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

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | 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 medical judgment.

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Medical Malpractice Ministry

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 25, 2018

A malpractice lawsuit can wreak havoc on a healthcare professional’s family, career and emotional and spiritual wellbeing. The effects can be devastating. CMDA’s Medical Malpractice Ministry is available to intervene with prayer, educational resources and encouragement from a commission of doctors who have faced malpractice suits themselves.

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Welcome Member – CASE Equipping

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

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

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WhereToServe

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

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

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Fellowship of Christian Physician Assistants

FCPA – History

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 16, 2019

Imagine having an entire army of peers to whom you could turn for advice, ideas and support, from a Biblical, Christian perspective. By joining CMDA, and as a member of the Physician Assistants section, you will become part of a network of fellow Christian PAs, students, residents, doctors and other healthcare professionals who all face similar professional and personal challenges as you.

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Healthcare for the Poor

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | 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. The purpose of CCHF is to live out the gospel through healthcare among the poor. The organization was established to provide focus on the need and the “how to” in caring for the poor.

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Coalition of Christian Nurse Practitioners (CCNP)

Coalition of Christian Nurse Practitioners

By Eric Willingham | June 25, 2018

The Coalition of Christian Nurse Practitioners is a specialty section of CMDA. We encourage, educate, and challenge members of advanced practice nursing to engage in a deeper, more fulfilling walk with our Savior, equipping us to impact the lives of others with the gospel.

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Join CMDA – Retired & Friends

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 26, 2023

When you become a member of CMDA you are joining the largest community of Christian Healthcare professionals in the world! Welcome Retired Healthcare Professionals & Friends of CMDA.

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CMDA Houston Student Ministry

Join CMDA – Students & Residents

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 26, 2023

When you become a member of CMDA you are joining the largest community of Christian Healthcare professionals in the world! Welcome Students and Residents.

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CMDA Matters

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 16, 2019

Christian Doctor’s Digest is the premier audio resource for Christian healthcare professionals. Hosted by CMDA CEO Dr. David Stevens, it is an audio magazine released six times each year to all of our members. It includes a variety of interviews with experts in various fields pertaining to Christian healthcare professionals.

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Fellowship of Christian Physician Assistants

Fellowship of Christian Physician Assistants

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

Imagine having an entire army of peers to whom you could turn for advice, ideas and support, from a Biblical, Christian perspective. By joining CMDA, and as a member of the Physician Assistants section, you will become part of a network of fellow Christian PAs, students, residents, doctors and other healthcare professionals who all face similar professional and personal challenges as you.

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Richard A. Swenson, MD

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 11, 2019

Richard A. Swenson, MD, received his B.S. in physics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Denison University (1970) and his M.D. from the University of Illinois School of Medicine (1974). Following five years of private practice, in 1982 Dr. Swenson accepted a teaching position as Associate Clinical Professor within the University of Wisconsin Medical School system where he taught for fifteen years. He currently is a full-time futurist, physician-researcher, author, and educator. As a physician, his focus is “cultural medicine,” researching the intersection of health and culture. As a futurist, his emphasis is fourfold: the future of the world system, western culture, faith, and healthcare.

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Center for Well-being | About Us

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 14, 2019

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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Capstone

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

The average career in healthcare lasts about 35 years. The first 20 years are often a sprint to keep 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 He provides you with direction?

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Capstone Committment

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

The average career in healthcare lasts about 35 years. The first 20 years are often a sprint to keep 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 He provides you with direction?

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Christian Medical & Dental Associations celebrates victory in federal court that sets nationwide precedent

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | November 30, 2022

Bristol, Tenn.—November 29, 2022—Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), which is the nation’s largest faith-based professional healthcare association, today is celebrating a final victory in its federal court case to protect the religious beliefs of healthcare professionals from being forced to perform gender-transition procedures or abortions against their conscience and best medical judgment.

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Physician Burnout

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | May 19, 2016

It was a relatively slow evening at work when I got the text. My phone vibrated on the clinic countertop as I was looking over a chart. “Are you busy? Can you talk?” I figured those words couldn’t be good, coming as they did from a young intern I mentored when she was a medical student. I found myself wondering if she had lost a patient.

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Side by Side

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 29, 2018

Side By Side is a network of local chapters that encourage and minister to women in healthcare marriages through fellowship and Bible study. We are a CMDA ministry for women who are married to medical and dental students, residents and fellows, as well as staff physicians and dentists. We are a non-denominational, Bible-based ministry that is evangelical in nature. We seek to encourage, support and minister to women in medical marriages through fellowship, Bible study and prayer. We commit to standing side by side our husbands, side by side our sisters in Christ and side by side our Lord.

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Lifetime

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 13, 2024

When you become a member of CMDA you are joining the largest community of Christian Healthcare professionals in the world!

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Summary of Court Briefs and Cases

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 23, 2020

Current Summary of Court Cases

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Marriage Enrichment

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 24, 2018

The Marriage Enrichment Ministry was started by CMDA members who saw a need to minister to married healthcare professionals. This ministry provides four to six conferences per year to provide healthcare couples with an opportunity to nurture and grow in their marital relationships.

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Faith Prescriptions: Just What the Doctor Ordered

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 8, 2021

Introducing a new video-based teaching program from CMDA to equip healthcare professionals to share the love of Christ with their patients and colleagues

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Harold Paul Adolph, MD

By Harold P. Adolph, MD, FACS | June 11, 2019

Harold Paul Adolph, MD, has devoted his professional career to volunteering and serving as a medical missionary. A graduate of Wheaton College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, he has been a board certified physician since 1965. Since that time, he has served as Chief of Surgery at various mission hospitals in Taiwan, Ethiopia, Liberia and Niger. For the past 10 years, he assisted in building a surgical training center in South Central Ethiopia as the president of St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation. An active member of CMDA, he previously served as a trustee of CMDA, and also received the CMDA Servant of Christ award in 2003. In 2007, he was inducted into the Medical Mission Hall of Fame, and was recently recognized as a Lifetime Distinguished Fellow of the American College of General Surgery. He and his wife Bonnie Jo have two children, David and Carolyn, who also serve as career missionaries in Kenya and Ethiopia.

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Christian Medical & Dental Associations joins federal lawsuit in Michigan to protect the unborn

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | November 9, 2023

Bristol, Tenn.—November 9, 2023—Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), which is the nation’s largest faith-based professional healthcare association, joined a federal civil rights lawsuit this week in the state of Michigan to protect the unborn, to protect pregnant women and to protect parents. On behalf of 16 plaintiffs, including CMDA, the American Freedom Law Center and the Great Lakes Justice Center filed the lawsuit challenging central elements of Proposal 3 on federal constitutional grounds.

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Backward and Forward

By David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics) | June 18, 2019

Franklin Graham, my boss, and I had just finished a meeting in the early 1990s when I walked into my office at World Medical Missions and found a letter marked “Personal and Confidential” on my desk from the Christian Medical & Dental Society (CMDS, as the ministry was called at that time). As I opened it, little did I realize it was the first step in a journey that would result in me leading CMDA for 25 years.

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Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | 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 resultant stresses on their marriage and family.

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Alternative Medicine

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 6, 2018

The latest up-to-date information on the legislative, ethical and medical aspects of alternative medicine.

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Center for Well-being | Thriving

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | May 29, 2019

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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Center for Well-being | Surviving

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 6, 2019

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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Center for Well-being | Struggling

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 6, 2019

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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Center for Well-being | Doing OK

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 6, 2019

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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Legacy Gifts

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 13, 2022

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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Non-Cash Assets

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 13, 2022

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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Missions

Missions

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 11, 2019

We are dedicated to both domestic and international missions. Through our various missions, we provide opportunities for healthcare professionals to use their God-given skills to meet the needs of others around the world and share the gospel with them. About 750 of our 17,000 members are serving overseas as long-term missionaries. Each year, more than 1,000 CMDA members serve overseas on one to two-week primary care medical and dental teams to 25 different countries. About 100 healthcare professionals volunteer in medical education exchanges to about 22 countries. Our Continuing Medical and Dental Education Conference has around 700 participants each year.

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Answering the Call: Launching of a CMDA Specialty Section

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

How the spiritual needs of an academic-based group of physicians and scientists inspired the founding of the Christian Academic Physicians and Scientists (CAPS), a specialty section of CMDA.

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Transformed Doctors: Shelby Montgomery

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 8, 2019

In this article from the Spring 2019 edition of Today’s Christian Doctor, we feature Shelby Montgomery, a third year at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. She received my bachelor’s of science in kinesiology at LSU in Baton Rouge, spending her junior year of undergrad at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on the island of Oahu through National Student Exchange. After graduating from LSU, I worked for one year at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge as a research coordinator for the Heads Up project.

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First Fridays at the Mortons

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 15, 2021

My husband and I had just moved from Michigan to Texas for my first year of medical school at the University Health Science Center San Antonio. We walked up to the door of a house we had never visited, hand-in-hand wondering what the evening ahead would hold, with unfamiliar people, in this unfamiliar part of the country. As we arrived at the front door, we could hear the sounds of conversation mixed with laughter inside, along with the delicious aroma of cooking pizza tantalizing our taste buds. Another couple our age greeted us warmly while handing us an apron, sending us toward a buzzing kitchen to begin creating our “couple pizza” for the pizza bake-off contest! Wow! It was a Texas size welcome.

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Center for Well-being | Mentoring

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 6, 2022

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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Member FAQ

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 12, 2018

One of the most common reasons healthcare professionals give for not joining or renewing their membership is that they do not have time to be involved. Membership does not obligate you to participate in any of the ministries of CMDA. These ministries are there when or if you need them, either serving you or serving others.

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Conferences

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | July 2, 2018

CMDA hosts over 40+ conferences and scores of events all over the country every year. To find a conference that’s right for you, select from those currently available to learn more.

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CMDA Go Prayer

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 13, 2023

The CMDA Go App Pray For CMDA If you would like to pray for CMDA, please go to the CMDA Go App, CMDA National Ministry Prayer Forum, and view the existing weekly prayer requests. Then you can leave a comment on each post as you are praying. Here are the current features you can use right away: Set up your personal profile with your CMDA account…

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Ultrasound Education Section

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 20, 2018

We are a multidisciplinary group of healthcare professionals and Jesus followers who have a passion for using and teaching ultrasound, with the goal of equipping Christian international healthcare workers to incorporate ultrasound into their practice of medicine in the most challenging of settings.

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Center for Well-being

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 7, 2019

The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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CMDA's The Point

My Doctorate in Secret-Keeping

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | January 19, 2017

Preparing to meet my next patient, I pick the next chart up off the counter. “Bob Smith,” married middle-aged patient, chief complaint: STD check. “Weird,” I think, “Mary Smith’s husband’s name is Bob, too. What a coincidence.” I open the exam room door, and Mary Smith’s husband, Bob Smith, is sitting inside.

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

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | 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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Christian Medical & Dental Associations celebrates New Mexico victory to protect healthcare professionals’ conscience objections against assisted suicide

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | April 13, 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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At the Heart of the Crisis: Personal Reflections on COVID-19

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

It is no exaggeration for me to say CMDA has had an influential impact on my adult spiritual life. Since 1999, I have been active with CMDA in one way or another. In 2017, my work with the New York City chapter was significantly increasing, and I found myself more interested in ministry activities than even my own private practice in surgery. After a couple years of praying and planning, I officially began my full-time ministry as the NYC Area Director on March 1, 2020. There was no way humanly possible we could have foreseen what would occur in NYC that same month.

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Supreme Court building in Washington, DC

HHS Protects Conscience Freedoms

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 18, 2019

Conscience-guided healthcare professionals and students received a healthy dose of positive federal policy advances in the last few months. CMDA played a role advocating on behalf of our members in each of the following federal policy reforms that relate to conscience freedom, gender issues and abortion.

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Christian Doctor’s Digest™

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 26, 2018

Christian Doctor’s Digest is the premier audio resource for Christian healthcare professionals. Hosted by CMDA CEO Dr. David Stevens, it is an audio magazine released six times each year to all of our members. It includes a variety of interviews with experts in various fields pertaining to Christian healthcare professionals.

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Center for Well-being | Resources

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 21, 2019

The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence. Listen to our Healthy Doctor Podcast.

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Search CMDA

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | August 27, 2018

Search CMDA’s website for relevant and unique content for healthcare providers seeking to transform the world.

The Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA) is made up of the Christian Medical Association (CMA) and the Christian Dental Association (CDA). CMDA provides resources, networking opportunities, education and a public voice for Christian healthcare professionals and students.

Founded in 1931, CMDA provides programs and services supporting its mission to “change hearts in healthcare” with a current membership over 19,000. CMDA promotes positions and addresses policies on healthcare issues; conducts overseas medical evangelism projects; coordinates a network of Christian healthcare professionals for fellowship and professional growth; sponsors student ministries in medical and dental schools; distributes educational and inspirational resources; hosts marriage and family conferences; provides Third World missionary healthcare professionals with continuing education resources; and conducts academic exchange programs overseas. By being the “hands of Jesus” to needy people, CMDA seeks to fulfill His Great Commandment (Matthew 22:39; 25:36) and His Great Commission (Matthew 28:19).

The Christian Medical & Dental Associations® is a 501(c)3 and is governed by a Board of Trustees and House of Delegates. Policies of CMDA are interpreted and applied by the Board of Trustees, which also establishes the guidelines for the executive director and his staff. An elected House of Delegates assists the board with recommendations on courses of action. The House of Delegates is composed of graduate, student, resident and missionary members who are elected for three-year terms by district and meets annually at the CMDA National Convention. Approximately 75 employees currently make up the staff of CMDA in the national office and U.S. field offices.

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Dental Graduate

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | May 20, 2020

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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About Us

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | October 8, 2020

The mission of the CMDA CHEC Section is to encourage connection, promote excellence and integrate faith and work. The vision of CHEC is to be a community of Christian healthcare executives that inspires and supports one another.

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Neurology Section

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | 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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Donate

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | October 4, 2018

Your gifts ensure Faith and Healthcare will be ever-present, working hand-in-hand all over the world. Support the mission that is transforming healthcare globally.

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Donate Thrive

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 14, 2023

Your gifts ensure Faith and Healthcare will be ever-present, working hand-in-hand all over the world. Support the mission that is transforming healthcare globally.

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Member Search

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 17, 2018

Christian Healthcare Professional Search Find a CMDA Member Healthcare Professional Select an area of the map by typing a zip code, city, or state. You can zoom in on the map and select pins to look at practices and healthcare members in an area.  If you search for a specific professional by name, the results will display below the map. Be sure to check proper…

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CMDA Statement on Medical Marijuana

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 18, 2019

The Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) has developed this policy on “medical marijuana” with both an inherent belief that the Bible is the Word of God–that it speaks into our time and culture and that God gave us his creation to use to its fullest potential—and with the incorporation of scientific evidence which provides a window into the truths about God’s creation.

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

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | 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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must restore critical safeguards for chemical abortion drugs and disallow their shipment by mail.

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GHO – FAQs

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 29, 2018

Membership Donate About GHO Trips Find a Trip Trip Preparation Urgent Needs Resources Application Information Team Participant Manual Trip Preparation Mission Scholarships Additional Resources FAQs GHO Blog Contact FIND A TRIP TRIP COSTS What kinds of things do my Global Health Outreach trip fees cover? Trip costs are in three main categories. Airline travel to get you from your home to the main airport in…

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Fellowship of Christian Optometrists

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | July 5, 2018

Being a member of CMDA has lots of great benefits, but the greatest benefit of all is helping to further His kingdom as we change hearts in healthcare. If you aren’t a member of CMDA, we would love to have you join us!

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Renew Your Membership

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | November 16, 2022

You’ve stood by us during difficult times and we want to return the favor. You can also call this number if your situation has changed (e.g. you’re now retired) and we need to update your records. We love to hear from you. And we value your friendship. After all, we’ve been through a lot together.

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Stay Connected

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | May 12, 2022

A ministry of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations.

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Get Involved

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | May 12, 2022

A ministry of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations.

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Women in Healthcare Still Earn Less than Men

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | July 21, 2016

And so begins a New York Times article about the recent JAMA Internal Medicine analysis of physician pay disparities. The central message of the analysis is that women in healthcare, on average, earn $20,000 less per year than their specialty-matched male colleagues.

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Fanning the Flames of a CMDA Leadership Legacy

Fanning the Flames of a CMDA Leadership Legacy

By Mike Chupp, MD | June 18, 2019

I attended my first CMDA National Convention in April 2012 and heard devotional speaker Luis Palau make this statement: “Big doors open on small hinges.” He explained how seemingly small events in our lives may serve to open big doors that God intends for us to walk through in order to enjoy incredible blessings that follow. A small hinge in my life was a letter Dr. David Stevens wrote to me after I had served at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya in early 1988 for two months during my fourth year of medical school.

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All You Need is F.A.I.T.H. – Mentoring

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 1, 2022

My freshman year of college brought a multitude of surprises. Certainly, there was the increased study load and the idea that I alone had to manage myself, my time and my schedule, yet the biggest surprise I experienced was when the God of the universe radically changed my life and the trajectory of my future.

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Dale A. Matthews, MD, FACP

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 11, 2019

Dr. Matthews practices general internal medicine in McLean, Virginia and is a staff physician in the Primary Care Division of the Virginia Hospital Center Physician Group (Arlington, VA). He conducts research and lectures nationally and internationally on the doctor-patient relationship and the psychological and spiritual dimensions of medicine, including the role of faith, religion, and prayer in clinical care and healing. He has served on the general internal medicine faculty at three medical schools: Yale University, University of Connecticut and Georgetown University. He also teaches continuing medical education courses for the Continuing Medical Education, Inc. University at Sea program. He is the author of The Faith Factor: Proof of the Healing Power of Prayer (Viking, 1998).

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Courage through the Crisis: Stories from the Frontlines

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 21, 2021

More than a year ago, we watched as New York City and the surrounding area became the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis when the pandemic initially broke out in the United States. At this year’s CMDA Virtual National Convention, we shared stories from several CMDA members from the area whose lives and work in healthcare were impacted by the virus.

As we consider how COVID-19 has changed our world and our profession in healthcare, these stories share how God has worked in and through our members during this crisis.

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CMDA’s The Point

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 15, 2018

A weekly blog keeping you updated on emerging topics relevant to today’s issues in healthcare written by CMDA’s staff and members. Perspectives and Opinions on Issues and News Topics is a publication of Christian Medical & Dental Associations®. Join the conversation with The Point, CMDA’s blog focusing on breaking news stories in bioethics and healthcare. CMDA’s experts contribute to the blog and also recommend additional resources and information.

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CMDA Careers

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | May 31, 2018

Christian Medical & Dental Associations offers excellent employment opportunities in a professional Christian work environment. In 2003, a landmark study commissioned by Christianity Today and administered by the Best Christian Workplaces Institute recognized us as the best Christian place to work in its category!

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Christian Physical Rehab Professionals

Christian Physical Rehab Professionals

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | 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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Global Health Outreach

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 22, 2018

Global Health Outreach is a short-term international missions program dedicated to providing healthcare while spreading the gospel by sending medical, dental and surgical teams around the world.

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Reginald Finger, MD, MPH

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 11, 2019

Reginald Finger, MD, MPH received the Doctor of Medicine degree in 1981 and a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology in 1983 from the University of Washington in Seattle. For much of his career, Dr. Finger has worked in disease prevention and health promotion in state and local health departments. Dr. Finger has been a CMDA member since 2003.

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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, “Approximately 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.” But while our addiction rate may be similar to the rest of the country, the characteristics and consequences of our addictions are not.

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Court Cases

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | November 14, 2019

Right of Conscience Resources

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Fellowship of Christian Optometrists Graduate Page

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | May 21, 2020

Being a member of CMDA has lots of great benefits, but the greatest benefit of all is helping to further His kingdom as we change hearts in healthcare. If you aren’t a member of CMDA, we would love to have you join us!

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Specialty Sections Graduate

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | May 21, 2020

Christian Medical & Dental Associations® has several blogs available with articles dating back several years on a wide range of healthcare topics and issues.

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Christian Surgeons Fellowship

Christian Surgeons Fellowship

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

Starting out as a small group of Christ-following academic surgeons over twenty years ago, the Christian Surgeons Fellowship has grown steadily over the years and has held annual meetings since 1995.

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First Fruits

By Eric Willingham | January 31, 2022

God asks for and deserves our best, the first fruits of our labor. This was true in ancient Israel and remains true today.

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Legal

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 13, 2023

We are dedicated to serving as a Christian voice and a resource for our members on today’s bioethical issues. Have you encountered a difficult patient care decision at your hospital? Do you have a question about how to maintain Hippocratic traditions within your work as a healthcare professional?

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Fellowship of Christian Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (FCPRS)

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

The purpose of the Fellowship of Christian Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (FCPRS) is to encourage, educate and challenge members to engage in a deeper, more fulfilling walk with our Savior, equipping us to impact the lives of others with the gospel.

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Chapel & Prayer

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | April 10, 2018

Come join us for chapel! Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, CMDA staff members gather for a time of worship and prayer, followed by a challenging message. We are pleased to make these chapel services available to you online via iTunes podcasting. If these messages are an encouragement to you, please feel free to share this resource with someone else.

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About CMA

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 24, 2021

The Christian Medical Association® (CMA) is a ministry on the Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA) which provides resources, networking opportunities, education and a public voice for Christian healthcare professionals and students.

Founded in 1931, CMA provides programs and services supporting its mission to “change hearts in healthcare” with a current membership of around 19,000 healthcare professionals. CMA promotes positions and addresses policies on healthcare issues; conducts overseas medical education and evangelism projects; coordinates a network of Christian healthcare professionals for fellowship and professional growth; sponsors student ministries in medical dental, PA, and other healthcare training schools; distributes educational and inspirational resources; hosts marriage and family conferences; provides developing world missionary healthcare professionals with continuing education resources; and conducts academic exchange programs overseas. By being the “hands of Jesus” to needy people, CMA seeks to fulfill His Great Commandment (Matthew 22:39; 25:36) and His Great Commission (Matthew 28:19).

The Christian Medical Association® is a 501(c)3 and is governed by a Board of Trustees and House of Delegates. Policies of CMA are interpreted and applied by the Board of Trustees, which also establishes the guidelines for the executive director and his staff. An elected House of Delegates assists the board with recommendations on courses of action. The House of Delegates is composed of graduate, student, resident and missionary members who are elected for three-year terms by district and meets annually at the CMDA National Convention. Approximately 75 employees currently make up the staff of CMDA in the national office and U.S. field offices.

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First Fruits and Capstone

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 21, 2022

The healthcare mission field stands at an important crossroads. Around the world, opportunities abound for fruitful ministry through healthcare missions. Healthcare professionals are desperately needed, and they can serve in places non-medical missionaries can’t serve. All too often, needs and opportunities go unmet. The doors will not remain open forever. As health systems around the world modernize, healthcare missions and missionaries become less necessary in the eyes of the host community, and the missionary’s witness and scope of influence are curtailed significantly.

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Jeffrey Barrows, DO, MA (Ethics)

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 11, 2019

Dr. Jeffrey Barrows is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist who in 1999 joined the staff of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations to help administrate a medical education mission outreach called Medical Education International (MEI). While working with the Christian Medical Association, he was asked by the U.S. State Department in 2004 to research the health consequences of Human Trafficking. From 2005-2008, he compiled and submitted an annual report to the Director of the State Department’s -Office to Monitor & Combat Trafficking of Persons. This research resulted in the article Human Trafficking and the Healthcare Professional published in the May 2008 Southern Medical Journal.

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How to De-stress in Your Distress

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 21, 2022

I picked up the phone to return a call from a message I had received on my office voicemail earlier that day. The call was from a doctor. I called the doctor back and said, “Hello, this is Pastor Bert from CMDA returning your phone call, how can I help you?” After a pause, he responded, “Thank you for calling me back; I don’t know how much longer I can continue to practice in this environment.” As he continued to download the heavy burden he was carrying, I realized the doctor on the other end of the call was in distress. It was a 911 call for spiritual help. Unfortunately, that phone call is becoming all too common and frequent in my office.

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Medical Education International

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | April 10, 2018

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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Joint Letter from Christian Medical & Dental Associations, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists and American College of Pediatricians

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | October 8, 2019

As organizations representing over 25,000 medical professionals, we would like to correct the errors and assumptions of the recently released joint statement from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and Physicians for Reproductive Health (PRH).

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Call for all Elective Abortions to be Suspended

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 23, 2020

As representatives of over 30,000 physicians who practice according to the Hippocratic Oath, the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), the American College of Pediatricians, Christian Medical & Dental Associations, the Catholic Medical Association, and the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons decry the call to continue elective abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic made by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and others which falsely characterize elective abortion as essential healthcare.

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RSS

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

RSS stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’. Many people describe it as a ‘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 ‘old days’ of the web to keep track of updates on a website, you had to ‘bookmark’ websites in your browser and manually return to them on a regular basis to see what had been added. This is still an option, but RSS feeds allow content to come to you.

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GHO – Application Information

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | April 9, 2018

Membership Donate About GHO Trips Find a Trip Trip Preparation Urgent Needs Resources Application Information Team Participant Manual Trip Preparation Mission Scholarships Additional Resources FAQs GHO Blog Contact FIND A TRIP BEFORE YOU APPLY To apply for a trip with Global Health Outreach, simply find the trip you are interested in and fill out the trip application on the trip’s page. Click here to view…

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Dental Membership Offer

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 12, 2020

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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Cincinnati

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 11, 2022

CMDA Cincinnati exists to encourage, strengthen, and equip healthcare professionals to: live out the character of Christ in their homes, workplaces, communities, and around the world; cultivate communities to reach, mentor, and partner with healthcare professionals; pursue professional excellence and compassion through Christ-centered care; and provide spaces of dialogue to address relevant healthcare issues.

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Transformed Doctors, Transforming the World: Peter E. Dawson, DDS

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | April 22, 2020

“I have been richly blessed by God, and I have a burning desire to do what I can to bring His message to anyone who will listen.” —Peter E. Dawson, DDS

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Defending Freedom

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 19, 2022

Celebrating and Defending the Freedom2Care will encourage and inspire you with the work of our AHM partners and their willingness to stand up for freedom of faith, conscience, speech and the value of human life.

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Kenneth M. Dudley, MD

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 11, 2019

Kenneth Earl Dudley, MD teaches Ethics and Epidemiology at Michigan State University (MSU) College of Human Medicine as an associate professor. His PowerPoint presentations have been outreach events for medical and college students, or tailored to CMDA and church audiences. He has a BA in Bible-Theology from Moody Bible Institute, a BS in Biology and an MD from MSU. He has practiced as a board certified Family Physician since 1983.

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Organized Medicine and the Response to Dobbs: Seeking Crucial and Constructive Conversations

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

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a landmark decision in which the court held that the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.[1] A number of medical professional organizations responded to the decision with public statements. These responses were framed around themes including affirmation of patient autonomy, protection of the doctor-patient relationship, preservation of abortion experience in the training environment and protection of disparately affected populations.

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Resources

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | October 29, 2018

HELPLINE 1-888-230-2637 HOME BLOG TRAINING EVENTS RESOURCES FAQs DONATE RESOURCES Podcasts CMDA-Matters Podcasts Dr. Steve Sartori and Dr. Ann Tsen talk about coaching in an interview from the February 2015 edition of Christian Doctor’s Digest. Ken Jones talks about Coaching Doctors Creating a Coaching Culture Inside an Organization Coaching Physicians and Medical Professionals – Dr. Ann Tsen shares how she coaches doctors, and professionals from…

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Newsroom Archives

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | July 15, 2019

Christian Medical & Dental Associations® News Releases

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