Winter 2024

This article is an excerpt transcribed from an interview recorded for a CMDA Matters podcast episode released in September 2024 with CMDA CEO Mike Chupp, MD, FACS; CMDA Senior Vice President of Bioethics and Public Policy Jeff Barrows, DO, MA (Ethics); and Stephen Grcevich, MD. During the conversation, they discussed mental health and the church, as well as how mental health relates to gender and identity. To listen to the full episode, visit cmda.org/cmdamatters.

This article is an excerpt transcribed from an interview recorded for a CMDA Matters podcast episode released in September 2024 with CMDA CEO Mike Chupp, MD, FACS; CMDA Senior Vice President of Bioethics and Public Policy Jeff Barrows, DO, MA (Ethics); and Stephen Grcevich, MD. During the conversation, they discussed mental health and the church, as well as how mental health relates to gender and identity. To listen to the full episode, visit cmda.org/cmdamatters.

Addiction has devastated the United States. As a healthcare professional, you’ve almost certainly seen its impact upon your patients and their families. As a community member, parent or friend, you’ve seen it in your town, on your streets and in your schools.

Jesus gave His disciples instructions to include preaching, teaching and healing as key parts of their work and mission. Christian mission hospitals are excellent sources of providing witness and healing.

Instead of opening my own practice, or even joining an existing physician-owned medical group, I took a job in a new practice owned by our local hospital, so I could be free of the administrative demands of running a business.

Sometimes I feel like Moses—content to play it safe and take care of a few sheep after experiencing significant ups and downs of life, yet the burning bush keeps calling me.