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John Patrick, MD, PhD, will be a Keynote speaker at the 2012 Exploring Medical Missions Conference. Dr. Patrick is best known as an eloquent intellectual, the President of Augustine College, pediatrician at the University of Ottawa, and for his research into successful treatment of African children with profound malnutrition. |  |
Steve Foster, MD, has lived and served in the nation of Angola, Africa, since 1975. While attending to urgent needs of people suffering in this nation racked by civil war Dr. Foster also employs foresight in training Angolan physicians to care for their own. Today, Steve is medical director of the Lubango Evangelical Medical Center. |
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Cindy Obenhaus, RN, is a neonatal nurse and former director of the Maison de Naissance birthing center in Haiti, located in a community where infant mortality was before as high was 30 percent. Cindy is actively engaged in teaching neonatal resuscitation and management of obstetrical complications. |  |
Randy Strash, MPA, leads World Vision's WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Campaign, providing safe drinking water in 16 countries of Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. He has also participated in World Vision's HIV-AIDS, disaster response, hunger and malaria campaigns. Randy is an Adjunct Instructor in the University of Washington and Seattle University's schools of non-profit management. |
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Nancy Crigger, PhD, ARNP, is an associate professor of nursing at Graceland University. For two decades she has lead volunteer medical teams to Central America, and has been published extensively regarding her insights into cultural, ethical and best practices issues related to international service. Dr. Crigger is also a member of the INMED Board of Directors. |  |
Betty Drees, MD, is Dean and Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC), which houses the E. Grey Dimond Office of International Medicine and enjoys affiliations with medical schools in China, Austria and Mexico. |
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John Crouch, MD, is President of Christian Medical Dental Associations and of Good Samaritan Health Services, whose mobile medical van service provides over 9000 patient visits per year in poor access communities. Dr. Crouch is also Executive Director of the In His Image Family Medicine Residency program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |  |
Micah Flint, MPA, is the Chief Programs Officer of INMED and a graduate of the Disaster Management and Health Leadership programs at Park University. Micah served two years on the board of directors for SEMSAR, has written the course Overview of Disaster Medicine Management, and currently oversees INMED's educational programs. |
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James Fyffe, RN, is on staff at North Kansas City Hospital. For two years he lived in El Salvador serving as a youth minister. James teaches language acquisition and cultural competency in association with INMED, and continues to lead mission teams to Central and South America. |  |
John Gibson, MD, is Program Director of the International Medicine Fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Health Sciences Center/John Peter Smith Hospital. He lived in Thailand from 1984-2004 training medical personnel and providing care for marginalized people throughout the nation. Dr. Gibson is an Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) certified instructor. |
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Ted Higgins, MD, is a general and vascular surgeon at Research Medical Center. He has volunteered in the Dominica Republic each year since 1995, guiding the transition of his team from directly providing surgical care to training Dominican national physicians in surgical skills to serve their own people. |  |
Kyle McPhee, MS, is a specialist in biosecurity and disaster preparedness. Currently he works with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Congressionally mandated catastrophic planning initiatives. Previous, he served as leader of Global Crisis Response at Heart to Heart International and as Coordinator for Safety and Emergency Preparedness at Kansas City's Saint Luke's Hospital. |
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Patrick Railey, MD, is Director of Operation Mobilization Medical Ministries an international Christian mission agency providing medical, dental, public health, relief, and development work in more than 100 countries. Dr. Railey is a leader in HIV prevention and protection of newborns, advocating de-stigmatization and compassion for those who are afflicted. |  |
Skylar Rolf, MA, joined the INMED staff in 2007 as INMED's Chief Operations Officer. He is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of INMED, as well as event management, marketing, and volunteer supervision. He is currently pursuing his MBA through John Brown University with an emphasis in Leadership & Ethics. |
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Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, is president of INMED and board certified in both public health and family medicine. Nicholas trained in tropical medicine at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and served four years in Shanghai, China, and Angola, Africa. Today he teaches public health at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. | ||
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