On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp and Dr. Jeff Barrows are joined by author, physician and speaker Dr. David Hager to talk about his new book entitled On the Way: Ministering in the Moment.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore On the Way: Ministering in the Moment Faith Prescriptions Focus on the Family The Convergence: Critical Conversations on Addiction      

On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp and Dr. Jeff Barrows talk with Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist about CMDA’s experience at the U.S. Supreme Court for oral argument in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine court case.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Legal Inquiries Freedom2Care Video from U.S. Supreme Court CMDA Advocacy Voice of CMDA Media Training      

On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp is joined in the studio by Dr. Wai Jia Tam from Singapore. A multi-award-winning international humanitarian doctor and speaker, Dr. Tam shares about her new book entitled Dream Brave.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore 2024 CMDA National Convention CMDA Biblical Tours 2024 WPDC Annual Conference Dream Brave by Dr. Wai Jia Tam ICMDA New Opioid and Substance Use Disorder Course in the CMDA Learning...

On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp and Dr. Bill Griffin talk with Dr. Andre Cipta about an important research project he’s been leading that dives deep into the importance of incorporating spiritual care into patient care.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore 2024 CMDA National Convention Faith Prescriptions CAPS Specialty Section Specialty Sections      

On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp is joined by Dr. Rebekah Naylor for a conversation about her decades of service on the mission field in India and how she continues to support the next generation of healthcare missionaries.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Global Health Outreach Medical Education International Rebekah Ann Naylor, MD: Missionary Surgeon in Changing Times Center for Advancing Healthcare Missions Pre-field...

On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Pastor Bert Jones is joined in the studio by Dr. Steve Sartori for a discussion about how you can find purpose and identity in retirement.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore 2024 CMDA National Convention CMDA Center for Well-Being CMDA Campus & Community Ministries 501 Foundations in Coaching        

On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, join Pastor Bert Jones as he chats with Dr. Tom Hustead and Doug Crandall about how valuable leadership is for healthcare professionals, because we are all leaders…whether we know it or not.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore 2024 CMDA National Convention CMDA Center for Well-Being The Referent Group Permission to Speak Freely by Doug Crandall and Matt Kincaid, PhD Leadership Proverbs by David Stevens, MD, MA...

On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, listen to a special conversation from the Student Pulse podcast with Rev. Bill Reichart and Dr. Haywood Robinson about his book The Scalpel and the Soul: Our Radical Transformation as Husband and Wife Abortion Doctors.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore The Scalpel and the Soul: Our Radical Transformation as Husband and Wife Abortion Doctors by Drs. Haywood and Noreen Johnson 40 Days for Life CMDA Advocacy 2024...

On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp chats with Dr. Katherine Smith about how she is uniquely using her skills in healthcare to go out into the nations and share Christ.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Medical Education International CMDA Mission Scholarships Pre-field Orientation for New Healthcare Missionaries Global Missions Health Conference Campus & Community Ministries    

Dr. Mike Chupp and Pastor Bert Jones are joined by Ted Esler, the president of Missio Nexus, to talk about the innovative work they are doing in missions for the cause of the Great Commission.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Missio Nexus Global Health Outreach Global Missions Health Conference Center for Advancing Healthcare Missions CMDA Advocacy  

Dr. Mike Chupp and Pastor Bert Jones chat with Dr. Amy Starr about how her engagement with the CMDA Coaching ministry greatly helped impact her plans for retirement and the next season of ministry in her life.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Center for Well-Being Contact Dr. Bill Griffin about a THRIVE Event Campus & Community Ministries

Dr. Jeff Barrows is joined by Dr. Jeff Keenan, the president and founder of the National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC) in Knoxville, Tennessee, to talk about how the NEDC is rescuing life through embryo donation and adoption.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore National Embryo Donation Center CMDA Podcasts The Voice of Advocacy Podcast 2024 CMDA National Convention  

Dr. Mike Chupp and Dr. Jeff Barrows sit down with Dr. Rudy Myhovych, who found himself in an incredibly unusual leadership position as the president of the Christian Medical Association of Ukraine at the same time Russia invaded their country in 2022.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore ICMDA Medical Education International CMDA Learning Center CMDA Matters Episodes with Dr. Peter Saunders from ICMDA January 4, 2024 September 22, 2022 March 14, 2022

On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp and Dr. Omari Hodge honor Black History Month with an in-depth conversation with V. Elizabeth Perkins from The John & Vera Mae Perkins Foundation about racism and reconciliation and how they relate to healthcare.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore CMDA Biblical Tours CMDA Stewardship Department CMDA’s R2ED Committee The Convergence Webinar

Dr. Ralph Alvardo, is a physician who uses his experience in healthcare to now serve as the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Standing Strong in Training 2024 CMDA National Convention The Convergence Webinar          

Dr. Jeff Hansen, a pediatric and adolescent clinical psychologist, recently wrote a new book entitled Transgender Dilemma in the Young that speaks into the transgender topic in a clear and concise way.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Transgender Dilemma in the Young by Jeffrey E. Hansen, PhD Dr. Hansen’s Website The Point Blog CMDA Learning Center Bridging the Gap: Where Medical Science and Church Meet The Convergence Webinar Society for...

Dr. Thomas Huth and Dr. David Donaldson are two physicians in Indiana who recently engaged with their state medical society to stand up and protect the vulnerable through advocacy.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Freedom2Care Email CMDA’s Advocacy Team Standing Strong in Training The Convergence Webinar      

Dr. Peter Saunders, the Chief Executive of the International Christian Medical & Dental Association (ICMDA), talks about the global impact ICMDA  is having on healthcare around the world.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore ICMDA 2024 CMDA National Convention CMDA Coaching Courses CMDA Placement Services    

Dr. Mike Chupp is joined by George Courtney, who serves as CMDA’s Vice President of Stewardship and Legacy Giving. Together, they reflect back on all the ways God worked through the ministries CMDA throughout 2023.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA CMDA Bookstore Campus & Community Ministries Advocacy Standing Strong in Training Legal Inquiries Global Health Outreach Medical Education International Faith Prescriptions Bridging the Gap CMDA Today CMDA...

On this week’s special Christmas episode of CMDA Matters, join Dr. Mike Chupp and several CMDA members and friends who share about seeing God at work during the Christmas season.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Join CMDA    

Dr. Paivi Räsänen from Finland, gives an update on the criminal charges she is facing for speaking biblical truth in the public square.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore CMDA Ethics Hotline Dr. Paivi Räsänen’s first interview on CMDA Matters CMDA Advocacy Email CMDA’s Advocacy Team Freedom2Care Voice of CMDA Media Training Legal Inquiries    

Dr. Adrienne Abrenica shares about the impact the growing number of nurse practitioners are making in whole person care through their commitment to their patients.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore CMDA Specialty Sections Coalition of Christian Nurse Practitioners Faith Prescriptions Join CMDA Global Health Outreach    

Dr. Sam Alexander shares about his two decades of service in Mongolia through CMDA’s Medical Education International.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Medical Education International Remedy East 24 Center for Advancing Healthcare Missions Global Health Outreach Marriage Enrichment Weekend  

Author Rosaria Butterfield talks about her new book entitled Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age, which explores the five lives promoted in today’s American culture.  RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Give to CMDA Email CMDA Matters CMDA Bookstore Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age by Rosaria Butterfield CMDA Ethics Hotline Standing Strong in Training