical decision making in stem cell research and the development of local ministries for CMDA. He is the author of two books: When Your Doctor Has Bad News (Zondervan, 2003) and Practice by the Book (CMDA, 2005). He and his wife, Becky have three children and live in Bristol, Tennessee. 

Vol. 2 Issue 4 (April 2007)

1. Al Weir, MD - Sharing Bad News (Part 2)
2. A. J. Demlow, MD - WIMD Issues

Hosts: Dave Stevens, MD; Lauren Chipman

Al Weir, MD is board certified in Internal Medicine, with certifications in hematology and oncology. Dr. Weir is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, and was a Fellow in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Dr. Weir worked as Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Tennessee in Memphis until leaving Memphis for his CMDA appointment as Director of Campus & Community Ministries. Throughout his career, Dr. Weir has acted in many important leadership roles, including President of CMDA and an Internal Medicine Consultant for Eku Baptist Hospital in Eku, Nigeria from 1983-1985. In addition to his specialties, Dr. Weir’s areas of interest include the relationship of science to Christianity in medicine, joy in medicine, end-of-life palliative care issues, ethical decision making in stem cell research and the development of local ministries for CMDA. He is the author of two books: When Your Doctor Has Bad News (Zondervan, 2003) and Practice by the Book (CMDA, 2005). He and his wife, Becky have three children and live in Bristol, Tennessee. 

A.J. Demlow, MD practices Urgent Care Medicine in Vancouver, WA where she lives with her physician husband, Tom, an Interventional Radiologist, and their two children Jack (9) and Andrea (7). She attended Oregon State University, where she played intercollegiate volleyball while earning a degree in Microbiology. Medical school and residency were at Oregon Health Sciences University, where she served as chief resident in Emergency Medicine in 1994. She retains ties to the university by supporting the local CMDA student chapter. For the years 2000-2003 she served as medical director and program director for the Summer Medical Institute Northwest, a four week domestic mission outreach for students that also incorporates practical leadership training, and spiritual instruction. A.J. has been a member of the Women in Medicine and Dentistry Commission for four years, and is passionate about connecting and encouraging women in the practice of medicine and dentistry. A.J. is a native of the Northwest, and loves to canoe in the lakes, hike around, climb up, and ski down the slopes of the snowcapped mountains found there. She enjoys walking, biking, strength training, coaching volleyball, drinking the Northwest’s famous coffee, and listening to opera.

Vol. 2 Issue 5 (August 2007)

1. Dr. Bruce Steffes, MBA, FACS, FWACS - Preparing for Short Term Missions
2. Connie Hahn, D.O. - Coming Back to Residency After Serious Illness

Bruce Steffes, MBA, FACS, FWACS was appointed CEO of the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons in March of 2006. Since early 1998, Bruce has spent the majority of each year as a volunteer physician, general surgeon and administrator in developing countries. He has served in Haiti, Belize, Guatemala, Brazil, Kenya, Uganda, Togo, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Monrovia, Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. He has also visited several other countries and medical works in developing nations.

He and his wife, Micky, have written the “Handbook for Short Term Medical Missionaries”, published by ABWE (2002), which is available through the CMDA resource Web site.

To join in the training and/or financial support of the PAACS ministry, you can contact Dr. Steffes at ceo@paacs.net or at the phone number and address below (he is in the country only from August – December of each year):

Bruce C. Steffes, MD, MBA, FACS, FWACS
CEO- PAACS
323 Damsel Court
Linden, NC 28356
910-630-3366 

Connie Hahn, D.O. is currently a team physician at Atwater High School in California and is board certified through the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. She began her education at West Valley Community College where she earned a Business Major and an Associate of Arts. She continued her education at the University of Nevada and earned a degree in Health Science, and furthered her training at Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. She received many medical school honors and awards, including the Most Inspiration Student Award and the Alpha Epsilon Delta Scholarship Award.

Dr. Hahn is and has been involved with several honorary/professional societies, including the Student American Medical Association, Student Osteopathic Medical Association, the Christian Medical & Dental Associations, and she also served as President of her pre med honor society, Alpha Epsilon Delta.

In her free time, Dr. Hahn enjoys alpine and telemark skiing, mountain biking, backpacking, running, gardening, and anything with her dog.

Vol. 2 Issue 6 (September 2007)

1. Rodney Mirich, MD - Keeping Your Marriage Strong
2.  Russ White, MD, MPH - Tenwek Hospital/Missions

Rodney Mirich, MD is the CMDA Marriage Enrichment Commission Chair. He has led marriage enrichment weekends throughout the US, Kenya and Malaysia. Dr. Mirich and his wife, Jeanette, have been married for over 37 years. He grew up in a non-Christian home with his mother and stepfather, who required Rodney and his sister to attend church. However, it was not until after he married Jeanette that he accepted Christ. Jeanette became a Christian 4 years after they married, and Rodney was jealous of her happiness and forbade her to go to church anymore. To his surprise, she agreed and he shortly stopped persecuting his wife. Almost a year later, he got ‘totally smashed drunk’ one night and accepted Christ as his savior. Amazingly, his decision stuck. Since that night, Dr. and Mrs. Mirich have ministered to countless couples around the world, helping them heal and strengthen their marriages.

Russ White, MD, MPH was born in Congo, Africa, to missionary parents and grew up in Michigan. He attended Philadelphia College of Bible where he majored in Bible and piano. He received a B.S. in biology at Roberts Wesleyan College and earned his M.D at the University of Michigan Medical School. He did his surgical residency at Brown University and an MPH at Harvard University School of Public Health. Russ serves as a surgeon and research director at Tenwek Hospital. He is also the worship coordinator at the church they attend and leads a music outreach team. After a period of homeland ministry assignment, the Whites will return to Kenya to resume their ministries.

Vol. 2 Issue 7 (October 2007)

1. Bill Peel, ThM - How to Live in the Lab Without Smelling Like a Cadaver
2. Drs. Anna and Jason Lattin - Finding Your Mate

Bill Peel, ThM is passionate about helping men and women discover how they can impact their workplace for Jesus.  He is an internationally known speaker and award-winning author of six books including Going Public with Your Faith, which won the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award for Evangelism and Apologetics.  He also co-authored The Saline Solution and works actively to spread the gospel world-wide through the medical marketplace. Bill has coached hundreds of individuals to reach their god-given potential and trained thousands of leaders around the world to take their faith to work. He has appeared on numerous nationally televised talk shows and radio programs and in three video curriculum productions, including Discover Your Destiny with his wife Kathy. Bill holds degrees from Southern Methodist University and Dallas Theological Seminary. He and his wife Kathy have three grown sons and live in Dallas, Texas.

Drs. Jason and Anna Lattin live in Portland, Oregon with their son Nathan and daughter Noelle. Jason attended the University of Washington for undergraduate work and attended UW for medical school, graduating in 2003. Anna attended Texas A&M University for undergraduate and medical school, graduating in 2004. During medical school, the Lattins met at a national CMDA conference. After marrying, Jason started his General Surgery residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. Anna completed her internship at Southwest Washington Family Medicine in Vancouver, Washington and now enjoys staying home with their two children and doing some volunteer work. They were recently accepted with World Medical Mission in their Post-Residency Program and are excited about serving overseas. The Lattins are involved in their church and are active with the local CMDA chapter. They enjoy reading, time outdoors, working on home projects, eating Chinese food, traveling and most of all, time with Nathan and Noelle.

Vol. 2 Issue 8 (November 2007)

1. Harvey Elder, MD - Patient Spiritual Care
2. CMDA Campus Evangelism Panel Discussion with Matt Fong, Raegan Vanderput, Katie Bitter and Rebecca Chancey

Katie Bitter is a fourth year medical student at Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine. She grew up in Glenview, Illinois and attended Baylor University where she graduated in 2004 with a University Scholars BA degree emphasizing in Biology and the Medical Humanities. She plans to pursue a residency in general surgery and will be married to Mark Rowland this March - nine days after the match!

Rebecca Chancey is a 4th year medical student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. She has been involved with CMDA throughout medical school, taking on a leadership role in the local CMDA chapter during one academic year. Originally from Georgia, she graduated with honors from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in biology and plans to begin pediatric residency in a currently undecided location after graduation from medical school. Already having spent time abroad in Bolivia, Spain and Chile, she hopes to incorporate international health and medical missions into her future career. When she is not busy in the hospital or studying, she enjoys time with family and friends, running, piano, traveling, and St. Louis’ cultural events.

Harvey A. Elder, MD received an MD in 1957 from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He did his internal medicine residency training at University of California Hospitals, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital. After serving with an Infectious Disease fellowship at Boston City Hospital, Dr. Elder returned to the faculty of Loma Linda University School of Medicine where he is currently a Professor of Medicine and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and a Professor of Global Health. Additional short-term overseas assignments include teaching in Mexico, Jamaica, Malawi, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Thailand and Philippines. Dr. Elder says, “Caring for HIV infected people during the past 24+ years I learned to integrate spiritual and medical care. I want my patients to recognize their inherent worth, to value themselves and know that they are precious. I look for opportunities to introduce them to the Great Physician.”

Matt Fong’s mom recalls that when he was three years old, he said, “I want to be a daddy, a children’s doctor, and a good cooker.” A student at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, he serves on the executive committee of the CMDA student chapter. Short-term missions trips to the Middle East, Honduras, and Nicaragua have inspired him to pursue medical missions. He is applying for pediatric residencies with a goal of some day teaching young doctors in the urban U.S. or in Latin America. He misses his family and friends in the San Francisco Bay Area but thanks God for New City Fellowship of Saint Louis, a close-knit church family working for racial reconciliation through the power of the gospel. When he is not laboring in the hospital, studying in the library, or fellowshipping with his church family, Matt also enjoys cooking, basketball, soccer, ping-pong, ultimate Frisbee, playing guitar and salsa dancing.

Raegan Vanderput is a fourth year medical student at Saint Louis University in Saint Louis, Missouri. She has been a member of CMDA since her first year of medical school. She served on the leadership team and continues to participate in and lead CMDA events. During medical school she attended the Whole Person Care Preceptorship in California where she was equipped for a career as a medical missionary. She is planning to complete a residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. When she is not sleeping or participating in clinical duties, she enjoys baking bread and volunteering. She and her husband live in St. Louis, Missouri and are currently wondering where God will place them for residency. They plan to become career missionaries.

Vol. 1 Issue 1 (February 2006)

1. Phyllis Nsiah-Kumi, MD – “Surviving During Residency”
2. Scott Reis & Ginger Reed – "Mission Trips"

Phyllis Nsiah-Kumi is an internist, pediatrician and health services research fellow in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. She completed her Internal Medicine-Pediatrics resident at Case Western Reserve University-MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a graduate of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Wheaton College in Illinois. Her research interests include addressing barriers to cross-cultural communication in medical settings and health disparities in diabetes care based on race/ethnicity. As a medical student, she served as a CMDA student delegate and trustee as well as on the WIMD Commission. Having recently been a resident herself, she has a special heart for residents and wants to see them thrive during the challenging days of clinical training. 

Dr. Scott Ries is a Family Physician, currently in practice in Fishers, Indiana. He also holds a faculty position at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Ries received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and his bachelors degree in Biology from Liberty University. He completed his Family Medicine residency training at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida, and his fellowship at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His areas of clinical interest include ambulatory procedures (such as flexible sigmoidoscopy, nasolaryngoscopy,cervical colposcopy, LEEP, vasectomy, etc.), ethical issues in medicine, and overseas medical missions. Dr. Ries is active with CMDA and has served on the CMDA National Board of Trustees. He presently serves on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians, and co-chairs the IAFP Task Force on Technology. He enjoys golfing, basketball, playing his trombone, and spending time with his wife and three children. 

After graduating from the University of Iowa with a degree in pharmacy, Ginger Reed moved to Indianapolis to begin her career as a pharmacist. In her second year of practicing pharmacy, she was blessed with the opportunity to be part of a GHO team to Honduras. From that moment on, she has been hooked on short term missions. After four years of practicing pharmacy, Ginger felt called into medicine and after much prayer and a step of faith, she made the transition back to student life. Ginger is currently a 2nd year medical student at Indiana University School of Medicine. When she is not studying or sleeping, she enjoys baking, working around the house, watching movies and spending time with her adorably cute niece and nephew. 

Vol. 1 Issue 2 (April 2006)

1. Dave Ramsey – “How to Manage Your Money”
2. Derek Helton, MD - "Addressing the Spiritual in Patients as a Medical Student”

Dave Ramsey is a personal money management expert, an extremely popular national radio personality and best-selling author of The Total Money Makeover. Ramsey knows first-hand what financial peace means in his own life – living a true riches to rags to riches story. By age twenty-six he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and now devotes himself full-time to helping ordinary people understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right – financially, emotionally, and spiritually. Dave offers life-changing financial advice as host of a nationally syndicated radio program, “The Dave Ramsey Show,” which is heard by more than 2 million listeners each week. He is the creator of Financial Peace University (FPU), a thirteen-week program that helps people dump their debt, get control of their money, and learn new behaviors around money that are founded on commitment and accountability. He resides with his wife Sharon and their three children, Denise, Rachel, and Daniel, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Derek Helton, MD was born and raised in Orange, California. He is a graduate of the Loma Linda University School of Medicine and completed an internship, residency, and chief residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Diego. He is currently a fellow in hematology/oncology at the Olive View-UCLA and Cedars Sinai Medical Centers in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Helton is active in the mentorship of medical students and residents. He credits the training and support of the Medical Strategic Network over the last ten years for equipping him to address the spiritual needs of his patients.

Vol. 1 Issue 3 (August 2006)

1. Jenny Story, Michelle Curlin & Scott Phillips – “How to Survive Residency from a Spouse's Perspective”
2. Bert Jones - "Leadership"

Jenny Story and her husband Rob live in Marinette, WI. Rod is practicing family medicine in rural, WI - his hometown. The Storys have 6 children, aged 10 through 8 months. Jenny and her husband homeschool their children. In Jenny's spare time she loves to knit, take pictures and read. She loves to reach out to others who are going through a similar medical spouse lifestyle - especially if there are particular "mothers/wives" who need help getting connected. Going through a medical marriage herself, Jenny Story is able to provide plenty of perspective and understanding.

Michelle and Howard Curlin recently moved to San Antonio, Texas, where Howard is an OB/GYN staff physician for the residency training program at Brook Army Medical Center. Michelle is a homemaker raising Phin (3 1/2) and Lars (20 mo.). She is expecting her third child in September. Michelle worked as a researcher and editor at CMDA 1999-2001. Since then, she has done contract writing. Howard and Michelle enjoy leading a church small group in their home, traveling, reading and spending family time together outdoors. 

Scott Phillips, as the son of a physician and the husband of a physician, is an ordained minister with a unique medical background. He has been a coordinator of two hospital cancer programs, holds a Master of Divinity from Ashland (OH) Theological Seminary, and practiced as both a hospital and hospice chaplain. Scott's wife Michele was an LPN for 12 years before attending Case Western University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH, where she received her MD in 2000. She then completed her residency in Family Medicine at Akron City Hospital, Akron, OH in 2003. Michele also signed a 4 year commitment with the United States Air Force and was stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base in MO. They live in Warrensburg, MO, and have two grown sons, Jason (22y) and Adam (18y) attending college in OH.

Scott served as the first Area Director for Northeast Ohio CMDA from 1999 to 2003. After moving to MO in 2003, he became the first Area Director for Greater Kansas City CMDA. He travels throughout Kansas City as he organizes and administrates the ministry of CMDA – counseling, teaching, and training students, physicians, dentists, and other healthcare professionals.

Bert Jones is the Director of Leadership & Church Ministries and Special Assistant to the CEO at CMDA. He joined the staff of CMDA in January 2005. His responsibilities at CMDA include: leadership training; developing resources on leadership, missions, evangelism, and discipleship; linking the ministry of CMDA to the local church; serving as the chaplain to the staff; ministry to the members of the CMDA; preaching and participating in the outreach of the organization. Bert graduated from Asbury College in 1989 with a degree in Bible and spent two years being educated at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA. Bert and his wife Cheryl have three children: Joshua, Allyson and Aaron.

Vol. 1 Issue 4 (September 2006)

1. J. Budziszewski - "How to Stay Christian in College"
2. Allen Vicars - "CMDA Placement Department" 

J. Budziszewski — a.k.a. "Professor Theophilus" — is a former atheist, former political radical, former shipyard welder, and former lots of other things, including former young and former thin. A Yale Ph.D., he's now a professor in the Government and Philosophy Departments at the University of Texas in Austin (Longhorn Country). He deserted his faith during college, but returned after he began to teach. He's written two books for students: How to Stay Christian in College (NavPress) and Ask Me Anything (NavPress). His philosophical books include: What We Can't Not Know: A Guide (Spence), The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man (Spence), and a Christianity Today award winner, Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law (InterVarsity). 

Allen Vicars, Director of Placement since 2002, joined the CMDA staff as a Placement Specialist in July 1996. Prior to joining CMDA, Allen worked in recruitment and interviewing at the Virginia Employment Commission. He received his B.S. from East Tennessee State University and a Master's of Public Administration from James Madison University. His education and previous experience in recruiting has enabled him to possess a thorough understanding of the recruitment process. His department's ministry and goal is to bring together Christian physicians in practice where their lives and careers will advance the Kingdom and honor God by serving those searching for a position and practices looking for an associate.

Vol. 1 Issue 5 (October 2006)

1. Bob Mason – "Sharing Faith in Post-Modern World"
2. Kathy Peel – "Family Manager: Making Time for Family" 

Bob Mason, MDiv, is the Vice President of Field Ministries with the Medical Strategic Network. He is also the founder and director of the whole person care preceptorship, an innovative clinical based program designed to train health students to ethically and sensitively assess and address the spiritual needs of their patients and to become more effective Christian leaders in their spheres of influence. Bob is married to Diana and they reside in Southern California with their son and daughter. For more information on this ministry, visit www.GoMETS.org.

Kathy Peel believes that deep inside, most people know they were created for more than the mundane, monotonous, everydayness’ of life. Peel looks at the hopes and dreams that shape our lives, and in her engaging, entertaining, and inspirational style, she shows men and women how the four P’s – passion, preparation, persistence and prayer – can make their dreams come true. She is the founder and president of The Family Manager, Inc., a company that provides helpful resources to build strong families. She has authored 14 books, which have sold a combined 1.3 million copies. Peel is a frequent guest on podiums of conventions and conferences, both in the U.S. and abroad, and has appeared on over 400 TV and radio programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America and CNN.

Vol. 1 Issue 6 (November 2006)

1. Dr. Shawn Morehead – "Evaluating Residency Options"
2. Megan Hough – "Providing Christian Witness & Leadership in Liberal Environment"

M. Shawn Morehead, MD, MPH received her undergraduate degree from Lee University, her MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine (1991), completed her residency training at the Medical Center East Family Medicine Residency Program in Birmingham, AL (1994), and an MPH in international health from the University of Alabama (2004). After residency, she was in private practice, and eventually was offered a faculty position at MCE. Since 1999, she has been the Associate Residency Director. Her main areas of expertise are in inpatient/hospital medicine, adult medicine, and directing the international medicine curriculum. Dr. Morehead grew up in Miami, Florida. The Lord used the cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity of Miami to greatly influence Dr. Morehead's life and her desire to work overseas in medical missions. Her maternal grandparents were pioneer missionaries in Guatemala in the early 1900’s, and her paternal grandparents were involved in lifelong ministry. Dr. Morehead's parents are both educators, and her mother is also a nurse. In 1994, Dr. Morehead was asked to participate in her first medical mission trip. Since then, she has participated in 21 trips to date, both clinical and teaching trips. Her goal is to continue facilitating primary care medical education and outreach efforts in the neediest areas of the world.

Megan Hough is a third-year medical student at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, heading toward obstetrics and gynecology. She is the oldest of five children, which allows hours of entertainment. When she's not in the hospital or keeping the younger siblings in-line, she enjoys needlework, walk-jogging, and cooking.