Dr. Holmes Honored
Buffalo physician, David M. Holmes, MD, has been named New York State Family Physician of the Year by the State Academy of Family Physicians. He received the award during the Academy’s annual awards luncheon on June 9 at the Desmond Hotel in Albany during the Academy’s Congress of Delegates. Dr. Holmes was selected by the Education Commission of the Academy from among several family physicians nominated by patients and colleagues. Dr. Holmes’ biographical sketch included his personal mission statement: “The purpose of...
read moreI Ask
A blood pressure check, I put my hand on her wrist to take a pulse, a small, hard rectangle protrudes from her skin I ask. She says, A bullet. I ask. She says, My husband shot me. She is a small woman, quiet, calm. Five times in the stomach. This bullet somehow wayward, wandered to her wrist. In the 50s, when I lived in Virginia, she says, I had to have part of my stomach taken out. They weren’t sure if I’d live. But I did. The poet, Mona Arif, recently graduated from the U of R School of Medicine and is currently a pediatrics...
read moreWelcoming New Students
On August 16th from 12:45 to 2:00 pm MCCF will have a booth at the Activities Fair in Flaun Atrium at the Medical School with more information about our group and plans for regular meetings. Our first student get-together will be on Sunday, August 19th at 4 pm in PBL #1 (Room 1-8405). We’ll have Subway sandwiches, drinks, and cookies. Come and bring a friend!
read moreDr. Brooks Wins Contest
Yesterday’s Democrat & Chronicle ran a story about our very own Dr. Walter Brooks that began: Walter S. Brooks has photographed the pyramids at Giza. He has captured tufts of low-hanging clouds sweeping across a snowcapped Mount McKinley and images from dozens, if not hundreds, of other exotic locations. But it was a picture of Rochester’s skyline that earned the dermatologist, with residence in Penfield and practice in Greece, first place in the hometown photo contest of Shutterfly, an online photo service… Click here...
read more2007 CCHF Conference
Providing Distinctively Christian Care May 31 – June 3, 2007North Park University, Chicago, IL Download Conference Logistics Download Conference Brochure Download Conference Registration...
read moreSpring MD Breakfast
Our Spring MCCF MD Breakfast will be held on Saturday morning, May 5th, from 9-11 am at the Meliora Faculty Club on the River Campus. Dr. Chet Fox, a faculty member at UB with years of experience as a family physician, will share with us about “Praying with Patients: Tips, Tricks, and Traps.” Please mark your calendars and sign up...
read moreThelanders of Gabon
On April 29 and 30, Dr. Keir and Joanna Thelander will share about what God is doing at Bongolo Hospital in Gabon, Africa, with a report about their experiences with medicine in the jungle, heat and humidity, electrical storms, their missionary family, God’s many provisions for Luke and Sarah, the new AIDS clinic, the road to Libreville, and the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons. Click here for more information about times, locations, and how you can...
read moreWinter MD Breakfast
The annual MCCF Missions Breakfast will be held on Saturday morning, February 10th, from 9-11 am at the Meliora Faculty Club on the River Campus. Speakers will include: Dr. Jeff Harp – Haiti mission Drs. Nick Venci and Chuck Culbertson – Senegal mission Jared Tomlinson – Ghana mission Dave & Diann Conquest – Dr. Keir Thelander’s work at Bongolo Evangelical Hospital in Gabon, Africa Dr. John Seaman – Disaster Preparedness Information about the upcoming CMDA Global Health Outreach trip to Nicaragua in...
read moreRegular Meetings
Weekly meetings: If you are interested, there is a small group from the Medical Center meeting for Bible study, fellowship, and evangelism this semester. Time: Thursday evenings, 7:30 pm Place: alternating between houses (we e-mail address/directions every week) What to bring: Decided the week before, so if you come this week, nothing! Just yourself, and a friend if you like. Subject: This is more of a Bible discussion group, but we do try to stick to Scripture. The passage (1-2 chapters) is picked out each week by one of us. We all try to...
read moreCompleting Your Call
Dear CMDA Leaders,As leaders within your communities or campuses, you, more than most, have felt God’s tug on your lives. CMDA is also holding a special distance learning course through the Paul Tournier Institute for a few doctors who want to explore much more deeply God’s call into ministry. This is an 18 month course that we are offering only to leaders. It will require time of reading, projects, conference calls, and three residency weekends. The course will begin on January 1, 2007 with the book, The Question of God, by Dr. Armand...
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