Embracing Christ-centered Recovery
John 10:10
Meet Our Leadership:
Warren Yamashita, MD, MPH
Kurt Bravata, MD, FASAM
Brad Bauer
Brad Bauer resides in Lancaster, NY, a suburb of Buffalo. He is the father to one adult son. Brad is active in his local church, The Vine Wesleyan Church, serving as a local board member and participating regularly on the church’s worship team. Brad also volunteers with Embrace Recovery Buffalo as an encourager for those in recovery. Brad holds a CCAR (Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery) certification having completed the Recovery Coach Academy, a 5-day, 30-hour course that blends theory and hands-on practice. Brad believes that a big part of successful recovery centers around re-connection - to God, others, and oneself. In his leisure time Brad enjoys motorcycling and rollerblading.Jennifer Weiting Feng, PhD
Jennifer Anderson, MD
Dr. Jennifer Anderson is a board‑certified Obstetrician–Gynecologist and Addiction Medicine Specialist who serves as medical director for Cedar Recovery’s Opioid Treatment Programs in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia. Trained at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and Wake Forest University she began integrating medication for opioid use disorder into prenatal care and women’s health care early in her career. Her fellowship in Addiction Medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic strengthened her commitment to expand access to evidence-based whole-person care for the treatment of families affected by substance use disorders.Our Mission
The Addiction Medicine Section of CMDA exists to prevent and treat addiction and transform lives, by God’s grace, love, and power. We strive to provide compassionate excellence in all aspects of addiction care, including whole-person prevention and treatment, education, advocacy, empowerment of others, research, church, and community partnerships, and interprofessional collaboration and support.
Our Purpose
To RISE with Christ and, by His power, excel in these areas:
Research – Support, assist and network with those interested in doing faith-based study and research in addiction medicine.
Inspire – Encourage and support opportunities for interprofessional health professionals, pastors, theologians and the broader recovery care community to co-labor and network together to share ideas, concerns, successes, and prayer for one another.
Serve - Provide excellent, Christ-centered, evidence-based, clinical care to individuals struggling with addictions and their families using the biopsychosocial-spiritual model of whole-person healthcare.
Educate - Educate, equip, and mentor others about successful approaches to addiction - including students, health professionals, patients, families, churches, community groups, politicians, media and others.
Fellowship Among Members
