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American Medical Association Meeting: June 2019

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | May 21, 2019

Your assistance is critically needed on two items at the American Medical Association meeting. One, the AMA will vote at its June 8-12 annual meeting in Chicago on assisted suicide, specifically to affirm the slightly revised Council on Ethics and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) report. Two, New Mexico has submitted Resolution 020 (A-19) for Engaged […]

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WhereToServe

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 5, 2019

Opportunities to Serve Around the World with the Center for Medical Missions.

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Neurology Section

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | December 19, 2018

The Mission of the Neurology Section is to raise awareness among neurologists, neurology health professionals, neurology residents, fellows and medical students of the great need for neurological care—domestically and globally—and through their response to those needs, to share the gospel.

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Healthcare for the Poor

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 23, 2018

CMDA collaborates with Christian Community Health Fellowship in providing healthcare for the poor in the United States. We initiated this strategic partnership to maximize our efforts by drawing from the strengths of each organization. For more than 30 years, CCHF has provided networking for students, medical professionals and people interested in Christian community development. […]

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CMDA Today

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 27, 2018

CMDA Today is a full-color, quarterly magazine devoted to today’s issues in healthcare, including inspirational testimonies from fellow Christian healthcare professionals, public policy updates, glimpses into the future of healthcare and examples of how to integrate your faith into your practice.

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Friction

By Al Weir, MD | September 3, 2024

When we struggle, a painful friction changes us, and the change provides new opportunities for His glory.

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Your Call Blog

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | August 13, 2024

Your Callā„¢ has been created to encourage and keep those with a “call” focused on that “call.” It shares advice from missionaries with experience on the field, information about working in hard-to-access countries, stories from the field, etc. If you are one of those people with a “call” this blog is for you.

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See You Later

By Al Weir, MD | July 16, 2024

ā€œā€˜O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christā€ (1 Corinthians 15:55-57, ESV).

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Selfish with Sadness

By Al Weir, MD | June 11, 2024

ā€œHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for herā€ (Ephesians 5:25, ESV).

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Resources

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | December 11, 2023

[…] to understand what God was showing you through the entire experience. ————————- Order Today God Sightings in Healthcare Missions Around the World By: Trish Burgess, MD It can get hard in our busy lives when our time in the Word and in Prayer begins to feel routine. Stretching yourself outside your comfort zone and […]

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Doctors as gods (and What to Do About It)

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | November 30, 2023

A group of colleagues and myself met recently to discuss episode 16 of CMDA’s Faith Prescriptions video series at a Christian clinic in Yorktown, Virginia. Episode leader Dr. Farr Curlin states regarding the practice of medicine, ā€œWe should make use of it, it’s a gift of God, but don’t put our hope in it, […]

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By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | October 18, 2023

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By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | August 14, 2023

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The Unexpected

By Al Weir, MD | August 8, 2023

As a physician, I was not shocked at my dear friend’s death, but I was surprised by the way I discovered it. It was clearly unexpected when I walked into his room.

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Face-planting

By Al Weir, MD | July 11, 2023

I wish his statement was more true of me. One of our gospel’s major principles is that followers of Christ are called to give. It’s clear in the teachings of Jesus, ā€œGive to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from youā€ (Matthew […]

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Christian Medical & Dental Associations praises order from federal court to protect women and girls

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | April 10, 2023

Bristol, Tenn.—April 10, 2023—Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), which is the nation’s largest faith-based professional healthcare association, is praising the order issued last Friday by a federal district court in Texas that will halt the approval of dangerous chemical abortion drugs and protects the health, safety and welfare of women and girls.

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Salt or Savior?

By Al Weir, MD | January 24, 2023

[…] since it may not be His will. I’ve spent my prayers on the doctors and nurses who have treated me.ā€ I so love Paul’s passage in Philippians where he is struggling over the choice to remain in the body or to go and be with Christ. ā€œFor to me, to live is Christ and […]

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On the Side: September 2022

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | September 7, 2022

Behind the smile I was shouting, ā€œOh goodness mercy of course!ā€ I have been the new girl showing up at the team meeting, the book club, the Bible study far, far more often than I have been the one standing with friends. It can be excruciatingly hard. It can also be invigorating.

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Welcome Member – CASE Equipping

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 20, 2022

The resources we provide are specifically designed to equip you to integrate your faith into your practice.

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On the Side: May 2022

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | May 9, 2022

[…] even remember when JFK died, although I was just a little girl; the reactions of the adults around me were so remarkable that I still remember exactly where I was. In all of that time I will tell you what I have learned: God is the only One we can trust to tell us […]

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Transgender Mandate

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | April 11, 2022

[…] The order blocks HHS from penalizing you or anyone acting ā€œin concert or participation withā€ you, based on your refusal to perform or insure these procedures. Q. Where do I go for more information? A. If you have questions about how this order applies to your specific situation, you will likely need to consult […]

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About AMS

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | October 21, 2021

[…] Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association and Christian Medical and Dental Associations. Kurt Bravata, MD, FASAM Vice Chair, AMS Dr. Bravata’s Biography Kurt grew up in a Christian home where his parents were very involved in ministry outreaches to the poor, outcast, and downtrodden. From a young age he was impressed by the joy and fulfillment […]

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MEI Macedonia Service Options and Expansions

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 14, 2021

Medical Education International is a short-term missions program that provides academic teaching and clinical training while spreading the gospel to doctors and students in hard to reach countries.

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I Got My Joy Back…Now What? A Deeper Understanding of Joy Through a Trip to Israel

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | December 8, 2020

In the fall 2017 edition of Today’s Christian Doctor, I wrote an article about burnout stealing joy in my personal and professional life. I am thankful the Lord brought me out of that low place. He has continued to work on helping me understand what I initially wrote: ā€œJoy is not a feeling of […]

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Learning from History: The Case Against Assisted Suicide

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | September 2, 2020

[…] the best way to learn about our future is to look to our past. A historical reflection on the actions of those who have gone before us can both guide us toward monumental successes and deter us from repeating colossal mistakes. A glance to history may reveal progressive social and technological advancements, yet it […]

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Oppose Prohibited Business Bylaw- Unlawful, Dangerous, and Unnecessary

By AndrĆØ Van Mol, MD | June 15, 2020

Voices-of-change.org, ChangedMovement.com, exodusglobalalliance.org/firstpersonc7.php, SexChangeRegret.com are among groups providing testimonials of people who have changed undesired sexual attraction or gender incongruence through professional counseling.

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CAHM Resources

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 10, 2020

A program designed to serve domestic and international healthcare missionaries in their work as well as aid in the recruitment and retention of career medical missionaries. CMM also assists students with scholarships and overseas rotations.

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Scholarship | GHO Dermatology/Nursing Medical Missions

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 8, 2018

Assisting selected healthcare students in participating in their first Global Health Outreach short-term medical missions experience, enabling them to become familiar with the cultural, social, spiritual, medical and dental problems in developing countries while allowing them to serve the underserved.

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Scholarship | Naomi Kim Medical Missions

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 8, 2018

The Naomi Kim Scholarship assists selected healthcare students in participating in their first Global Health Outreach trip, enabling them to become familiar with the cultural, social, spiritual, medical and dental problems in developing countries while allowing them to serve the underserved.

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Dental Association

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 5, 2018

CMDA’s Dental Ministries is dedicated to encouraging and supporting dentists in living out their Christian faith in their professional and personal lives. We are an outreach that encourages and supports dental professionals and students as they strive to integrate their Christian faith into all aspects of their lives, while providing opportunities for training and equipping.

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Facing the Rise of Suicides in Healthcare

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | March 16, 2017

As a second year medical student, a member of my medical school class committed suicide. I didn’t know him well, but his death impacted me. Made me ask a lot of questions. Why didn’t I know him better? Had I gotten to know him, could I have made a difference?

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On the Side: January 2025

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 6, 2025

[…] are shoes and clothes of course, but also old picture frames, a collection of costumes, a big plastic bin of mementos for each of my children, old calendars, sewing supplies, projects I have started (but never finished), holiday decorations, boxes of old photos and a bin of my dad’s things I can’t part with…and more.

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A Bearded Child, a Djembe and Faith

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 1, 2023

[…] have six kids aged eight and under—including infant twins, Ford and Eleanor, who joined our family in summer 2022. We are also about to move the whole Morris clan to Papua New Guinea in 2023 to serve as healthcare missionaries. I am sure you can imagine that our lives are as calm as a clam.

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On the Side: February 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 6, 2024

We all need advice, and from time to time we may even look for it. The question is, where should we seek it? The Internet? The Bible? Our pastor? A friend? A family member? Where can a Christian find godly advice?

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Christian Medical & Dental Associations celebrates unanimous panel decision in federal court to protect women and girls

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | August 17, 2023

Bristol, Tenn.—August 17, 2023—Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), which is the nation’s largest faith-based professional healthcare association, is celebrating a significant court victory to protect the health and safety of women and girls against chemical abortion drugs. In Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a unanimous panel for the […]

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On the Side: April 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | April 5, 2023

Some days when the deadline for writing my On the Side devotional is looming—or loomed last week and is now bearing down on me like a bullet train—and the words are stuck in my head, I scroll through old issues to see what topics we have covered as a team.

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On the Side: March 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 2, 2023

[…] my own life. My husband’s career has been center-stage for so long, I can’t remember a time when our life didn’t somehow revolve around it. It determined where we lived, and how long. It determined when dinner was, and when we could go on vacation. It was the reason we moved away from home, […]

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On the Side: January 2023

By Eric Willingham | January 3, 2023

[…] her flight by a week!) I am not ready to un-decorate yet as we love to savor the Christmas lights for a bit as we enter the new year. The deep sigh of tidying up is truly palpable — getting things back in their place somewhat and organized so that the new year can begin.

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Waiting for the Gift

On the Side: December 2022

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | December 5, 2022

The Christmas season is upon us! I love the smells, the lights and the traditions. One tradition we have in our family is to not put any Christmas gifts under the tree until after the kids go to bed on Christmas Eve. It is a tradition born out of practicality: we had curious toddlers […]

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On the Side: July 2022

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | July 5, 2022

[…] when the triplets were four. One dreary overcast Saturday we were enjoying family time even though Wade was on call. We didn’t understand that in Florida rain can turn to sun in less than a minute. That day it did just that. And three four-year-olds began to wail. I couldn’t understand why the sun […]

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Christian Medical & Dental Associations responds to Executive Order that puts children at risk and does more harm than good

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 16, 2022

Bristol, Tenn.—June 16, 2022— The 16,000-member Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), which is the nation’s largest faith-based professional healthcare association, today protested President Biden’s newly announced Executive Order Advancing LGBTQI+ Equality because of its support for gender-affirming care and therapy bans, which completely disregards the full body of medical research and puts already […]

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Christ with Us: Practicing Christ-like Presence in an Age of Burnout

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 5, 2022

One week into a rotation in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), I found myself dreaming about the hospital. I was not dreaming about saying the wrong thing on rounds, but I was dreaming about our patients: Mr. Brown’s wife when she’d been told he may not survive his third surgery this admission; Mr. […]

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Devotionals

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | May 24, 2018

Perspectives and Opinions on Issues and News Topics is a publication of Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ®. Do you want to know the latest information and news about today’s important healthcare topics? Join the conversation with The Point, CMDA’s blog focusing on breaking news stories in bioethics and healthcare. CMDA’s experts contribute to the […]

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Support CMDA

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 5, 2019

For more than 80 years, we have pursued one goal—to transform the lives of healthcare professionals so they can transform the world. Through more than 40 programs including campus and community ministries, medical missions, public policy and much more, CMDA continues to be a driving force in healthcare—enriching hundreds of thousands of lives each year.

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Capstone

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 8, 2022

[…] our heads above water. But as we approach the back half and final stretch of our working career and life circumstances evolve, new opportunities for serving God can present themselves. Will you come with open hands and an open heart, asking Jesus what he might have next for you, and acting upon it when […]

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A Lack of Self-care in Healthcare

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | January 18, 2018

[…] to other people’s woes and stresses when your own were weightier? Given your last emotional resources to a patient whose need was less than your family member’s? Forfeited sleep while advising a patient of how curative it is? Advised a patient about nutrition and exercise right after scarfing a quick lunch from the vending machine?

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Physician Substance Abuse

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | November 27, 2016

According to a 2009 article in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, ā€œApproximately 10% to 12% of physicians will develop a substance use disorder during their careers, a rate similar to or exceeding that of the general population.ā€ But while our addiction rate may be similar to the rest of the country, the characteristics and consequences of […]

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Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 10, 2019

Autumn Dawn Eudaly Galbreath, MD, MBA is an internist in San Antonio, Texas, where she lives with her husband, David, and their three children. Though they met in medical school, David now owns a restaurant in the San Antonio area. Between the two of them, they have experienced multiple career transitions, and weathered the […]

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Leadership Forms for CMDA

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 22, 2018

To apply for consideration as a future Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® Board of Trustees or House of Representatives candidate, please submit the Leadership Commitment Form and then the Leadership Self-referral Application as well. In addition, be prepared to submit a current Curriculum Vitae (CV) to the Executive Assistant at CMDA.

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Christian Physical Rehab Professionals

Christian Physical Rehab Professionals

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 25, 2018

Christian Physical Rehab Professionals (CPRP) is a specialty section of CMDA. We are here to encourage, support and build up Christian Physical Rehab Professionals CPRP spiritually and professionally. We’d love to share more about our purpose, beliefs and what we offer.

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RSS

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 19, 2018

RSS stands for ā€˜Really Simple Syndication’. Many people describe it as a ā€˜news feed’ to which you subscribe for free content. RSS is a technology that is still being used by millions of web users around the world to keep track of their favorite websites and blogs. In the ā€˜old days’ of the web […]

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Attendees

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 17, 2025

A Saline Process seminar includes 10 hours of concepts and practical tools for integrating faith into day-to-day patient interactions with sensitivity and respect. This includes incorporating spiritual history-taking, praying with patients and fostering real-time connections with God during patient care. It is a descendant of Saline Solution, a course created by Pastor Bill Peel […]

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On the Side: April 2025

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | April 8, 2025

Our fragrance, be it good or bad, is something people notice. Scripture talks about the fragrance of Christ, reminding us the aroma that wafts around us is what people notice about our faith. It’s a heavy responsibility knowing people are watching and listening to us, but we need to be the sweet aroma of […]

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On the Side: March 2025

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 4, 2025

ā€œIn Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poorā€ (Acts 9:36, NIV).

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Moabites

By Al Weir, MD | February 25, 2025

“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgement on themselves” (Romans 13:1-2, NIV)

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On the Side: February 2025

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 5, 2025

As a little girl, I remember Valentine’s Day so vividly—decorating a shoebox to hold our cards at school, picking just the right Valentine for each friend in our class and, uh, having bronchitis several years in a row and missing the whole thing.

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Saline Process

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 15, 2025

A Saline Process seminar includes 10 hours of concepts and practical tools for integrating faith into day-to-day patient interactions with sensitivity and respect. This includes incorporating spiritual history-taking, praying with patients and fostering real-time connections with God during patient care. It is a descendant of Saline Solution, a course created by Pastor Bill Peel […]

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Standing Strong with the Church

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 9, 2025

As the newest edition to CMDA’s long list of resources for our members, Standing Strong with the church is new curriculum that helps the church stand up against the cultural pressures facing Christians within healthcare today. The curriculum’s seven modules are designed for group settings, allowing attendees to solidify their foundational worldview beliefs regarding […]

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Pancakes and Roaches

By Al Weir, MD | January 14, 2025

ā€œAnd he who was seated at the throne said, ā€˜Behold, I am making all things newā€™ā€ (Revelation 21:5a, ESV).

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Standing Strong Curriculum

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 6, 2025

As the newest edition to CMDA’s long list of resources for our members, Standing Strong in Training is new curriculum that helps healthcare students and residents stand up against the cultural pressures facing Christians within healthcare today. The curriculum’s seven modules are designed for group settings, allowing attendees to solidify their foundational worldview beliefs […]

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Wrong

By Al Weir, MD | January 7, 2025

ā€œIf your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them overā€ (Matthew 18:15, NIV).

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On the Side: December 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | December 4, 2024

The child life specialist was working with my 3-year-old triplets in an effort to prepare them all for Benjamin’s upcoming surgery.

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Fact Sheet for Parents: Authored by The Institute For Research and Evaluation

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | September 20, 2022

The past 10 years have seen an exponential rise in the occurrence of gender confusion or gender dysphoria (also called transgender or gender non-conforming)* among young people worldwide, especially among teenage girls.

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Bookend Stories

By Al Weir, MD | November 19, 2024

ā€œFor I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor heigh, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lordā€ (Romans 8:38-39, ESV).

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On the Side: November 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | November 6, 2024

The burden of a friend’s pain is heavy. I’m with you. But Paul’s letter to Philippi reminds us that God is faithful in carrying them until the day of Christ. Maybe you’re the friend with the burden. We’re with you!

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Gender Dysphoria Fact Sheet

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | October 9, 2024

Gender identity issues are complex in today’s culture. ā€œTransgenderā€ individuals refer to their ā€œgenderā€ as a sexual identity that is different than their biologic sex on the basis of an internal sense or feeling. This self-identification differs from their biological sex, and it takes priority over their physical biology as recognized in their chromosomal […]

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On the Side: October 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | October 2, 2024

The burden of a friend’s pain is heavy. I’m with you. But Paul’s letter to Philippi reminds us that God is faithful in carrying them until the day of Christ. Maybe you’re the friend with the burden. We’re with you!

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On the Side: September 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | September 3, 2024

nd so it happened that one week before move-in day for my baby, I saw a dog that seemed to needĀ me. I looked at my husband and said I think I will fill out this application. My dog-loving hubby told me to go right ahead.

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On the Side: August 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | August 5, 2024

I had delayed answering for too long, because she was rephrasing the question yet again. ā€œWhere do you go when you want to find the truth?ā€

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A Question of Place

By Al Weir, MD | August 6, 2024

I have been managing his prostate cancer for 10 years. During that time, his wife left him and all his children moved elsewhere. He loves the Lord deeply. His sister wants him to come live with her in Texas. His daughter wants him to come and live with her in Alabama.

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On the Side: July 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | July 2, 2024

My physician hubby and I just celebrated 33 years married. 33 years. 25 of those I have been married to a physician. (The first eight he was an aerospace engineer but don’t get me started on the bliss of having a NASA engineer as a husband and the flex schedule that meant he had […]

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On the Side: June 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 4, 2024

“…let us lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross…” Hebrews 12:1-2

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On the Side: May 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | May 8, 2024

The best title of all to have, I think, is the title of ā€œRedeemed.ā€ No matter what other titles we may have, no matter how noble or glorious they are, compared to Redeemed, they all seem to shrink in importance.

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Excellence

By Al Weir, MD | May 7, 2024

ā€œWhatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human mastersā€ (Colossians 3:23, NIV).

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Pentecost

By Al Weir, MD | April 16, 2024

He was cancer free but suffering from complications of therapy. ā€œThis ain’t nothing,ā€ he declared. ā€œIn the 80s I was shooting up drugs every day. I would find myself watching my hand inject the drugs and tell it to stop, but it wouldn’t. I even tried to commit suicide. I took an extra-large dose […]

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On the Side: April 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | April 8, 2024

Moving is an art form. It’s also an invitation to be gentle with ourselves and fall into the arms of Grace.

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On the Side: March 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 4, 2024

I hear Wade talk about his interviews for residency sometimes. I hear him describe flying to a centralized location in the Southeast and renting a car. I hear him describe traveling from program to program to hit as many schools with one flight as possible.

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A Contemporary Examination of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus

By Allan T. Sawyer, MD, MS, MATS | February 29, 2024

How certain are we that Jesus died on the cross? Could His resurrection have been a hoax? These are critical issues to the Christian faith. The apostle Paul admonished the Corinthian church, ā€œAnd if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sinsā€ (1 Corinthians 15:17, ESV).

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We are committed to giving support, training, and equipping to Christian mentors and mentoring throughout every community within our CMDA ministry. We are accomplishing this through online and in-person training, by curating and creating mentoring resources for our CMDA mentors and helping to connect mentors will potential mentees.

Mentoring

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 8, 2024

We are committed to giving support, training, and equipping to Christian mentors and mentoring throughout every community within our CMDA ministry. We are accomplishing this through online and in-person training, by curating and creating mentoring resources for our CMDA mentors and helping to connect mentors will potential mentees.

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Eternity in Our Hearts

By Al Weir, MD | January 3, 2024

Our Christmas schedule was different this year. Helped by a day off for bronchitis, I had more time to reflect; and I did so, remembering many healthcare professionals, and others, who have impacted my life for Christ through the moments I have spent with them.

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On the Side: January 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 3, 2024

I finished school many years ago. My children are almost grown. My youngest is a senior in high school. There are no grandchildren on my horizon to date. Yet, I still put the new crayons in my shopping buggy at least once a year. There is just something wondrous about a brand-new box.

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On the Side: December 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | December 4, 2023

We drove to Mississippi from Chicago while in medical school. We had three under two and knew we probably wouldn’t make it the entire way in one day but weren’t exactly sure how far we would make it. And so, we decided to drive until we had to stop. It was a great decision […]

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On the Side: November 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | November 1, 2023

As I am writing this article, it has been just a few days since hostilities erupted in the Middle East. Every morning I have to get up and see what they are doing over there. It is unquestionable that any information I have today will be obsolete by the time you read this. I […]

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On the Side: October 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | October 16, 2023

God knows everything He is planning to bring about in our future. He is the One who makes a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. We may look around us and see nothing of that promise, but He encourages us to look anyway and to see with the eyes of faith.

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Forbearance

By Al Weir, MD | October 3, 2023

The hospital notified me today that one of the residents I supervise had more than 600 ā€œview alertsā€ on her computer that had not been addressed. Alerts contain critical labs, radiology results or notes from other physicians who need a response.

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On the Side: September 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | September 12, 2023

I met my best friends from high school this summer in North Carolina. It was our third annual trip together—we have been to a couple of beaches, but this year we chose the mountains.

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On the Side: August 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | August 7, 2023

God knows everything He is planning to bring about in our future. He is the One who makes a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. We may look around us and see nothing of that promise, but He encourages us to look anyway and to see with the eyes of faith.

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On the Side: May 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | May 5, 2023

Moving has the effect of making you take stock of what you’re carrying with you. It is important to know what baggage to keep and what to get rid of.

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On the Side: July 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | July 31, 2023

Several years ago, there was a house down the street from us that had the most amazing landscaping! Ok, I’ll admit it, I experienced a little ā€œflower envyā€ every time I walked by with the dogs. I may have even sneaked a pic or two to save for when spring came around again so […]

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On the Side: June 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 5, 2023

When I sit among the women of our local Side By Side chapter, I sit among power. Wives of physicians, some physicians themselves, some experts in other fields, some nursing stay-at-home moms. A group diverse in age and background and current employment, but always powerful.

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Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid

Advocate

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | April 18, 2023

Viewpoint Project with Dennis Quaid is created solely for viewing on Public Television stations across the US with the goal to provide innovative and unique content featuring the world’s most influential organizations and individuals. Unique educational content designed to inspire and illuminate. Portions of the project air on a myriad of networks such as […]

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Pulling Back

Pulling Back

By Al Weir, MD | February 7, 2023

[…] is pure, enduring foreverā€ (Psalm 19:9a, NIV). She has issues with chronic anxiety and depression, which are reasonable in her case, with a history of three different cancers and a family that rejected her. She is healthy today and was sharing with me her dependence on Jesus. ā€œI just bring Him along with me. […]

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On the Side: February 2023

On the Side: February 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 2, 2023

Kicking and screaming…most of the time. Protesting in the loudest and most ridiculous ways imaginable. Much like a disobedient child, who is being drug from a store by a parent; misbehaving just because they didn’t get what they wanted. That’s me. Why? How do you follow Jesus?

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steroid

Steroid Mania

By Al Weir, MD | December 27, 2022

[…] said, ā€˜It’s the end of the day, and I really don’t want to do all the paperwork. Give me a good excuse for your speeding, so I can let you go.ā€™ā€ My patient responded (or at least he said he did), ā€œWell, sir, a policeman stole my girlfriend a while ago, and I though […]

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Christmas Lights

By Al Weir, MD | December 20, 2022

ā€œThe eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting armsā€ (Deuteronomy 33:27a, NKJV).

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On the Side: November 2022

By Sharon Chatwell | November 3, 2022

I make a mean lasagna. Always have. It’s my mom’s recipe and it has never let me down. (Don’t worry. I’ll share it with you in a minute.) So, naturally, when I think of taking food over to someone’s house, I think of lasagna. It’s easy, portable, reheats well, and lasts for days. […]

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On the Side: October 2022

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | October 10, 2022

Medical life takes grit. We wrap our minds around MCAT scores, acceptance letters, residency placements and job contracts, knowing it‘s not easy. There’s risk in leaving a paying job and moving across the country. And it‘s scary. Will you land on your feet? Will you live on this budget? Will you make friends? Regardless, […]

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Christian Medical & Dental Associations Announces Another Conscience Victory in Federal Court

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | August 29, 2022

Bristol, Tenn.—August 29, 2022—The 13,000-member Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), which is the nation’s largest faith-based professional healthcare association, today praised the unanimous ruling from a federal appeals court in Texas that protects the religious beliefs of healthcare professionals from being forced to perform gender-transition procedures or abortions against their conscience and best […]

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On the Side: August 2022

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | August 2, 2022

I don’t drag out my MD for just any occasion. Typically, I keep it tucked away. But today I thought I would speak (indirectly) to residents, especially first-year residents or interns, so it seemed appropriate. Perhaps you ladies, who are reading this article, will pass along my remarks to the young physicians in […]

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On the Side: June 2022

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 2, 2022

One day, a mole decided life underground wasn’t his thing. Ready for something new, he found a folded lawn chair in a driveway and thought, yes, this was his best next step. So he moved in.

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