CMDA Winter Conference
Are you feeling the “burn” of busy, tiring days in the office/hospital? Do your professional and personal lives seem “off-center” for some reason? Wouldn’t you like to get off that hamster wheel for a while? Well, here’s your chance!! Join us at the CMDA Northeast Winter Conference on January 15-17, 2010, at the beautiful Sandy Cove Conference Center on the lovely, peaceful shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Experience God’s rest as you pray, meditate, experience timely speakers and workshops, and fellowship...
read moreFall MD Breakfast
Our next Breakfast will be held on Saturday morning, October 17th, from 9-11 am at the Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue. Dr. Hank Paszko will be sharing on the topic “Serving in Uncertain Times – Maintaining personal balance in a time when social and economic factors are pressing in on medical practice from all directions.” Hank is the Medical Director of Churchville-Chili Family Medicine. He did his undergraduate work as an English major at Columbia University and attended medical school at the University of Rochester...
read moreImportance of Being There
When an MCCF student meeting is scheduled it is almost never convenient to drop what you’re doing and attend. It is especially difficult when you find yourself wondering if the students really care or if the time you take away from your work can be justified. Don’t underestimate the power of your presence…Don’t forget the power of your influence…Don’t forget the power of your witness…Don’t forget the power of friendship and hospitality…Don’t forget the power of your story… So when you look at the clock or the...
read moreSummer reading idea
The MCCF student group chose to study the theological insights in Wm. Paul Young’s book “The Shack” last year in their weekly Bible study, but it took Susan and I until this summer to catch up with them. It seems that we’re latecomers to this New York Times bestseller, which now has over 7 million copies in print. If you haven’t already, pick up a copy and read it this summer, sort through the issues and feelings it raises, then consider passing it on to someone else who might appreciate it. You’ll find the...
read moreSummer Medical Institute
The vision of the Summer Medical Institute (SMI) is to raise up healthcare providers who use their professions to honor God and grow in love for Him. The SMI is organized by the Valley Baptist Family Practice Residency in Harlingen, TX. This will be the ninth year for the South Texas SMI. Being located on the TX/MX border, we have ample opportunity to provide care to medically underserved neighborhoods called colonias. The SMI medical outreach serves as the practical vehicle for mentoring the next generation of health care workers. Each year...
read moreSpring Physician Breakfast
The MCCF Spring Breakfast will be held on Saturday morning, May 2, from 9-11 am at the Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue. Topic: Panel on Medical Marriage Dr. Tom and Vicki Ball, Dr. Cathy and Alan Goodfellow, and Drs. David and Mary Kay Ness will be sharing with us and responding to questions about how they’ve been have been able to mix medicine and marriage in their households. Please come and bring your spouse or significant other. Feel free to invite any friends or colleagues who might be interested, too! Please mark your...
read morePrimary Care Shortage
When Dr. Waseem Ghazoly died unexpectedly at age 45, his three physician colleagues in Pittsford expected to cover his 1,800 patients only temporarily. But the office hasn’t been able to recruit a replacement because of an ongoing shortage of primary care physicians. Seventeen months after Ghazoly’s fatal heart attack, his office and exam rooms remain empty at Elmwood Medical Associates. The full practice still hopes to fill the position but has no solution in sight, said Dr. Stephen Meloni. Click here to read the full article in...
read moreRafiki Missions Opportunity
The Rafiki Foundation is looking for help with their ministry to needy children in Africa and is seeking Christian physicians to serve short term during one of their quarterly Community Medical Clinics. Rafiki, a Swahili word for friend, is a Christian missions organization with Villages in 10 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Their Villages are located in Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi and Ethiopia. In sub-Saharan Africa, the AIDS pandemic has deprived many children of their fathers and mothers....
read morePrayer for Bongolo Hospital
From Deb Walker, head of Pediatrics PLEASE PRAY FOR BONGOLO HOSPITAL We are getting hit very hard because of the government hospital worker’s strike that is already a month old (since Jan.12). It is just now getting to the unbearable stage at our hospital. Maternity is up 2.5 times the normal volume and outpatients have doubled. Almost all hospital beds are full. If this rate continues very long, we will run out of certain medications and tests like HIV tests before our next order can arrive. People are getting angry at having to wait...
read moreLaugh, love, lift
I would be true, for there are those who trust me.I would be pure, for there are those who care.I would be strong, for there is much to suffer.I would be brave, for there is much to dare. I would be friend of all, the foe, the friendless.I would be giving and forget the gift.I would be humble, for I know my weakness.I would look up and laugh, and love and lift. I would be prayerful through each busy moment.I would be constantly in touch with God.I would be tuned to hear His slightest whisper.I would have faith to keep the path Christ trod. A...
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