Strengthening Global Health Worker Training Through Strategic Partnerships
Dr. Ron Yee and Dr. Gary Cloud join host Dr. Mike Chupp and CMDA’s Dr. John Pierce to discuss their work with Christian Connections for International Health mapping thousands of Christian health worker training programs, including residencies and fellowships in low- and middle-income countries. They explore how strong programs combine rigorous clinical training with spiritual formation and share opportunities to help equip clinicians to demonstrate Christ’s love and share the gospel through healthcare.
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For the FOURTH year in a row, Shine from Liberty University will lead worship at the 2027 CMDA National Convention! Their incredible harmonies and powerful gospel-centered music have made them a favorite of the CMDA family—and we’re thrilled to welcome them back in 2027. This year, we’ll gather At the Table, making room for worship, community, encouragement and connection. And we can’t imagine a better group to help us do it. https://natcon.cmda.org
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Meet Our Guest(s):
Gary Cloud, PhD, MBA, is a Community Health Center zealot, who was blessed to have a leadership role in a health professions university dedicated to preparing healers for underserved communities. Gary worked with health centers, associations, visionaries in the movement, and university leadership to identify workforce needs and establish innovative health professions strategies, programs, partnerships and colleges. He retired from university administration in order to join his prayer partner, Ron Yee, MD, in assisting Christian institutions in addressing brain drains in developing countries through an entity they named Gilead Health Development Group.
Dr. Ron Yee worked in a rural California providing primary care to farmworkers and their families for over 2 decades. Subsequently, he served as the Chief Medical Officer for the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) for 11 years. His role at NACHC included clinical workforce development and national clinical quality improvement efforts, supporting over 35,000 clinicians in over 15,000 sites.
Dr. Yee graduated from Oral Roberts University School of Medicine and completed his Family Practice residency and Chief Resident position through UC San Francisco, Fresno. He obtained his M.B.A. degree from Golden Gate University, San Francisco and achieved the distinguished designation of Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians.
God recently called Dr. Yee and his prayer partner, Dr. Gary Cloud, to support global Christian health worker training. They provide their time, experience and resources to further God’s Kingdom, spreading the Gospel through integrated clinical training and spiritual formation.
COHOST:
John G. Pierce Jr., MD, is Chairman of Women’s Health at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) and practices Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women’s Health Services of Central Virginia in Lynchburg, VA.
Dr. Pierce completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Carolinas Medical Center, then completed his Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at the University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville. He was a faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University for 16 years, serving as the Ob/Gyn Clerkship Director for nine years and Program Director for the Ob/Gyn Residency for three years. He moved to Lynchburg, VA in 2015 to be part of the founding faculty for Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine where he designed the women’s health curriculum, serves as the Clerkship Director, and has been the Chairman of Surgical Services and Women’s Health. He continues to practice general obstetrics and gynecology, serves on the CMDA Board of Trustees, leads the PAACS Ob Gyn Council, and is the current Chair of the CMDA Ob Gyn Section. He has been married to his wife Nicole for 29 years and they have four children ages 16 to 26 years old.
