Christian Medical and Dental Associations

Christian Medical and Dental Associations
Motto Changing Hearts in Healthcare
Formation 1931
Type professional association
Headquarters Washington, D.C. and Bristol, Tennessee
Location
Membership
17,000[1]
Official language
English
President
 Richard E. Johnson, MD
Key people
 David Stevens, MD (CEO)
Staff
75
Website http://cmda.org/

The Christian Medical and Dental Associations (CMDA) is made up of the Christian Medical Association and the Christian Dental Association.[2] As of 2011, CMDA had approximately 17,000 members.[1] However, unlike other medical associations, the actual number of licensed professional members is likely closer to half since spouses receive free membership. [3] It is the United States affiliate of the International Christian Medical and Dental Association.

The membership consists of physicians, dentists, and other allied health professionals. The CMDA "sponsors overseas medical mission projects, provides members with a network for fellowship and professional growth, finances student campus ministries in medical and dental schools, publishes educational/inspirational materials, hosts marriage and family conferences, offers continuing education for missionary doctors, and develops overseas academic exchange programs".[1][2] In addition, "Christian Medical and Dental Associations (CMDA) works on 242 medical/dental school campuses with over ten thousand students."[4]

Members of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations are from various political and religious movements, such as evangelicalism, in addition to several Christian denominations including Anglicans, Lutherans, Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians and the Orthodox. These CMDA affiliated health providers can be found by health consumers using a public database hosted by the national CMDA web site. The database has been reported to receive about 65,000 hits per month.[5]

Public Policy

The Christian Medical Association's Washington office provides a national voice for members on public policy issues such as health care, conscience rights, human trafficking, international health, abortion, HIV-AIDS, sexual orientation/gender identity, [6] human cloning, abstinence, stem cell research, assisted suicide, among other issues.[7]

The Washington Office links our members with Congress, the White House, federal agencies and policy organizations; provides congressional testimony; presents life-honoring perspectives through the national media; and publishes resources on vital issues.

The Washington office also directs the Freedom2Care (www.Freedom2Care.org) coalition of over 50 organizations to advance conscience rights in health care.

The Christian Medical and Dental Association is not recognized by the American Medical Association, due to CMDA's extremist views that are inconsistent with bioethical principles and guidelines for professional ethical conduct, including the philosophy that a licensed healthcare providers right to refuse should never be a right to obstruct or restrict access to care. [8]


References

  1. 1 2 3 Cavalcanti, H. B. (2007). Gloryland: Christian Suburbia, Christian Nation. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 37. ISBN 9780313348129. Take the Christian Medical and Dental Associations (CMDA), for example. One of the oldest professional associations in America, the CMDA boasts a 17,000-member roll. It sponsors overseas medical mission projects, provides members with a network for fellowship and professional growth, finances student campus ministries in medical and dental schools, publishes educational/inspirational materials, hosts marriage and family conferences, offers continuing education for missionary doctors, and develops overseas academic exchange programs. For those seeking a Christian physician, the CMDA offers a "Christian doctor search engine."
  2. 1 2 Koenig, Harold G (15 August 2009). Faith and Mental Health: Religious Resources for Healing. Templeton Foundation Press. p. 224. ISBN 9781599470788. Retrieved 17 July 2014. The Christian Medical Association (CMA) and the Christian Dental Association (CDA) are combined under this umbrella organization. CMDA has a number of goals that include taking positions and addressing policies on health care issues; conducting overseas medical evangelism projects through its mission arm, Global Health Outreach; coordinating a network of Christian doctors for fellowship and professional growth; sponsoring student ministries in medical and dental schools; distributing educational and inspirational resources; hosting marriage and family conferences; providing Third World missionary doctors with continuing education resources; and conducting academic exchange programs overseas.
  3. ↑ CMDA website FAQs https://cmda.org/members/FAQ
  4. ↑ Eric, Huang; Chung, Richard (25 March 2014). Beyond Studying: A Guide to Faith, Life, and Learning for Students in Health-Care Professions. WestBow Press. p. 1. ISBN 9781490829982. Christian Medical and Dental Associations (CMDA) works on 242 medical/dental school campuses with over ten thousand students.
  5. ↑ Payne, January W. (2006-01-31). "Your Kind of Doctor - washingtonpost.com". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  6. ↑ https://cmda.org/library/doclib/cmda-ethics-statementsworeferences16.pdf
  7. ↑ Cutrer, William R.; Glahn, Sandra L. (2005). The Contraception Guidebook. Zondervan. p. 193. ISBN 9780310254072. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  8. ↑ http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2010/08/pdf/vm-1008.pdf see page 28

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