by Christian Medical & Dental Associations®

Ben Anderson, a longtime rural healthcare leader with decades of experience helping rural hospitals strengthen and sustain care, joins host Dr. Mike Chupp to discuss the growing challenges facing healthcare in America’s rural communities. As hospitals grapple with financial strain, workforce shortages, and increasing demands, Ben shares practical strategies for building resilient healthcare systems, recruiting mission-minded physicians, and expanding access to quality care. Together, they explore why rural medicine offers a unique opportunity for Christian healthcare professionals to live out their calling by serving communities where the need is often greatest.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations®

What does it take to build one of the most advanced cardiac surgery centers in East Africa — from a napkin sketch to a 400,000-square-foot hospital treating hundreds of open-heart patients a year? In this episode of Faith in Healthcare, host Dr. Mike Chupp sits down with two of his closest friends and former colleagues, Dr. Russ White and Dr. Carol Spears, both veteran missionary surgeons at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya. Together they helped launch Tenwek’s general surgery residency nearly 30 years ago — and have now returned to lead its brand-new Cardiothoracic Center.

In this conversation, they share:

• Why only 5% of Kenyans who need cardiac surgery currently receive it — and how Tenwek is changing that
• The journey from a single operating room to a state-of-the-art six-theater cardiac facility
• How the PAACS training program has produced 48 surgeons and physicians serving across Africa
• The hospital’s guiding philosophy — “We treat, Jesus heals” — and what it looks like to minister to patients’ hearts, both physical and spiritual
• A candid, moving story of walking through loss as a hospital community
• The urgent, ongoing need for cardiologists, surgeons, and missionaries willing to serve

This is a story of medicine, mentorship, and unwavering faith — and a firsthand look at how God can use “broken vessels” to build something extraordinary.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations®

Dr. Alwyn Rapose and Dr. Marjorie Rapose join host Dr. Mike Chupp and co-host Dr. Bill Griffin to talk about caring for patients as whole persons, addressing spiritual needs alongside caring for patients’ physical health. Alwyn, an infectious disease physician, and Marjorie, a general dentist, began their careers in India before building their practices in Massachusetts. They share how the Saline Process Witness Training gave them the confidence to bring faith into everyday patient care, whether that means taking a spiritual history or simply recognizing when a conversation or a prayer might be welcome. Along the way, they describe how practicing medicine and dentistry with the support of the Saline Process has transformed their experience of caring for patients, renewed their joy in their work, and deepened their sense of calling. If you’ve ever wondered how to reflect Christ in the middle of a packed clinical day, this episode is full of practical encouragement.