Anil Cherian

Anil Cherian is a medical doctor and a graduate of the Christian Medical College in Vellore. He specialised in Paediatrics and public health, with additional training in health economics. For over 20 years, he and his wife, Shalini, served in rural North India at several mission hospitals affiliated with the Emmanuel Hospital Association. While he…

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Patrina Caldwell

Patrina is an Associate Professor and program director of Master of Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health) in the Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Sydney. She is also on the National Board of the Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia and is a member of the Education Reference Group and…

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Nathan Grills

Professor Nathan John Grills gained his doctorate at the University of Oxford. He has worked in health, development and disability in Africa, Fiji, East Timor, PNG, Bangladesh, Nepal and India. He has a personal, professional and spiritual interest in disability. In the country where he works he has helped establish a network of Christian faith-based…

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Rajni Herman

Maharashtra, India, after which she worked in the department of ENT to pursue her residency in the field. She then completed the PGDFM course at CMC Vellore and a fellowship in Palliative Care from the Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut, Kerala. Currently, she works as the Project Director of Shalom Delhi –A Palliative Care. Unit…

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Bill Bieber

Dr. William Bieber is a retired Canadian family physician with over 40 years of experience in primary care and community health. Worked 8 years in Papua New Guinea as a Provincial Health Officer. In Canada as a founder of the CUPS street clinic in was awarded the Governor General’s Meritorious Service Medal and later founded…

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Suzanna Mathew

Dr. Suzanna Mathew is a Life and Leadership Coach and Group Facilitator. She specialized in Community Medicine(India) and worked in a range of maternal and child health service settings for over ten years before moving to the UK. She then served as a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control in Regional and National roles for fifteen…

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Todd Sprinkel

Todd Sprinkel is the former Director of Leadership Development for Medical Missions at the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA). For 22 years, he and his wife, Molly, have served overseas in locations such as Thailand, Tanzania, the Middle East, and more, following a call to missions that began in 1984. Todd brings expertise in…

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Mike Mulongo

Mike is a medical doctor and Mandela Washington Fellow (Business and Entrepreneurship) with extensive experience in healthcare delivery, entrepreneurship, and management. He is passionate about sustainable health financing, health systems strengthening, and health equity. Mike has been a technical lead in health financing and systems strengthening consultancies at local, regional, and global level. He has…

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Alan Gijsbers

Associate Professor Alan Gijsbers MBBS, FRACP, FAChAM, DTM&H, PGDip Epi, retired in Sept 2022 from being a specialist physician in Addiction Medicine in Melbourne, Australia. In the mid-1980’s he worked as a general physician at the Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore, South India, with Interserve Australia. He is a past National Chairman of the…

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