We are a community of Christian academic physicians and scientists who are committed to helping one another discern and live up to our faith-based calling. We endeavor to transform our academic communities through faith, fellowship, and scholarship.

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*Breaking Bread: Faith, Fellowship, Medicine, and Science. We are seeking faculty members to serve as ambassadors at medical or scientific conferences that they attend each year. They will serve as a lead to host a fellowship coffee or lunch event to further the reach of CAPS and facilitate scholarly collaborations. CAPS will reimburse for the cost of the event. Please send an email to [email protected] and Kalon Ho, MD, MSc ([email protected])

*Request for Application – CAPS Faith & Medicine Research Fellowship Award. CAPS will provide financial support for one faculty member to attend the Annual Course on Religion, Spirituality and Health, a 5-day research workshop at Duke’s Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health in 2025. The funded faculty member will be expected to (1) present their research results in a 2026 CAPS webinar, and (2) submit a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal. Please email [email protected] for additional information. Applications are due May 1, 2025 (11:59pm local time). Funding decisions will be available by June 1, 2025.

*Scholarship and Innovation Writing Lab. Led by Benjamin Doolittle, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale. The group meets every 4-6 weeks to share projects and receive feedback on scholarly work. Please contact Dr. Larson for information ([email protected])

 

*Real Physicians, Real Faith. Book co-edited by Drs. David Larson and Benjamin Doolittle as a product of the Scholarship and Innovation Writing Lab. Will be available for purchase soon!!!

WEBINAR SERIES 2025

** A Christian’s Walk in Academic Medicine will not be available as a recording. All webinars will be on Wednesdays at 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

“A Christian’s Walk in Academic Medicine”

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Speaker Bio: Robert Hunsaker, MD

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Speaker Bio: Andetta (Andi) Hunsaker, MD

Kalon Ho, MD, MSc, is currently the Treasurer of the Christian Academic Physicians and Scientists (CAPS) Section of CMDA. A graduate of the University of California at San Diego, Harvard Medical School (HMS), and the Harvard School of Public Health, he is a member of the Interventional Cardiology Section at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston and the Medical Director for Quality for the Cardiovascular Division at the BIDMC. He has taught clinical epidemiology at HMS for nearly 25 years and specializes in complex hemodynamic studies in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. He has published on the epidemiology of heart failure, overseen clinical trials in interventional cardiology, evaluated the effects of public reporting of outcomes of coronary revascularization, and received awards from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions for designing clinical decision support tools. Kalon has participated in 10 MEI-sponsored medical education mission trips to North Macedonia since 2016.

Moderator: Dr. Kalon Ho, MD, MSc

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

“Physician-Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia: A Primer for Health Professionals”

Lydia Dugdale, MD, MAR, is the Silberberg Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. She also serves as Co-Director of Clinical Ethics at Columbia’s NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. A practicing internist, she edited Dying in the Twenty-First Century (MIT Press, 2015) and is author of The Lost Art of Dying (HarperOne, 2020), a popular press book on the preparation for death. Dugdale attended medical school at the University of Chicago, completed residency training at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and holds a MAR in ethics from Yale Divinity School.

Speaker Bio: Lydia Dugdale, MD, MAR

David Larson, MD retired from his position of 27 years as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin.  He is Board certified in both Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery and is the current Chairman of the MEI Advisory Council.

Moderator: David Larson, MD
Abstract: An overview of what all clinicians should know about physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

"Understanding Race and Ethnicity in the Church: Biblical, Historical, and Social Dimensions”

Darrell L. Bock is Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas, as well as Executive Director of Cultural Engagement for the Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership there. Dr. Bock has earned recognition as a Humboldt Scholar (Tübingen University in Germany), is the author of over 45 books (including well-regarded commentaries on Luke and Acts and studies of the historical Jesus) and has been a New York Times bestselling author in nonfiction. He works in cultural engagement as a host of the seminary’s “The Table” podcast. He was president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) for 2000 to 2001 and was a consulting editor for Christianity Today for several years. His articles appear in leading publications and he is often an expert for the media on New Testament issues. He currently serves on the boards of Wheaton College, Chosen People Ministries, Christians in Public Service (CIPS), The Hope Center in Dallas, and the Institute for Global Engagement (IGE). He is also an elder emeritus at Trinity Fellowship Church in Dallas, serves as a staff consultant to Bent Tree Fellowship in Carrolton, Texas and is interim preacher for Dallas Bible Church. Married for 49 years to Sally, he is the father of two married daughters and a son, and he is also a proud grandfather of five.

Speaker Bio: Darrell Bock, PhD

Dr. Kim-Lien Nguyen is Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Bioengineering, and Biomedical Physics at the University of California Los Angeles. She earned a medical doctorate at UCLA, completed her internal medicine residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and her cardiology fellowship at UCLA. After postdoctoral research training at the National Institutes of Health, she was recruited to UCLA and has been on faculty since 2013. Dr. Nguyen’s clinical areas of interest include cardiovascular imaging in vascular, congenital, and ischemic heart disease as well as heart failure. Her research interests include development and translation of magnetic resonance imaging methods for visualization and multiscale modeling of cardiovascular disease, specifically novel contrasts and motion-resolved methods to characterize tissue composition, mechanics, and its interactions with blood flow dynamics. Her current research focuses on USPIO-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Dr. Nguyen has received research grants from the American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, and Veterans Health Administration. She has served as Principal Investigator or Multiple Principal Investigator on these awards. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and has been an invited speaker throughout the U.S. and abroad. Her lab trains both MD and PhD candidates.

Moderator: Kim-Lien Nguyen, MD

This presentation explores how to think biblically about race and ethnicity, focusing on Ephesians 2 as a key text for understanding unity across cultural divides. It also examines the challenges of discussing race in a theological context, tracing the church’s difficult journey over the past 150 years in America. Finally, the session offers a taxonomy of six groups that influence race discussions, analyzing their interactions and impact on the broader conversation

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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

“Intentionality in Grief and Truth”

Brick Lantz, MD, retired after 33 years in private practice in orthopedics. He is a lifetime CMDA member, medical director of a local pregnancy resource center, leads an undergraduate chapter of CMDA at University of Oregon, is the Oregon State Director for the American Academy of Medical Ethics, is a member of CMDA's Board of Trustees and is currently pursuing a masters in bioethics. He facilitated the development of Bridging the Gap small group curriculum.

Speaker Bio: Brick Lantz, MD, Duke

Dr. Kim-Lien Nguyen is Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Bioengineering, and Biomedical Physics at the University of California Los Angeles. She earned a medical doctorate at UCLA, completed her internal medicine residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and her cardiology fellowship at UCLA. After postdoctoral research training at the National Institutes of Health, she was recruited to UCLA and has been on faculty since 2013. Dr. Nguyen’s clinical areas of interest include cardiovascular imaging in vascular, congenital, and ischemic heart disease as well as heart failure. Her research interests include development and translation of magnetic resonance imaging methods for visualization and multiscale modeling of cardiovascular disease, specifically novel contrasts and motion-resolved methods to characterize tissue composition, mechanics, and its interactions with blood flow dynamics. Her current research focuses on USPIO-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Dr. Nguyen has received research grants from the American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, and Veterans Health Administration. She has served as Principal Investigator or Multiple Principal Investigator on these awards. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and has been an invited speaker throughout the U.S. and abroad. Her lab trains both MD and PhD candidates.

Moderator: Kim-Lien Nguyen, MD
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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Finding Meaning in Academic Medicine"

Jose C Florez, MD, PhD, Physician-in-Chief and Co-Chair, Department of Medicine, MGH; Investigator, Center for Genomic Medicine, MGH; Institute Member, Broad Institute; Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

Speaker Bio: Jose C Florez, MD, PhD

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Moderator: TBD

Monday, June 9, 2025

Biography Coming Soon...

Speaker Bio: Dr. Howard Koh

Kalon Ho, MD, MSc, is currently the Treasurer of the Christian Academic Physicians and Scientists (CAPS) Section of CMDA. A graduate of the University of California at San Diego, Harvard Medical School (HMS), and the Harvard School of Public Health, he is a member of the Interventional Cardiology Section at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston and the Medical Director for Quality for the Cardiovascular Division at the BIDMC. He has taught clinical epidemiology at HMS for nearly 25 years and specializes in complex hemodynamic studies in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. He has published on the epidemiology of heart failure, overseen clinical trials in interventional cardiology, evaluated the effects of public reporting of outcomes of coronary revascularization, and received awards from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions for designing clinical decision support tools. Kalon has participated in 10 MEI-sponsored medical education mission trips to North Macedonia since 2016.

Moderator: Dr. Kalon Ho
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Thursday, August 21, 2025

“A Christian’s Walk in Academic Medicine: What Infectious Diseases can teach us about the Christian Faith”

Dr. Andrew Alspaugh is a physician-scientist with a research focus on the molecular pathogenesis of human fungal infections. He has a strong commitment to clinical and research training in microbiology/infectious diseases, as well as to the professional development of graduate students, post-doctoral trainees, and junior faculty. A practicing Adult Infectious Diseases physician, he is also actively involved in the training of Infectious Diseases clinical fellows, especially aspiring physician-scientists.

His laboratory research program focuses on the molecular pathogenesis of human fungal infections. These infections occur in our most vulnerable patient populations, especially those with severe defects in immunity. In basic and translational studies, he has defined specific ways in which fungi sense and respond to various stress signals to survive within the infected host.

Dr. Alspaugh lives in Raleigh, NC. He has been married to his wife Carrie for 37 years, and they have three adult daughters.

 

Website:

https://medicine.duke.edu/profile/james-andrew-alspaugh

Speaker Bio: Andrew Alspaugh, MD; Duke Infectious Disease

Dr. Lee is Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Chief of Staff in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communications Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine.  His academic focus is related to cancer detection in low resource and global health settings as well as professional and leadership development. He is a certified professional coach (ACC)  and serves as the faculty advisor for the Duke School of Medicine Student Chapter.  He married to Julia and has 3 sons and 1 daughter.

Moderator: Walter Lee, MD
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Thursday, September 25, 2025

“Ethics and AI at the Patient Level”

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Speaker Bio: G. Richard Holt, MD, DBioethics, MSE, MP

Rodney J. Schlosser, M.D. is Professor and Director of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his Otolaryngology residency at the University of Virginia and his Rhinology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and has been on staff at MUSC since 2002. Dr. Schlosser’s clinical areas of interest include revision sinus surgery, endoscopic repair of CSF leaks and skull base defects, resection of sinonasal and skull base tumors. His research interests include the mucosal immune response in chronic sinusitis, olfactory dysfunction and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing medical and surgical treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis. Dr. Schlosser has received research grants from the National Institute of Health, Veterans Administration, American Rhinologic Society, American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and numerous medical companies. He has published a textbook on endoscopic sinus surgery, as well as over 300 peer reviewed articles and 7 book chapters and has been an invited speaker throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Moderator: Rodney Schlosser, MD
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

“Making Sense of Gender Affirmation”

Dr. Curlin is a Professor of Medical Humanities in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine, and Co-Director of the Theology, Medicine and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School. Before moving to Duke in 2014, he founded and was Co-Director of the Program on Medicine and Religion at the University of Chicago. At Duke, Farr practices palliative medicine and works with colleagues in the Trent Center and the Divinity School to develop opportunities for education and scholarship at the intersection of theology, medicine and culture. He is interested in the moral and spiritual dimensions of medical practice—particularly the doctor-patient relationship, the moral and professional formation of physicians, and practices of care for patients at the end of life.

Speaker Bio: Farr Curlin, MD; Duke

David Larson, MD retired from his position of 27 years as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin.  He is Board certified in both Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery and is the current Chairman of the MEI Advisory Council.

Moderator: David Larson, MD
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

“Vietnam: A Love Story”

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Speaker Bio: Brent Senior, MD; UNC Otolaryngology

Rodney J. Schlosser, M.D. is Professor and Director of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his Otolaryngology residency at the University of Virginia and his Rhinology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and has been on staff at MUSC since 2002. Dr. Schlosser’s clinical areas of interest include revision sinus surgery, endoscopic repair of CSF leaks and skull base defects, resection of sinonasal and skull base tumors. His research interests include the mucosal immune response in chronic sinusitis, olfactory dysfunction and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing medical and surgical treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis. Dr. Schlosser has received research grants from the National Institute of Health, Veterans Administration, American Rhinologic Society, American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and numerous medical companies. He has published a textbook on endoscopic sinus surgery, as well as over 300 peer reviewed articles and 7 book chapters and has been an invited speaker throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Moderator: Rodney Schlosser, MD
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