Conference Schedule   

Sunday
April 6, 2025

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Pre-Conference Workshops 

Producing Parenthood in Modernity: The Intersection of Islamic Bioethics, Assistive Reproductive Techniques and Social Arrangements (Capistrano)
​Aasim I. Padela MD, MSc, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Bioethics and the Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin Director, the Initiative on Islam and Medicine; and Raudah Yunus MBBCH, MPH, DrPH, Postdoctoral Fellow, the Medical College of Wisconsin

​Humanizing Care and Cultivating Hope Through Community Health Workers/Promotores (CHWs/Ps) (Laguna)
Facilitator: Amy Hayton, MD, Loma Linda University
Panelists: Juan Carolos Belliard, PhD; Yi Shen Ma, PhD; Lucia Cloud, BSN, CHW; Richard Salazar, VIP-CHW; and Candy Rangel, CHW, Loma Linda University

Jewish Medical Ethics Before Life and Before Death (Viejo)
Rachel Kranson, PhD, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh; and Arielle Friedtanzer, MA, End-of-Life Consultant

5:15 - 6:45 p.m.: Executive and Advisory Boards Business Meeting (Costa Mesa)

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.: Group Dinners (Sign-up at Registration)

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Monday
April 7, 2025

 7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.: Services -- Catholic (), Jewish (San Felipe), Muslim (San Carlos), and Protestant ()
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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast (Patio)
"Meet the Professor" gatherings, where a more senior leader in the field welcomes others to join him/her at breakfast to discuss items pertaining to medicine and religion. ()
​"Meet with an Author", where a recently published book related to religion and medicine can be discussed with the author at breakfast. 

8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.:  Paper Presentations

8:30 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
Midwives @ the Edges (Capistrano)
​Carrie Blake, EUCLID, Washington D.C.

Graduating from Life: Exploring the Religious and Legal Complexities in an End-of-Life Care Case of a 4th-Year Medical Student (Laguna)
Ummesalmah Abdulbaseer, MD, Ramandeep Kaur, MD, Alejandro Pinedo, MD, Misha Shah,DO, Manuel Antonio Hache Marliere, MD and Jessica Kuppy, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Please Baptize My Dying Atheist Son (Viejo)
Abram Brummett, PhD, HEC-C and Tate Shepherd, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI

Misthanasia, the Social Death: A Liberating Way to Understand End of Life in Global Public Health (Monarch Bay)
Alexandre Martins, PhD, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

Songs of Hope and Hopelessness: Sufjan Stevens as a Model and Means of Verhey’s Compassion Looking Heavenward (China Cove)
Brandon Oddo, BS, and Lily Weir, BA, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC and Briana Oddo, MSW, Boston College School of Social Work, Boston, MA

Curiosity as Vice? The Virtue of Studiositas in Medical Education (Catalina)
Benjamin Frush, MD, MA, Kennedy Institute for Ethics at Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Learning on the Destitute: Student-Run Free Clinics and the Option for the Poor (Lido Room)
Hannah Hittson, UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX and Kayal Parthiban, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
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8:55 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Spiritual Pain Screening in Critically Ill Patients (Capistrano)
Allison Kestenbaum, Amy Bellingausen and Stephen Lewis, UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA

Politics of Medical Networks and Caring Resistance Under Militarization in Kashmir (Laguna)
Bidisha Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

Transhumanism and Transubstantiation: A Eucharistic Philosophy of Technology in the Age of the Post-Human (Viejo)
Andre Chavez, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Rethinking Relationality: Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Imago Dei (Monarch Bay)
Andrew Kim, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL

The Legal Right to Discriminate: How the Church Wields Power Against Disabled Individuals and Its Moral Obligation Not To (China Cove)
Jessie Sage Cheng, BS, RN, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Paul as Paradigm for Praxis: Paul Farmer’s Contribution to Liberation Theology (Catalina)
Annah Kuriakose, MD, MTS, MA, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ

Approaching Moral Problems in Mental Health Treatment (Lido Room)
John Peteet, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

9:20 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Before You Go: Embracing the God-given Design of Human Finitude Among New Nurses (Capistrano)
Sarah Templeton, DNP, FNP-C, Biola University, La Mirada, CA

Waiting for Gabriel: Hope and Practices of Coping Unexplained Infertility in Pakistan (Laguna)
​Liaqat Ali, MBBS, FCPS, MHPE, and Atiya Munir, MPH, Institute of Kidney Diseases Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan

Transhumanism and the Technocratic Paradigm: Pope Francis's Laudato si as a Guide for Responsible Use of Technology for the Body (Viejo)
Anjola Onadipe, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

Moral Expertise in Bioethics and the "Prophetic-Poetic" Ability to Name (Monarch Bay)
Martin Fitzgerald, PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Three New Books on Hope, with Bioethical Reflection (China Cove)
Benjamin Parviz, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Medicine and Bioethics as a Democratic Moral Tradition (Catalina)
​Student Essay - First Place
Catherina Baffa, Boston College, Newton, MA   

Communal Lament and Active Love: Integrating Faith and Medicine to Heal the Marginalized In Our Communities (Lido Room)
Namrata Mathew and Emma Lindahl, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC

9:45 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
For I Desire Mercy and Not Outreach Programs: A Re-Working of the Prophetic Critique for the Digital Age (Capistrano)
Bradley Thornock, Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine, St. George, UT

Filling in the Margins during Dying and Death through Communal Support: Applying the Islamic Duty of Fard Al-Kifayah (Communal Responsibility) (Laguna)
​Asim Babar, Hines VA Medical Center, Hines, IL, Darul Qasim College, Glendale Heights, IL; Omar Hussain, Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL, Darul Qasim College, Glendale Heights, IL;  Yasir Akhtar, Tennessee Heart Clinic, Knoxville, TN, Darul Qasim College, Glendale Heights, IL; Waqas Haque, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Darul Qasim College, Glendale Heights, IL; Noman Zaheer, Tameh Rohani, Waqas Mughal, and Mohammed Amin Kholwadia, Darul Qasim College, Glendale Heights, IL

Between Over-Spiritualization and Over-Medicalization: Combatting Hermeneutic Injustice and Marginalization through Investigating Conceptual Frameworks for Mental Disorder in Religious Communities (Viejo)
Kate Finley, Hope College, Holland, MI

Hope, Jurgen Moltmann, Transformative Therapies and Cystic Fibrosis: Unlikely Ties that Bind and Inspire (Monarch Bay)
Mary Dell, Institute of Living/Hartford Healthcare, Hartford, CT, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT; Kimberly Pasley, Stephanie Sliemers and Rylie Young, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH; and Anne May, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

The Bioethics of Elfland: Imagining a Chestertonian Bioethics (China Cove)
Dominic Robin, Saint Louis University, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, St. Louis, MO

How The Gospel of John Established a Model of Flourishing (Catalina)
Tanner Clements, MDiv, Uplift Applachia, Johnson City, TN

The God Who Sees: Embodying the Narrative of a Wounded Healer to Preserve Tenderheartedness in Medical Trainees (Lido Room)
Madeline Erwich, BS, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC

10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.:  Welcome and Plenary Session  
"Religion/Spirituality and Health: Positive Affirmations and Disquieting Questions"
(Santa Ana/Costa Mesa)

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch (Patio)
"Meet the Professor" gatherings, where a more senior leader in the field welcomes others to join him/her at lunch to discuss items pertaining to medicine and religion. ()

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Panel, Workshop and Paper Presentations 

Panels
Should Bioethics Be Cosmopolitan? (Monarch Bay)
Courtney Thiele, JD, MA, Martin Fitzgerald, PhD, Matthew Vest, PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and Jason Eberl, PhD, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Bringing Innovation and Compassion to Patients with Drug Dependency: An Islamic Perspective (China Cove)
Yasir Akhtar, TN Heart Clinic, Knoxville, TN; Umar Shakur, Insight Chicago, Chicago, IL; Omar Hussain,  Pulmonary Medicine Associates, Chicago, IL; Sara Alattar, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; 
Kanwal Ahmed, UT Southwestern Medicine Center, Dallas, TX; and Akbar Ali. Ahsan Arozullah and Amin Kholwadia, Darul Qasim College, Chicago, IL

Nourishing Flourishing Communities: Food and Eating in the Provision of Just Care (Lido Room)
Victoria Behm, Duke University, Durham, NC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Brewer Eberly and Heather Plonk, Duke University, Durham, NC; C. Phifer Nicholson, Jr., MD, MTS, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA; and Chris West, The Conservation Fund, Raleigh, NC

Workshop
The Medical Humanities Difference: Christian Students' Journeys to Serving Marginalized Communities in Health Care (Viejo) 
Isabelle Russo and Aron Basurto, Baylor University, Waco, TX
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Papers

1:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.
Exploring the Impact  of Faith Maturity on Depression and Suicide (Capistrano)
G. Camelia Adams, Cameron Bye, Mariam Alaverdashvili, and Stephen Adams, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

“Our Suffering Neighbor”: Catholic Health Care & A Moral Obligation to Address Oral Health  (Laguna)
Sibil Shibu, University of Alabama Birmingham Medicine, Birmingham, AL, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

1:25 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Religion and Spirituality in Pediatric Mental Health: A Scoping Review of Research Trends and Themes in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2000-2023) (Capistrano)
Khalid Elzamzamy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Sadiq Naveed, Department of Psychiatry, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Manchester, CT; and Mary Lynn Dell, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Living/Hartford Healthcare, Hartford, CT

Associations Between Feelings of Loneliness and the Type of Social Media Use Among Christian College Students: Mixed Methods Study (Laguna)
Andrei Sigunov, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

1:50 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Esperanza en Chicago - Radical Hope in and through Chicago's Migrant Population  (Capistrano)
Lindsay Mahler, Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood IL

The Spiritual Impact of Trauma: Acknowledging Spiritual Wounding as Part of Holistic Care (Laguna)
Vincent Starnino, PhD, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN

​2:15 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.: Break

2:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.: Panel, Workshop and Paper Presentations

Panels
Empowering Students to Reach the Margins: Compassion and Ethics Education in Medicine (Laguna)
Marianne P. Florian, PhD, MTS, MA, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth, Houston, TX, Institute for Spirituality and Health, Houston, TX; Charles E. Barber, PhD, MTS, Independent Scholar, Jackson, GA; Gioconda Mojica, MD, UTHealth, Houston, TX; and Jessica N. Wise, PhD, MPH, McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, UTHealth, Houston, TX

The Emerging Tradition of Secular Bioethics (Monarch Bay)
 Jason Eberl, PhD, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; Abram Brummett, PhD, HED-C, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI; and Matthew Shea, PhD, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH

Mapping Spiritual Care in the Population Health and Ambulatory Settings (China Cove)
Antonina Olszewski, Catherine Chang, Tina Guynn, Allison DeLaney, Chantell Poole, Christa Chappelle , R. Greg Stratton, Charles Valenti-Hein, Jennifer Prior j, and Jennifer Jarvis, Ascension, St. Louis, MO

Irony and Insight: Exploring Moral Descriptors in Modern Medical Training (Lido Room)
Ben Frush, MD, MA, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Brewer Eberly, MD, MA, Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, Fischer Clinic, Raleigh, NC; Ashley Moyse , PhD, Columbia Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, New York, NY; and Emmy Yang, MD, MTS, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

Workshop
Reconciling Religious Values and Professional Ethics When Caring for LGBTQ Patients (Viejo)
Khalid Elzamzamy and Margaret Chisolm, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and Rumia Owaisi, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Papers

2:40 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.
“From the Town to the Village”: Sustaining Care in a Rural Sudanese Hospital (Capistrano)
C. Phifer Nicholson Jr., MD, MTS, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Electrotherapy and the Spirit in Wesleyan Thought: Hope for Healing Marginalized Bodies by Dismantling Ableism and Embracing the Pneuma (Catalina)
Angela Molloy, MDiv, Iliff School of Theology/University of Denver, Denver, CO

3:05 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The Parted Sea: Bereaved Parents Reflecting on Hope during Hospice through Photovoice (Capistrano)
Allie Superdock MD,  Joanna Luttrell MA, CCLS, CPMT, and Erica Kaye MD, MPH, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Veronica Colmenares BA, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY; and Meaghann Weaver MD, MPH, U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs, Washington, D.C.,University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Witnessing to Hope Amid Deaths of Despair:  A Christian Account of Suicide Prevention (Catalina)
Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD, Duke University, Durham, NC

3:30 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
Unto the Least of These: Caring at the Margins by Authority or Power? (Capistrano)
Matthew Vest, PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Approaching Conceptual Barriers to Christians’ Acceptance of Mental Health Treatment (Catalina)
John Peteet, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

3:55 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.: Break

4:20 p.m. - 5:35 p.m.: Plenary Session - Panel Discussion "Because You Were Strangers: Religious and Spiritual Perspectives on Caring for Refugees" (Santa Ana/Costa Mesa)

5:35 p.m. - 6:50 p.m.: Poster Session and Reception (Mesa Verde)

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.: Group Dinners (Sign-up at Registration)

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Tuesday
April 8, 2025

7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.: Services -- Catholic (), Jewish (San Felipe), Muslim (San Carlos), and Protestant ()
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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast (Patio)
"Meet the Professor" gatherings, where a more senior leader in the field welcomes others to join him/her at breakfast to discuss items pertaining to medicine and religion. () 
"Meet with an Author", where a recently published book related to religion and medicine can be discussed with the author at breakfast. 

​8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.: Paper Presentations

8:30 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
From Hostis to Hospes: Integrating Hospitality into the Care Continuum (Capistrano)
Rafael Flores, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Baton Rouge, LA

Nurturing Hope and Healing for People and Land: A Qualitative Study of Indigenous Christianity, Care for ‘āina (Land), and Health in Hawaii (Laguna)
Kalei Hosaka, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and Martina Kamaka,
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI

In Defense of Irreligious Bioethics, Part Two (Viejo)
Abram Brummett, PhD, HED-C, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI; Jason Eberl, PhD, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; and Matthew Shea, PhD, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH

“The Foot is Gangrenous but Always Able to Run to God:” Diseased, Disabled, and yet Deified (Monarch Bay)
Lindsey Johnson Edwards, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

Applying Islamic Values to Standards of Care During Pregnancy and Beyond (China Cove)
Deena Kishawi, Brown University, Providence, RI, Darul Qasim College, Glendale Heights, IL; Akbar Ali, Endeavor Health, Evanston, IL, Darul Qasim College, Glendale Heights, IL; and Shaykh Mohammed Kholwadia, Darul Qasim College, Glendale Heights, IL

Towards a Contextual Virtue Ethics of Medical Displacement (Catalina)
Caterina Baffa, Boston College, Newton, MA

“The Whole Truth”: a Narrative Exploration of Black Motherhood in Crisis Pregnancies (Mark 5:25-34) (Lido Room)
Bernadette Ebri, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

8:55 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Perceived Changes of Providers’ Religious and/or Spiritual Beliefs Over Their Medical Careers (Capistrano)
Christopher Ho Kim, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Washington, D.C. and Kim Overby, MD, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Residency as Monastic Practice: Insights from Thomas Merton's Contemplative Framework (Laguna)
Alissa Arango, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC​

A Hylomorphic Theory of Disease  (Viejo)
Andre Chavez, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

The Discontinuous Self: A Christian Ontology of Personhood for Dementia Care (Monarch Bay)
Adam Bedford, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Empowering and Nurturing Muslims in End-of-Life Care through Mutual Enrichment of Islamic Ethics and Secular Healthcare (China Cove)
Hirra Rafi, MS, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

The Appalachian Church Response to Hurricane Helene; Where is the Response to the Storm of Addiction? (Catalina)
Andrea Clements, PhD, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN,
Uplift Appalachia, Johnson City, TN and Tanner Clements, MDiv, Uplift Appalachia, Johnson City, TN

Cultivating Hope for Patients with Chronic Pain: A Look into Pauline and Early Christian Teachings (on Suffering with Christ) (Lido Room)
Helen Rhee, PhD, MDiv, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

9:20 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Reimagining Hope and Healing at the Margins: A Womanist Approach to Collaborative Care for Black Women  (Capistrano)
Lisa Robinson, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC

From Adverse Childhood Experiences to Ecological Awareness: Building Resilience through Nature’s Wisdom (Laguna)
Devon Gingrich, BA, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

Sharing Spiritual Disciplines: Strengthening Patient-Practitioner Relationships through Spiritual Practices as Ways of Companionship (Viejo)
Andrew Kim, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL

Luther's Doctrine of Vocation and the Shape of Pluralistic Societies (Monarch Bay)
Martin Fitzgerald, PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Harm Reduction and Substance Use Through an Islamic Ethico-Legal Lens (China Cove)
Nasir Malim, Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Bear with the Complexity: Perspective from Nursing Theory and Christianity through the Lens of an Oncology Nurse Practitioner (Catalina)
Nadine Cline, MSN, AOCNP, ACHPN, IU Health Arnett, Lafayette, IN

Yes, In God’s Backyard: Faith Communities’ Responses to Homelessness in Los Angeles (Lido Room)
Jennifer Tu, UCLA Psychiatry, Los Angeles,  CA

​9:45 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
Integrating Medical and Spiritual Frameworks for Health Ministries in African-American Communities to Address Leading Health Disparities (Capistrano)
Sonya Sloan, MD, Institute for Spirituality and Health, Houston, TX

Spiritual Health Is Community Health: A Theological and Environmental Exploration of the Role of Community in Spiritual Health and Spiritual Care (Laguna)
Quinlan Morrow,  Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, Loma Linda University School of Religion, Loma Linda, CA

The Pilgrim's Progress or Regress? The Case of Transhumanism and Deification (Viejo)
Kimbell Kornu, MD, PhD, Belmont University, Nashville, TN

Moral Residue, Sin, Death, and the Practice of Medicine (Monarch Bay)
Julie Gunby, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

End-of-Life Medical Decision-Making in the Muslim American Community: Understanding Beliefs and Practices around Disclosure of Illness, Surrogate Identification and Use of Advance Directives (China Cove)
Asma Mobin-Uddin, MD, MA, FAAP, Ramona Olvera, and Anneliese Sinclair, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH; Mehrunnisa Khanzada and Nooralhuda Alhashim,  The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Janet E. Childerhose, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH; and Muhammad Afzal and Mahmoud Abdel-Rasoul, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

The Prodigal Effect: Harm Reduction, Abstinence, and the Transactional Model in Christian Faith Communities (Catalina)
Caralyn Ware, BS, MDiv student, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO

Mere Healers: What Medical Training is For and Why it Matters (Lido Room)
Farr Curlin, MD, Duke University, Durham, NC 
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10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Plenary Session  
"Navigating Surfaces and Voices in the Diagnostic Journey: Disability and the Work of Listening" 
(Santa Ana/Costa Mesa)

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch (Patio)

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Panel and Paper Presentations 

Panels
Medical Students Engage with Local Community Needs: A Model for Service Learning (Monarch Bay)
Danielle Liu, Katya Hanessian, Hyun Ah Park, Jayde Frederick, and Amy Hayton, M.D., Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

Reconciled and Redeemed: The Voices of Angela House, A Transitional Living Facility for Formerly Incarcerated Women (China Cove)
Phylliss Chappell, MD, MS, FAAHPM, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX and Valencia Lewis, The Angela House, Houston, TX

Papers
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1:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.
Common Bodies: Pluralism, Embodiment, and Secular Religious Practice at the End of Life (Capistrano)
Peter Katz, PhD, MA, FHEA, California Northstate University, Elk Grove, CA

“We Must Compete With Angels in Goodness”: Translating a Theist’s Account of Flourishing in Medicine (Laguna)
Sami Ahmad, Pittsburgh, PAU

Using Informal Conversations to Understand Rural Appalachian Faith Community Engagement in Addressing Addiction (Viejo)
Andrea Clements, PhD, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, Uplift Appalachia, Johnson City, TN, Mary Jo Hedrick, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Liberating Buddhist Chaplaincy: From Neoliberal, Mindful Whiteness to Diaspora Buddhist Spiritual Care (Catalina)
Matthew Zheng, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA

Global Health and the Feminine Genius: Following the Example of Anna Dengel (Lido Room)
Giang Ha, Duke University, Durham, NC

1:25 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Neither Petri Dish Nor Statistic: Keeping the Personal and the Political in Health Care and Public Health (Capistrano)
Brett McCarty, MDiv, ThD, Duke University, Durham, NC

Healthcare Chaplains as Institutional ‘Wildcard’: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Evolving Role of Spiritual Care in Complex Cases (Laguna)
Patrick Tugwell, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Assisted Home Health & Hospice, Santa Barbara, CA

Health Care Unions and Christian Discipleship (Viejo)
Kendra McInturf, Providence Home Health, Portland, OR

"An Intern's Jacket Which Once Was White": Job, the Danger of Guiltlessness, and the 12 Steps (Catalina)
David Mathews, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

​Movements from the Margins: Learning from the Prophetic Witness of John M. Perkins (Lido Room)
Chad Thompson, Baylor University, Waco, TX, Waco Family Medicine Institute, Waco, TX

1:50 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Nepantla Medicine as a Bridge of Hope in Hispanic/Latinx Communities: Lessons from Curanderismo for Expanding Holistic Care (Capistrano)
Saul Barcelo, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
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Courageous Truth-Telling in the Care of the Dying (Laguna)
Micah Rojo, BSN, MTS, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC

Bridging Cultural and Ethical Gaps: The Role of Interpreters in Facilitating Hindu End-of-Life Decision-Making (Viejo)
Aigerim Aliakparova, MSc, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

Addict with a Capital A: On Constructing a Disability Model of Addiction (Catalina)
Jackson McNeece, Baylor University, Waco, TX​

2:15 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.: Break

2:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.: Panel, Workshop and Paper Presentations

Panels
A Conversation on a Conversation: How to Prepare, Engage, and Reflect on Whole Person Care Conversations with Patients (Monarch Bay)
Johnna Torres, Michael Zhang, Pedro Choque, Megan Ervin, Morgan Green, MD, and Andrew Wai, MD, MPH, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

Spiritual but Not Religious: Learning to Care for the “Nones” through an Observed Structured Clinical Encounter (OSCE) (Lido Room)
Nathan Asif, Joanne Lee, Joshua Oommen, Taylor Henry, Saul Barcelo, Leanna Lee, Amy Hayton, MD, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

​Workshops
The Hidden Margin of Sexuality within the Clinic and the Church: Caring for the Body, Mind, and Soul of LGBTQ/SSA Christians on Side B (Viejo)
Micah Bucy, MD, Fort Walton Beach, FL and Mark Wells, MD, Columbus, OH

“What does the Lord Require” (Micah 6:8): Christian Theological Perspectives in Global Health (China Cove)
Martha C. Carlough, MD, MPH, MA, Theology, Medicine and Culture Initiative,Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC; D. Brendan Johnson, MD, MTS, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Rebecca A. Martin, MD, FAAFP, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY; E. Parker Savage, BS, University of North Carolina School of Medicine,Theology, Medicine and Culture Fellow, Duke University, Durham, NC; and Giang Ha, MD, Theology, Medicine and Culture Fellow, Duke University, Durham, NC
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Papers
2:40 p.m. - 3:05 p.m
A Theology of Narrative Medicine: The Power of Story in Bridging Clinical Practice and Christian Faith (Capistrano)     Student Essay - First Runner-up 
Jesse McCurdy, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI

A Social Theory of Burnout For Intensive Care Unit Nurses (Laguna)
Joseph Peter Swindeman, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO

With God in the Storm: Hospice Chaplaincy for Patients With Mental Health Challenges (Catalina)
Aaron Klink, MAR, MDiv, ThM, Pruitt Hospice, Durham, NC
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3:05 p.m. - 3:30 p.m
The Hope for a Better Framework: Reworking Our Underlying Understanding of Community (Capistrano)
Ashley Yukihiro, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

DARE to CARE: Bridging the Gap Between Faith & Health Through Community Food Pantries as Shared Resources (Laguna)
Michael Mickens, Norton Healthcare/New Life Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Louisville, KY

Care From the Margins: Restoring Embodiment in Pre-Medical Formation through the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Role (Catalina)
Lily Weir, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC

3:30 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
Addressing ‘Big’ Questions About the Human Being: Empirical Findings from an Islam & Bioscience Educational Intervention for Premedical Students in Two Countries (Capistrano)
Aasim Padela, MD, MSc, FACEP, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Initiative on Islam and Medicine; and Raudah Mohd Yunus, MBBCH, MPH, DrPH, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

The Invisible Health Care Provider: Informal Caregivers within Medical and Faith Communities (Laguna)
Julie Yonker, Dawn Frambes, Toluwani Adekunle, Erin Cawley, Joseph DeVries and Elianah Reynolds, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI

Of Scalpels and Stethoscopes: Technology and the Plural Character of Medicine (Catalina)
Joel Cox, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

​4:00 p.m.: Conference Ends

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