Vision: to be a global movement bringing together national Christian medical and dental organisations in fellowship, witness and service. Mission: to encourage and equip Christian medical and dental students and graduates to grow to Christian maturity and live out their faith within their clinical practice and beyond.
Work a Day for ICMDA
The 3rd annual 'Work a Day' on 15 October encouraged participants to support ICMDA work in the regions through prayer and giving: www.icmdaeurasia.net/work-a-day. The autumn Eurasia News is available on request – contact James Tomlinson.
XIV ICMDA World Congress
In July, 700 participants from 60 nations gathered for the World Congress in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The theme Priorities in professional practice: for whom are you working? was explored in Bible readings, plenary sessions and seminars. Graciously hosted by the movements in Uruguay and Argentina, the congress had a vibrant South American flavour. Generous support of the bursary fund enabled attendance from around the world, including countries in South and Central America. The next World Congress will be in the Netherlands in July 2014.
I was particularly touched by the thought that study to become excellent in medicine is done as worship for Jesus Christ. (Junior doctor, Finland) The theme for the pre-conference was a reminder of why I chose to study medicine in the first place. I had to ask myself once again: for whom are you studying? (Student, Romania)
New Team
During the Congress Dr Vinod Shah was confirmed as the incoming Chief Executive, taking over from Dr Daryl Hackland in February 2011. The international office will move to Vellore, India. CMF's Kevin Vaughan was appointed Chair of the ICMDA Board and has now passed his role as chair of the Eurasia regional committee to Dr Hans-Rudi Pfeifer (Switzerland).
Outgoing
Rosie Barnes (Liverpool) to Singapore
Louisa Barter (UCL) to New Zealand
Andrene Hamilton (Edinburgh) to Bangladesh
James Hayton (Edinburgh) to Bangladesh
Joseph Kandeh (Bulgaria) to Sierra Leone
Felicity Mussell (Liverpool) to Bangladesh
Hannah Pollard to Sudan
Jennifer Wilson (Edinburgh) to Pakistan
Homecoming
Karen Forrest (Oxford) from Kenya
Catriona Waitt (Liverpool) from Malawi
Peter Waitt (Liverpool) from Malawi
Alan Young (Cambridge) from Nepal
Change of address abroad
Karen Henriksen from Namibia to Angola
Obituaries
Moira Anderson died peacefully in the late summer after a long illness. As the sister of Anne Anderson, office secretary from the 1950s to 1990, she took a keen interest in CMF.
W G 'Bill' Benson (q Bristol 1951; d 18 August 2010) became a GP in Ramsgate and later Exeter before ten years as an occupational health physician at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. For some years he worked part time supporting CMF's overseas interests.
Geoffrey Clark (q Guy's Hospital 1973; d – CMF informed October 2010) was a consultant anaesthetist at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport.
Andrew Drain (q Belfast 1998; d 3 July 2010) was a cardiothoracic surgical Fellow in New York when he became unwell in 2007 with leukaemia. His book Code Red has been published posthumously by CMF.
Anand Hegde (q King's College Hospital; d – CMF informed September 2010) was a GP and coroner in Ontario. He retired in 2007.
D J Findlay Macdonald (q St Andrew's 1956; d 3 October 2010) was a consultant anaesthetist at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
James Maden (q Manchester 1962; d – CMF informed September 2010) worked in paediatrics in Lancashire.
James West (q St Bartholomew's Hospital 1942; d 26 October 2010) was living in Wimborne at the time of his death.
