Missionary Medicine Seminar

In conjunction with Prescription for Renewal, we invite you to arrive a day early to participate in the Missionary Medicine Seminar. This Continuing Medical Education (CME) course provides participants with essential knowledge for practicing medicine on the mission field.

OBJECTIVES

▪ To prepare physicians for both short-term and long-term service at mission hospitals around the world.
▪ To provide up-to-date information from experienced medical missionary physicians on the management of diseases processes and injuries common to the mission field.
▪ To stimulate physician interest and participation in medical missionary service.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Aras and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Orlando Health and Samaritan’s Purse/World Medical Mission, Inc. Orlando health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Orlando Health designates this educational activity for a maximum of 9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This program is also eligible for 9 nursing contact hours. Orlando Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Florida Board of Nursing (Provider no. FBN2459) and the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (AP 085).

SCHEDULE

CLICK HERE to download the course schedule for the 2011 Missionary Medicine Seminar. To register, call 1.800.950.2092.

SPEAKERS

Dr. Melvin L. Cheatham, MD
Mel is a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of California (Los Angeles) Medical Center and also serves on the UCLA Neurosurgery Advisory Board. He is past President of both the California State Neurosurgical Society and the Western Neurosurgical Society. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and is board certified in neurological surgery. When he turned 50, Dr. Cheatham felt called to give up his private practice to devote himself to full-time medical relief work and evangelism projects in developing and war-torn countries. Dr. Cheatham is Director Emeritus of the Samaritan's Purse Board of Directors and an emeritus board member of The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He has written two books, Come Walk with Me and Living a Life That Counts.

Dr. John Cropsey, MD
John was born in 1979 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At the age of four, his family moved to Togo, West Africa, to become medical missionaries. This experience placed a desire in his heart to pursue medical missions. God affirmed this calling as John studied at Cedarville University and the University of Michigan as an undergraduate. He then completed his internship at Albert Einstein Medical Center and his ophthalmology residency at Wills Eye Hospital, both in Philadelphia. He is board certified in surgery. John and his wife, Jessica, (with their children Elise and Micah) have spent that past two years working at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya through World Medical Mission’s Post Residency Program. They are preparing to move to Burundi in order to serve as a physician and Kibuye Hospital and clinical faculty at Hope Africa University’s teaching hospital.

Dr. Jason Fader, MD
Jason is a missionary surgeon who benefited from growing up in Kenya as the son of medical missionaries. After graduating from Rift Valley Academy in Kenya, he attended Calvin College, Loyola Medical School, and completed a general surgery residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is board certified in general surgery. Jason and his wife, Heather, traveled with their children Anna and Abigail to Tenwek Hospital in Kenya to serve for two years through World Medical Mission’s Post-Residency Program. The Faders are preparing to return to Africa, serving as medical missionaries at Kibuye Hospital in Burundi and developing post-graduate medical education programs at Hope Africa University.

Dr. James Foulkes, MD
Jim graduated from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health and completed his surgical residency at Akron General Hospital in Akron, Ohio. In 1957 he was accepted by the South Africa General Mission to serve as a career medical missionary. Dr. Foulkes arrived at Mukinge Hospital in Zambia in 1958 to work with Dr. Robert Foster. As a medical missionary, Dr. Foulkes was a pioneer in treating African sleeping sickness in Zambia. He introduced eye surgery locally and introduced home-based care for HIV patients. He also started Theological Education by Extension classes in Mukinge and taught the classes for 15 years. Dr. Foulkes retired from Mukinge Hospital in 1997.

Dr. Ronald A. Johannsen, MD
Ron graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed his residency in internal medicine and completed a fellowship in cardiology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is board certified in cardio vascular disease, internal medicine, and critical care medicine. Ronald is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is also Site Director for the University of Minnesota Global Health Program. He serves as the Director of International Medical Education and is the Associate Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Johannsen also served as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Practice and Community Health at University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis.

Dr. Eric McLaughlin, MD
Eric graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed his family medicine residency at the University of Michigan. Eric is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. For the past two years he have served as a staff physician and clinical educator at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya through World Medical Mission and its Post-Residency Program. Eric and his wife, Dr. Rachel McLaughlin, are in the United States, preparing to return to Africa as medical missionaries and faculty at Kibuye Hospital and Hope Africa University in Burundi.

Dr. Rachel McLaughlin, MD
Rachel graduated from Loma Linda University Medical School and completed her OB-GYN residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Rachel passed her written board exam in obstetrics and gynecology and is eligible for her oral exam. She and her husband, Dr. Eric McLaughlin, spent two years in Bomet, Kenya, serving at Tenwek Hospital through World Medical Mission’s Post-Residency Program. Rachel and Eric share a common calling to serve as medical missionaries. With their children Maggie and Ben, the McLaughlins plan to serve at Kibuye Hospital and Hope Africa University medical school in Burundi, beginning in 2013.

Dr. Alyssa Pfister, MD
Alyssa graduated from Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University, and completed her internship and residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. She is board certified in internal medicine and pediatrics. Alyssa was accepted into World Medical Mission’s Post-Residency Program and served for the past two years at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya. Alyssa is preparing to continue her career as a medical missionary by serving at Kibuye Hospital and Hope Africa University in Burundi.

Dr. Allan T. Sawyer, MD, MS, FACOG
Allan graduated from Oral Roberts University School of Medicine, did an internship at Orlando Regional Medical Center and completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Phoenix. He is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Sawyer has served at mission hospitals in Kenya and Papua New Guinea, often accompanied by his wife, Teresa, and their four children, Michael, Andrew, Anna, and Amber. “I often hear from people that they don’t want to go on missions because they are worried about their kids being harmed,” Dr. Sawyer said. “I am always discouraged to hear that, and often tell them that there is no safer place to be than in the middle of God’s will; and hence, no place more dangerous to be than outside of God’s will.”