Conference Schedule
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Monday
March 23, 2026 As of 3/5/26 |
6:30 a.m. - Morning Run with Abraham Nussbaum, MD (Meet at Registration Table)7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.: Services -- Catholic (Concorde A), Jewish, Muslim and Protestant (Concorde C); Light Morning Movement (Galleria C)
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast (Ballroom BC)
"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. Ekaterina N. Lomperis, PhD, "The Reformations of Medicine: Early Modern Beginnings and Contemporary Possibilities" (Fortress Press, 2025). Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc, FACEP, "Bridging Bioscience and Islam: Engaging Big Questions about the Human Being" (Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2026) 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Contemplative Room (Galleria C)
8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.: Paper Presentations and Workshops
Workshops (8:30 - 9:20 a.m.) Naming the Wounds: The Role of Poetic Lament in Medicine Kelly Chittenden, PhD, Baylor University Concorde C (9:20 - 10:10 a.m.) Sounding Hope: Music, Presence, and the Prophetic Imagination in Medicine and Ministry Neha Shaw, Duke Divinity School, Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellowship Concorde C Papers
(8:30 - 8:55 a.m.) Sacred Hesitance: A Theology of Facial Disfigurement Monica Bodd, Stanford Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Director's Beyond ‘Imposter Syndrome’: Reframing Self-Doubt in Medicine C. Phifer Nicholson Jr., University of California, Los Angeles, Mary Brandt, and Holland Kaplan, Baylor College of Medicine Blvd Infertility and Faith: Muslim Women's Experiences, Religiosity, and Ethical Decision-Making on Assisted Reproductive Technology in Southern California Huma Manjra, and Gery Ryan, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine Post Oak “Have Healthy Babies”: Healing, Wholeness, and the Ethics of Preimplantation Whole Genome Sequencing Mary Elise Davison, Dell Children's Clinical Genetics Forum Grappling with Vulnerability: MacIntyre in the Jiujitsu Gym and the Bedside Peter Katz, University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University Concorde A The Medicine of Meaning: Chronic Pain, the Limits of Cure, and the Spirit’s Work in Prayer J. Todd Billings, Western Theological Seminary Concorde B Papers
(8:55 - 9:20 a.m.) The Neglected Soul: Ancient Monastic Teachings on Depression for the Modern World Daniel Ibraheem, Yale School of Medicine, and Andreh Labib, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine Director's Sacred Encounters in Clinical Training: Medical Student Reflections After Shadowing a Board-Certified Chaplain Tiffany Racataian, Ja Tsun, Amy Hayton, MD, and Paige Stevens, MD, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Blvd Embedding Compassion in Clinical Systems: The Ramadan Care Pathway as a Model for Faith-Concordant Healing Layla Al-Zubi, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Law School, Sara Al-Zubi, Massachusetts General Hospital, Zarin Rahman and Abd-Al-Rahman Trabousli, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Eesha Irfanullah and Iman Moawad, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Nora Abo-Sido, Brigham and Women's Hospital Post Oak Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment: A Christian Approach to Clinical Ethics Consultation Adam Omelianchuk, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital Forum The Healer's Art: Stained-Glass at the Intersection of Faith and Medicine Andrew Kim, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, Lawndale Christian Health Center, Lindsay Mahler, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, Lawndale Christian Health Center Concorde A Caring for Some Body: The Pursuit of Mental Health in the Health of the Body Joshua Briscoe, Duke University School of Medicine Concorde B Papers
(9:20 - 9:45 a.m.) Religious and Spiritual Correlates of Mental Health in a Sample of 31,854 U.S. Adults Aravind Sreeram, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Sean Tackett, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and Margaret Chisolm and Khalid Elzamzamy, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Director's The Web of Identity: Reframing Identity and Moral Obligation in Demenita Care Luke Batt, The Ohio State University Blvd Historical and Contextual Analysis of the Prophetic Voice of Healing from the Muslim Tradition Wassim Hassan, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Endeavor Health Northshore Hospital Darul Qasim College, Akbar Ali, MD, Endeavor Health, Darul Qasim College, Samer Wahood, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Darul Qasim College, Abid Haseeb, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Darul Qasim College, and Mohammed Amin Kholwadia, Darul Qasim College Post Oak Anabaptists and Gelassenheit: An Anabaptist Perspective on Organ Retrieval and Donation Michael Sauder, MD, MPH, Saint Louis University Forum Exile and Altar: Poetry and Photography as Reimagination at a Community Health Center Jesse McCurdy, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Lawndale Christian Health Center, and Bernardo Barrios, Lawndale Christian Health Center Concorde A Supplementing the Title “Great Physician” in Christian Prayers for Healing Drew Craddock, Baylor University Concorde B Papers
(9:45 - 10:10 a.m.) The Medicalization of Alzheimer’s Disease: Promises and Limitations from a Geriatrician’s Perspective Emmy Yang, University of North Carolina Hospitals Director's Prophetic Hope in an Age of False Promises for "Eternal" Life Andrea Thornton, Bon Secours Mercy Health Blvd The Prophetic Voice in Practice: Du’a (supplication) and Quran Recitation as Primary Healing Modalities Omar Hussain, Pulmonary Medicine Associates, Darul Qasim College, Yasir Akhtar, Tennessee Heart Clinic, Darul Qasim College, Asim Babar, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Medical Center, Darul Qasim College, Ahsan Arozullah, MD, Darul Qasim College, Umar Shakur, Darul Qasim College, Akbar Ali, MD, Darul Qasim College, Endeavor Health, Mohammed Amin Kholwadia, Darul Qasim College Post Oak Team Based Spirituality: Impact of a Spiritual Care Curriculum on Healthcare Team Member Spiritual Care Competency and Well-Being Hannah Beaven, Indiana University School of Medicine, Csaba Szilagyi, Rush University College of Health Sciences, Anastasia Holman, DMin, MDiv, MBA, BCC, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Health, The Daniel F. Evans Center at Indiana University Health, Mona Raed, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, The Daniel F. Evans Center at Indiana University Health, Community Health Network, James Slaven, Indiana University Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Emily Burke, Regenstrief Institute, Abimbola Akinrinmade, The Daniel F. Evans Center at Indiana University Health, Regenstrief Institute, Alexia Torke, Indiana University School of Medicine, The Daniel F. Evans Center at Indiana University Health, Regenstrief Institute, Shelley Varner Perez, Indiana University Health, The Daniel F. Evans Center at Indiana University Health, Gary Mann, Indiana University School of Medicine, Chaman Kumar, Indiana University School of Medicine, and Alex Lion, Indiana University School of Medicine, The Daniel F. Evans Center at Indiana University Health, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health Forum Healing With Imagination: Jesuit Contemplation in Action for Medicine Today Jaroslaw Mikuczewski, Loyola University Chicago, Ignatianum Univeristy Krakow Concorde A Medicalization Still Undermining Health and Vocation: Illich's Medical Nemesis at 50 Years Farr Curlin, MD, Duke University Concorde B 10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.: Welcome, Plenary Session and Music (Ballroom BC)
"A Conversation with Dr. Peter Hotez" Music performed by Riyaaz Qawwali 12:10 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch (Ballroom BC)
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