Patrick Fung
Dr Fung was born in Hong Kong and is currently based in Singapore. Patrick is a medical doctor, missionary, and ordained minister. Patrick was trained as a physician in Australia,…
Min-Cheol Kim
Minchul Kim (M.D., Ph.D., Th.M., LHD) completed his medical training at Jeonju Jesus Hospital, where he served as a hematologist-oncologist and later as hospital director. He has taught bioethics at…
Jean Wright
Student Conference Plenary Session Speaker [email protected]
Mike Chupp
Mike Chupp s a US Board certified general surgeon who completed his BA degree at Taylor University in 1984, his MD degree at Indiana University in 1988 and then completed…
Gloria Halverson
[email protected] Student Conference Breakout Session Speaker
Teem Wing Yip
Dr. Teem-Wing Yip is a globally-nomadic public health physician and family physician. She has lived in 7 countries so far and speaks several languages Student Conference Breakout Session Speaker [email protected]
Amanda Beattie
Dr. Amanda is a Christian surgeon, leader, and educator who is passionate about seeing lives transformed. She has spent most of her surgical career in a small Saharan village among…
Pre-Conference StreamThe 18th ICMDA World Congress is organised by KCMDA and KCMF of the International Christian Medical & Deltal Association.
Main congressBible Expository
Dae-Young Lee
Dr. Dae-Young Lee is a surgeon with thirty-eight years of practice experience and was a professional medical missionary to the Arab World since 2002 with Interserve, He is currently working as a director of the Palliative Care Center and Public Health & Medical Care Headquarter at Presbyterian medical center, Jeonju, Korea. He is also working as a general surgeon and surgical gastroenterology endoscopist. He has PhDs in medicine and in Intercultural studies, and is an ordained pastor with International Presbyterian Church.
Plenary session
Paul Bendor Samuel
Paul grew up in Brazil and West Africa and much of his working life has been spent in North Africa and Malaysia. Trained as a GP physician, Paul has served in cross-cultural mission leadership roles for the past 25 years. Since 2016 he has been Executive Director of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. He has a wide range of mission theology interests, including organisational spirituality, rethinking mission and the realignment of cross-cultural mission. Paul is married to Liz and they have four sons, two daughters-in-law and five grandchildren.
Jeff Barrows
Jeffrey J. Barrows, DO, MA (Ethics), is an obstetrician/gynecologist, author, educator, medical ethicist, and speaker. He dedicated 15 years of his career to fighting human trafficking within the intersection of trafficking and healthcare. In 2008, Dr. Barrows founded Gracehaven, an organization assisting victims of domestic minor sex trafficking in Ohio. In 2019, Dr. Barrows published a novel entitled “Finding Freedom,” which realistically portrays child sex trafficking in the United States. Dr. Barrows served as Senior Vice President of Bioethics and Public Policy for the Christian Medical & Dental Associations from 2020 to 2025, overseeing their advocacy efforts. He has been married to Kathy for 47 years, with three grown children and four grandchildren.
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