Missions Breakfast 2016
Our annual Missions Breakfast yesterday at the Academy of Medicine was a deep encouragement to all who attended. In addition to the delicious breakfast and time of lively fellowship, we were stimulated by three full presentations of Mission and Ministry (see below), followed by an update on the mission at the House of Hope in Nicaragua given by Dr. Chris Borghi-Cavallaro and many exhortations to serve. If you would like to contact any of the speakers listed below or in the linked flyer, just look them up in our Directory! 1/23/16 Missions Presentations Chase Miller, MD – Otolaryngology in...
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Focus On Missions Please set aside the date and sign up now for our Winter Missions Breakfast coming up on Saturday, January 23rd, from 9-11 am at the Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue. We’re looking forward to some inspiring presentations (see list below) so mark your calendars, respond using our RSVP page, and come out to hear how some of your colleagues are crossing cultures to share their faith and skills with people groups in need. Dr. Chase Miller (Otolaryngology) – Togo, West Africa Dr. Ellen Dailor (Anesthesiology) – Shisong Hospital, Cameroon Dr. Gary...
Read MoreA word from Ellen
Hello all! I am currently back in Cameroon. I sent Mission Doctors Association a new blog post that they have not yet posted, but if you are interested you can see my blog here: www.ShisongHeartCall.blogspot.com We are doing well here. It has been a little slow because we have had trouble getting enough blood for a couple of our patients who have rare blood types, but we are now moving along. I am grateful for your prayers for our patients and also for peace in Cameroon. I return to the US December 4, God-willing, then to Cameroon again on January 29 until about March 18. Ellen...
Read MoreHoughs and Nepal
Dr. David and Hannah Hough have been back in Rochester since December after spending two years serving with Samaritan’s Purse Ministries in Tansen, Nepal. Now Nepal is calling again, this time after the massive earthquake we have all heard about. David will be returning on May 15 to spend two weeks doing relief work with Samaritan’s Purse. Click here if you would like to support David and others providing short-term mission-driven Gospel relief there. To read about and support the United Mission to Nepal for longer term restoration and rehabilitation work where the Hough’s...
Read MoreBirnie Named Interim Dean
Dr. Christine Birnie, Department Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Professor, has been appointed to serve as Interim Dean of the Wegmans School of Pharmacy, effective immediately. Birnie joined the Wegmans School of Pharmacy in 2006 as a founding faculty, and was promoted to Department Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010. Most recently, she also served as the Interim Associate Dean. In addition to her administrative responsibilities as department chair, Birnie remains active in the classroom, teaching pharmacy calculations, pharmaceutics and the compounding laboratory. She...
Read MoreHarold Lowry 1927-2014
Early this past Friday morning Susan Morehouse’s father passed peacefully into the arms of his Father with her at his side at St. John’s Nursing Home. He was 86, widowed for 7 years, and had led a full, rich life up until months before his death when a series of health reversals left him bedridden and progressively debilitated. The staff at Cloverwood, Rochester General Hospital, and St. John’s Home was an inspiration in their professional devotion to his personal care, and family and friends have been a wonderful source of support. Full details may be found for those...
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