CMDA Matters
Religion & Spirituality Podcas
CMDA Matters is the premier audio resource for Christian healthcare professionals. Hosted by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA) CEO Dr. Mike Chupp, it is a weekly podcast that includes interviews with experts from Christian healthcare professionals. Topics include bioethics, healthcare missions, financial stewardship, marriage, family and much more. Listen to CMDA Matters today on the CMDA Go app, iTunes and the CMDA website. When you subscribe to our iTunes channel or Google Play, you will get notified about the podcast episodes on a weekly basis. 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 of around 19,000 healthcare professionals. CMDA 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, 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.
Location:
United States
Description:
CMDA Matters is the premier audio resource for Christian healthcare professionals. Hosted by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA) CEO Dr. Mike Chupp, it is a weekly podcast that includes interviews with experts from Christian healthcare professionals. Topics include bioethics, healthcare missions, financial stewardship, marriage, family and much more. Listen to CMDA Matters today on the CMDA Go app, iTunes and the CMDA website. When you subscribe to our iTunes channel or Google Play, you will get notified about the podcast episodes on a weekly basis. 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 of around 19,000 healthcare professionals. CMDA 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, 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.
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.cmda.org/
Email:
eric.willingham@cmda.org
Episodes
Dream Brave with Dr. Wai Jia Tam
4/18/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA Bookstore2024 CMDA National ConventionCMDA Biblical Tours2024 WPDC Annual ConferenceDream Brave by Dr. Wai Jia TamICMDANew Opioid and Substance Use Disorder Course in the CMDA Learning Center
Duration:00:39:10
Exploring Spirituality and Health
4/11/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA Bookstore2024 CMDA National ConventionFaith PrescriptionsCAPS Specialty SectionSpecialty Sections
Duration:00:41:15
Cameo of Courage featuring Dr. Rebekah Naylor
4/4/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreGlobal Health OutreachMedical Education InternationalRebekah Ann Naylor, MD: Missionary Surgeon in Changing TimesCenter for Advancing Healthcare MissionsPre-field Orientation for New Healthcare MissionariesGlobal Missions Health Conference
Duration:00:34:29
Finding Purpose in Retirement
3/28/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA Bookstore2024 CMDA National ConventionCMDA Center for Well-BeingCMDA Campus & Community Ministries501 Foundations in Coaching
Duration:00:40:23
Speaking Freely with The Referent Group
3/21/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA Bookstore2024 CMDA National ConventionCMDA Center for Well-BeingThe Referent GroupPermission to Speak Freely by Doug Crandall and Matt Kincaid, PhDLeadership Proverbs by David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics), and Pastor Bert JonesServant Leadership by David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics), and Pastor Bert Jones501 Foundations in Coaching
Duration:00:38:40
From Darkness to Redemption
3/14/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreThe Scalpel and the Soul: Our Radical Transformation as Husband and Wife Abortion Doctors by Drs. Haywood and Noreen Johnson40 Days for LifeCMDA Advocacy2024 CMDA National Convention
Duration:00:38:31
Going to the Nations
3/7/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreMedical Education InternationalCMDA Mission ScholarshipsPre-field Orientation for New Healthcare MissionariesGlobal Missions Health ConferenceCampus & Community Ministries
Duration:00:30:51
Innovations in Missions
2/29/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreMissio NexusGlobal Health OutreachGlobal Missions Health ConferenceCenter for Advancing Healthcare MissionsCMDA Advocacy
Duration:00:38:54
Finding a Lifeline in CMDA
2/21/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreCenter for Well-BeingContact Dr. Bill Griffin about a THRIVE EventCampus & Community Ministries
Duration:00:28:57
Rescuing Life at the NEDC
2/15/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreNational Embryo Donation CenterCMDA PodcastsThe Voice of Advocacy Podcast2024 CMDA National Convention
Duration:00:33:15
An Inside Look at Ministry in Ukraine
2/8/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreICMDAMedical Education InternationalCMDA Learning Center CMDA Matters Episodes with Dr. Peter Saunders from ICMDA
January 4, 2024September 22, 2022March 14, 2022
Duration:00:43:13
Exploring the Perkins Justice Pilgrimage
2/1/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreCMDA Biblical ToursCMDA Stewardship DepartmentCMDA’s R2ED CommitteeThe Convergence Webinar
Duration:00:37:47
From Healthcare to Public Service
1/25/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreStanding Strong in Training2024 CMDA National ConventionThe Convergence Webinar
Duration:00:40:06
Transgender Dilemma in the Young
1/18/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreTransgender Dilemma in the Young by Jeffrey E. Hansen, PhDDr. Hansen’s WebsiteThe Point BlogCMDA Learning CenterBridging the Gap: Where Medical Science and Church MeetThe Convergence WebinarSociety for Evidence-Based Gender MedicineArticle by Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala
Duration:00:55:36
Standing Up for the Vulnerable in Indiana
1/11/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreFreedom2CareEmail CMDA’s Advocacy TeamStanding Strong in TrainingThe Convergence Webinar
Duration:00:49:18
A Close Look at ICMDA
1/4/2024
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreICMDA2024 CMDA National ConventionCMDA Coaching CoursesCMDA Placement Services
Duration:00:54:01
The Impact of CMDA in 2023
12/27/2023
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 CMDACMDA BookstoreCampus & Community MinistriesAdvocacyStanding Strong in TrainingLegal InquiriesGlobal Health OutreachMedical Education InternationalFaith PrescriptionsBridging the GapCMDA TodayCMDA Learning CenterBiblical Tours
Duration:00:44:48
Christmas On Call
12/21/2023
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreJoin CMDA
Duration:00:56:23
Cameo of Courage with Dr. Paivi Räsänen
12/14/2023
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreCMDA Ethics HotlineDr. Paivi Räsänen’s first interview on CMDA MattersCMDA AdvocacyEmail CMDA’s Advocacy TeamFreedom2CareVoice of CMDA Media TrainingLegal Inquiries
Duration:00:36:23
Breaking the Mold in Healthcare through Nurse Practitioners
12/7/2023
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 CMDAEmail CMDA MattersCMDA BookstoreCMDA Specialty SectionsCoalition of Christian Nurse PractitionersFaith PrescriptionsJoin CMDAGlobal Health Outreach
Duration:00:36:45