OCAMPR

Plenary address given at 2022 Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine Psychology and Religion (OCAMPR) Conference. Nina Glibetic is an Assistant Professor of Liturgical Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her main research area is Christian liturgy in the premodern world, especially in the Orthodox tradition. Her work is interdisciplinary and pulls from the fields of liturgiology, theology...

Roxanne Louh, PsyD, - Licensed Psychologist and Cohost, “Live with the Louhs” on Ancient Faith Radio. Plenary address given at 2022 Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine Psychology and Religion (OCAMPR) Conference.

Dn Theodore Saclarides, MD, - Vice Chair of Surgery, Rush University & Deacon, SS Peter & Paul Greek Orthodox Church, Glenview, IL.

With the theme “Living Liturgy in Practice: Orthodox Care in a Rapidly Changing World,” the Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion conference was held November 3-5, 2022 at Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church, Glenview, IL. OCAMPR exists to facilitate Orthodox Christian fellowship, dialogue and education of professionals in religion, psychology and medicine. T...

Moderator: Gayle Woloschak, PhD Panelists: Hermina Nedelescu, PhD Cheryl Johnson, MD Chris Mathews, MD, MSPH Fr. Dr. Anthony Roeber, PhD

Steven-John M. Harris, PhD Fr. Isaac Skidmore, MDiv, PhD

Fr. Joshua Genig, MDiv, PhD Alex Holguin, PhD (candidate)

Kelli Green Ward, MDiv

Lila Amirali, MD

Identifying and Responding to the Needs of the Church Sangeetha Thomas, MS

Fr. Andrew Harmon Cindy George, BSN, MA Nancy Brown, MA

Presbytera Renee Ritsi, OCMC

Turning Turmoil and Dissension Into Peace and Harmony Corina Gheorghiu, LMFT, DDS

Fr. Chris Salamy, MDiv, DMin Pastor, St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Phoenix AZ

Vickey Easa, LICSW

Rev. Deacon Salvatore Fazio Demetra Velisarios Jaquet, MDiv, DMin Helen Creticos Theodoropoulos, MTS, MA, PhD

Contextualizing Research with~900 Missionaries to Orthodox Clergy and Church Workers - Geoff Whiteman, ThM, LMFT Kristina Whiteman, PhD (ABD)

Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Medical Director of Clinical Research, Howard Brown Health, Chicago, IL

Dr. Casey Clardy is called to the ministry of cross-cultural bridge building at the intersection of psychology, faith, and healthcare in community-based settings. As a Spanish-speaking, licensed clinical psychologist, she has dedicated her career to addressing health disparities and inequities in under-resourced communities of color. At Lawndale Christian Health Center, a faith-based community hea...

Fr. Demetrios Harper is Associate Professor of Moral Theology and Church History at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in New York. He also serves as Visiting Professor of Byzantine Philosophy at the Antiochian House of Studies, Los Angeles, California and as a priest under the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America.

Welcome by Dr. Philip Mamalakis, OCAMPR President. Introduction of speaker by Fr. Apostolos Hill, Head Pastor of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Phoenix. Speaker: His Grace the Right Reverend Daniel, MDiv, Bishop of Santa Rosa, Chancellor of the Diocese of the West (OCA)

In the final session, the attendees gathered in an "Agape Circle" and reflected on their takeaways from the conference.

Mat. Christina Veselak, MS, LMFT, Certified Nutritionist, Psychotherapist at Garden Gate Counseling & Consulting and St. Ephraim Center (an Orthodox Counseling Center), Centennial, CO; Founder and Director, The Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition; Matushka of All Saints of Russia Orthodox Church (ROCOR), Denver, CO.

Critiques of “Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives” from Trauma Theory. Kate McCray, ThM, MDiv, PhD candidate, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto; Member of Holy Myrrhbearers Chapel (OCA), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA.

Randa Karadsheh Anderson, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice of Psychology, Orthodox Christian Counseling Institute; Member of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church, Glenview, IL. Catherine Creticos, MD, Licensed Physician, Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center; Director of Infectious Diseases, Howard Brown Health; Physician...