CMDA Podcasts

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Levi Chapman shares about being a part of a recent mission trip to Gambia.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Healthcare can be a lonely place to live out your faith, but it doesn't have to be. In this episode of Faith in Healthcare, Dr. Mike Chupp sits down with three CMDA Area Directors: John Bayon from Michigan, Mitzi Roberts from Texas, and Corey Whittaker from North Carolina.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® What happens to your soul when the systems that train you run on efficiency, measurement, and output? Artist and author Bette Dickinson joins host Bill Reichart for a rich and unhurried conversation about spiritual flourishing in a productivity-driven culture — and why the vineyard, not the factory floor, is a far truer image of how God forms us.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® In this episode of Faith in Healthcare, we're sharing a talk Dr. Brick Lantz, CMDA's Vice President of Advocacy and Bioethics, delivered at the Colson Center National Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee. His subject is one every healthcare professional has felt firsthand: the erosion of trust in American medicine, especially in the years since the pa...

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® In this episode of the CMDA Voice of Advocacy podcast, host Dr. Brick Lance interviews Esther Caruso, CEO of Allyfe Pregnancy Clinics International in Las Vegas, Nevada, and author of Disrupting the Decision Through Compassion That Competes

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Dr. Tiffany Schatz had built a successful surgical career and a comfortable life in the United States when God began calling her family to serve in Israel. In this episode of Faith in Healthcare, she joins host Dr. Mike Chupp to share what it's been like to follow that calling, care for patients through seasons of uncertainty, and discover that God'...

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Mike Chupp, MD shares about Standing Strong when tempted and to always Guard Your Heart.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Wes Ehrhart shares his personal story and about how Psalm 88 can be interpreted thru emojis.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Various staff from CMDA share about the recent ICMDA World Congress in South Korea.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Dr. Alwyn Rapose and Dr. Marjorie Rapose join host Dr. Mike Chupp and co-host Dr. Bill Griffin to talk about caring for patients as whole persons, addressing spiritual needs alongside caring for patients' physical health. Alwyn, an infectious disease physician, and Marjorie, a general dentist, began their careers in India before building their pract...

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Davis Melin sits down with host Bill Reichart to talk about what leadership looks like when you are still in training and don’t yet have the title, experience, or authority you wish you had. Davis shares how trainees can lead from the middle of the team by first learning to lead themselves well, by honoring authority without becoming passive, and by...

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Dr. David Ciesla, a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma, created a pediatric dental residency program at OU School of Dentistry and is working to duplicate his efforts in Kampala, Uganda.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Brick Lantz, MD shares about how sex is biblically defined for humans as we are the Imago Dei.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® What does it take to build one of the most advanced cardiac surgery centers in East Africa — from a napkin sketch to a 400,000-square-foot hospital treating hundreds of open-heart patients a year? In this episode of Faith in Healthcare, host Dr. Mike Chupp sits down with two of his closest friends and former colleagues, Dr. Russ White and Dr. Carol...

Bill Griffin, DDS shares about how the Gospel can be offensive to believers and offers ways to help them get past that to come into a more Biblically correct understanding of life.

Bill Griffin, DDS shares about how the Gospel can be offensive to non-believers and offers ways to help them get past that to come to a saving knowledge of Christ.

Ben Anderson, a longtime rural healthcare leader with decades of experience helping rural hospitals strengthen and sustain care, joins host Dr. Mike Chupp to discuss the growing challenges facing healthcare in America's rural communities. As hospitals grapple with financial strain, workforce shortages, and increasing demands, Ben shares practical strategies for building resilient healthcare system...

What happens when a family medicine physician trained in China, formed in West Africa, and forged in the crucible of American medical residency decides the Church needs to speak more directly into the lives of healthcare professionals? Dr. Carla Da Goia Pinto joins Bill Reichart on the CMDA Student Pulse Podcast to talk about her book Pray Like This — a 12-week Scripture-based prayer devotional wr...

In this episode of The Voice of Advocacy, host Dr. Brick Lantz welcomes Dr. Joe Rigney to dissect a highly counter-cultural and vital topic: The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits.

Who is preparing the next generation of Christian healthcare professionals? In this powerful discussion on mentorship and discipleship, Christian leaders explore why mentoring is one of the most important—and most neglected—responsibilities in healthcare today. Drawing from decades of experience in medicine, missions, leadership, and education, the speakers share practical wisdom on finding mentor...

George Courtney shares nine traits that God works thru to shape us into the people who He can use in His Kingdom.

Dr. Bill Claytor, recipient of the American Dental Association’s 2025 Distinguished Service Award, speaks on the critical topics of perfectionism, isolation and burnout in dentistry.

Dr. Mike Chupp is joined by three members of the American College of Family Medicine (ACFM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Hippocratic Family Medicine.

In this episode, Bill Reichart sits down with Dr. David Staab, a retired general surgeon and CMDA Member Care volunteer, to talk about what no one wants to talk about. Dr. Staab shares why those in the healing professions are uniquely vulnerable to hidden struggles, what he's actually seeing among students and trainees, why common approaches like informal accountability groups often fall short, an...

In this episode of The Voice of Advocacy, host Dr. Brick Lantz sits down with Dr. Paul Bunge to explore his newly released book, Those Three Years: COVID-19, One Doctor’s Journey and a Prescription for National Healing.