Summer 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 we accept applications from qualified physicians...
Read MoreCMDA Winter Conference
Greetings from CMDA’s Northeast Office! I hope this note finds you well! I am writing to remind you about the 2009 Winter Conference sponsored by CMDA’s Northeast Region and Medical Campus Outreach of Philadelphia. This annual conference brings together followers of Christ in healthcare from across the northeast to explore what it means for a person to re-integrate who they are as a person of faith and a healthcare professional. This is a great opportunity to hear good teaching from a respected colleague who will present stories from his own life and practice experiences, sharing how one can...
Read MoreRavi and the Sheik
Ravi Zacharias was the 2008 Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer. He told the following story, excerpted from his keynote address at The Cannon House in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2008: Please forgive me if this illustration is a bit sensitive. I don’t say it with any ill intent. Three years ago, I was with the Archbishop of Canterbury. He’d taken five of us to the Middle East to talk to the leaders of all factions to bring together some kind of semblance of peace, some discussion. There were many of those appointments I chose not to go to because of our nation’s caution on whom to...
Read MoreMedical Career Fair
In Buffalo on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 6:00 pm Following a free dinner there will be a formal presentation where over 20 physicians will have the opportunity to answer the question: “Why did you decide to go into your specialty?” Throughout the evening, ample time will be provided for students to speak with the physicians and ask them about their specialty. Medical specialties represented: Psychiatry, Infectious Disease, Ophthalmology, Ob/Gyn, Otolaryngology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Urology, Nephrology, Geriatrics, Cardiology, Vascular Surgery, Pediatrics, Pathology, Anesthesia,...
Read MoreDavid Whyte Lecture
The Ben Sischy, M.D. Visiting Scholar in Humane Medicine Lecture, presents: David Whyte – Life on the Frontier: Courageous Conversations in the New Healthcare. Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 – Time 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Lecture: Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue, Rochester, New York Reception: 7:00 pm. Please call the Highland Foundation at 585-275-0806 to RSVP. Click here to read the full Invitation.
Read MoreCorner Society Meetings
The George Washington Corner Society for the History of Medicine, named after University of Rochester’s first professor of anatomy, is a group of physicians, students, and other participants interested in the history of medicine. This year there will be five evening presentations on medical historical topics at the Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave. We will meet at the Academy between 5:30 – 6:30 pm for drinks and light fare; the presentation will follow from 6:30 – 7:45 pm. The Corner Society is an important part of the tradition of medicine in Rochester,...
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