CMDA Matters

Latest Episodes:

ENCORE Sep 27, 2026

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Gene Rudd, MD discusses CMDA's new ministry, ENCORE, a ministry for retired & nearly-retired Healthcare Professionals. Our unique goal is to motivate colleagues who are facing or experiencing retirement from healthcare careers to see our lives as just important to Kingdom service as in the days of our youth.

Racial Healthcare Disparities Feb 18, 2021

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Omari Hodge, MD discusses the concept of Racial Healthcare Disparities and how Christians in healthcare should seek change to healthcare disparities related to race and ethnicity.

Critical Race Theory & Christianity Feb 11, 2021

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Omari Hodge, MD discusses the concept of Critical Race Theory and how Christians in healthcare should seek unity in diversity.

Judeo-Christian Values Feb 04, 2021

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Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Managing Director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, discusses the common areas of agreement between the Christian and Jewish faiths and the mutually beneficial alliances that can be formed.

Serving the Marginalized @ Lawndale Jan 28, 2021

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Pastor James Brooks & Dr. Daisy Dowell share their vision for the Lawndale Christian Health Center where the staff provides soul care and healthcare to the local residents.

Anniversary of Roe v Wade Jan 21, 2021

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Donna Harrison, MD is the Executive Director of the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs. AAPLOG is the largest non-sectarian pro-life physician organization in the world. AAPLOG exists to encourage and equip its members and other concerned medical professionals to provide an evidenced-based defense of both the mother and her unborn child. AAPLOG currently has over 4000 medical professionals in the U.S. and has international physician members worldwide.

Serving on the Margin Jan 14, 2021

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Volunteerism has been a hallmark of CMDA members throughout our 90 year history. Scott Keller, MD shares how he is serving as Christ's healthcare ambassador to immigrants in the "most diverse square mile in America", at Grace Medical Village in Clarkston, GA.

Faith Based Investing Jan 07, 2021

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Finney Kuruvilla, MD discusses the concept of biblically responsible investments and how you can make your portfolio reflect your faith.

Transformative Trust Dec 31, 2020

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This week we share a episode from the Healthy Doctor Podcast from the CMDA Center for Well-Being. Steve Sartori, MD talks with Dr. Omayra Mansfield who co-authored The Trust Transformation, a workshop that helps participants transform and improve the relationships in their lives by building a foundation of trust. Her primary areas of interest are improving the physician and patient experience as it relates to improving provider wellbeing, patient adherence to care, and clinical outcomes, and she has lectured extensively on these topics.

Unshakable Hope Dec 24, 2020

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Mike Chupp, MD shares the Christmas Devotional he gave to the staff of CMDA about the "Unshakable Hope" we have thru Christ our King.