ICMDA World Congress 2026

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  • Dr George Mathew

    Dr George Mathew

    Presently the CEO of Companions of Grace International, Dr. Mathew George Mulavelil spent twenty years with the Emmanuel Hospital Association holding the positions of Coordinator of Oral Health Services, the Medical and Managing Director of the Duncan Hospital Raxaul Bihar. Following which he was seconded to the Evangelical Medical Fellowship Of India (EMFI) as the Secretary of Missions, From 2013 to 2019 he was with the Evangelical Medical Fellowship of India (EMFI) heading its Missions Department. He oversaw its various Mission training programs and developed new paradigms and directions in healthcare missions as well as mentored a significant number of young students and professionals.

    Companions of Grace International (COGI) seeks to Challenge, Teach and Empower healthcare professionals to be “On Mission”.

  • Dr Stephen Muhudhia

    Dr Stephen Muhudhia

    Dr Stephen Muhudhia is a medical doctor, specialised in paediatrics and child health as well as bioethics. He has qualifications in Bioethics and Health Law; a Master’s degree in Bioethics and Health Law from Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, a Post Graduate Diploma in Biomedical Ethics, from the Centre for Bioethics and Culture of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplant in Karachi, Pakistan.  He also has additional training by UNESCO is a UNESCO certified teacher of ethics.  

    Dr Muhudhia is an adjunct professor of Bioethics at Trinity International University and a Co- Director of the Trinity International University Africa Bioethics Initiative program. He is a part-time lecturer in bioethics at Kabarak University, Kenya. In addition, he serves as faculty on the CBEC-KEMRI Bioethics Training Initiative, an NIH-funded program for capacity building in the fields of Research Ethics, Clinical Ethics, Public Health Ethics, Research methodology and IRB administration.

    Dr Muhudhia is a member of the Scientific, Ethics and Research Unit (SERU) of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). He has served for two years on the IRB of Gertrude’s Institute of Child Health and Research in Nairobi, Kenya.

     He has a Certificate in advanced leadership from Haggai International and a certificate in Corporate Governance

    He is a member of the Bioethics Society of Kenya.

  • Dr Simon Clift

    Dr Simon Clift

    Simon has been married to Esther for 31 years and has 3 grown up children and is based in Southampton.

    He is a Consultant in Occupational Medicine in the UK with a particular expertise and experience in providing such services to Clergy and other Church Ministers.

    Simon has 20 years’ experience providing specialist occupational & travel health services to missionaries, church leaders and aid workers, working for InterHealth until its closure in 2017 and now under the auspices of a new organisation, Thrive Worldwide.

    Prior to this, Simon lived with his family in Tanzania as mission partners with Crosslinks, an Anglican mission agency (1996 – 2002). He is an active member of his local Anglican church and is a lay member for the Diocese of Winchester on the General Synod of the Church of England. He has been an active member of the Christian Medical Fellowship since his Medical School days at Guy’s Hospital, London 1981 – 1986 and currently serves on the Global Committee.

  • Dr Augustin Lutakwa

    Dr Augustin Lutakwa

    Email: [email protected]
    Whatsapp: +27 83 596 9403

  • Larry Worthen

    Larry Worthen

    Larry is Executive Director of the Christian Medical and Dental Association of Canada. He resides in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with his wife, Dr. Linda Gagnon who is a family physician. They have two children and five grandsons.

  • Dr Florence Muindi

    Dr Florence Muindi

    Florence Muindi is the Founder President of Life in Abundance (LIA) International.  She provides strategic oversight over the work in 12 countries in Africa, 2 in the Caribbean. She also oversees the support offices in the US, UK and Europe. Dr Florence is considered the industry leader in transformational community development work. A medical doctor specialized in public health by training who has pioneered LIA’s transformational development model. She is a wife to Dr. Festus Muindi, mother, author and an ordained minister. 

  • Dr Rick Paul

    Dr Rick Paul

    Rick Paul is a retired general thoracic surgeon in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  With his wife Ineke, also a doctor, he served as a medical missionary in Nigeria (1986-1989). Has been involved in ICMDA since 2010:  First in helping to organize the Rotterdam 2014 World Congress and from 2015-2020 as Regional Secretary for the Eurasia Region. Ineke and Rick have four children, all teachers, and nine grandchildren.

  • Dr Mamusha Fenta

    Dr Mamusha Fenta

    Mamusha Fenta is a Bible expositor and conference speaker residing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He has been in full-time ministry and has been serving in different capacities since 1992.

    He currently leads a vibrant ministry that supports and promotes Christian leadership development, church planting into all areas of the country, and mission efforts from Ethiopia to the region.

    Received his BTH degree from Evangelical Theological College in Addis Ababa, his MTH from University of Wales through Mattersey Hall in the UK and completed a DMIN at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in the USA.

    Prior to his current role, Dr Mamusha Fenta gave leadership to the Pentecostal Theological College in Addis Ababa for 15 years. Mamusha and his wife Leke are parents of four beautiful children.

  • Dr Vinod Shah

    Dr Vinod Shah

    Dr Shah was trained in India. Served as CEO of ICMDA (2014-2019). He is married to Dr. Shalini &  are blessed with 3 children. He’s passionate about medical missions. He served as Executive Director (CEO) of Emmanuel Hospital Association (E.H.A) New Delhi, India. Was Head of the Department of Distance Medical Education at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

  • Dr Mike Chupp

    Dr Mike Chupp

    Mike Chupp is a US Board certified General surgeon. Together with his wife Pam served a 20 year career as medical missionaries with World Gospel Mission at Tenwek Hospital in South West Kenya. There he practiced general and orthopaedic surgery and served as the Medical Superintendent for many years.

    In September 2018 the Board of CMDA selected Mike to become the next CEO-or ‘Chief Encouragement Officer’ -of CMDA, the position he has held since September 2019.