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Talks from ICMDA webinars and events

  1. 6D AGO

    Webinar #284 Dr Santhosh Mathew - Navigating the New World of Neuroscience

    Recorded on 12 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Santhosh Mathew Neuroscience has progressed rapidly, revealing the brain’s capacity for change throughout life. Advances in technology and genetics have enriched our insight, bridging neurology and psychiatry, and emphasising the uniqueness of thought and behaviour. As neuroscience shapes medicine, education and commerce, it raises ethical and societal questions. Understanding the brain’s intricacies leads us to consider free will, accountability, and the persistent puzzle of cause and effect, reminding us knowledge remains provisional and growing. For those with faith, these developments inspire humility and awe, acknowledging human knowledge as both privilege and duty. Dr Mathew Santhosh Thomas is an Internal Medicine specialist with experience in academic and rural missional healthcare settings. He has led rural healthcare institutions and HIV care programmes, and served as Executive Director of Emmanuel Hospital Association, a network of 20 hospitals and 40 community programmes in North India. His wife Saira is an Anaesthetist and healthcare administrator; they have two grown-up children and recently relocated to Kerala after 38 years in North India. Passionate about teaching, Dr Mathew Santhosh Thomas focuses on leadership, strategy, and organisational planning. Neurology has been a special area of interest. Presently, he is Training In-Charge at ICMDA (www.icmda.net) and involved in governance of healthcare organisations. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    54 min
  2. FEB 6

    Webinar #283 Prof Mark Pietroni - Healthcare leadership in a cross-cultural setting

    Recorded on 5 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Mark Pietroni Leadership in a cross cultural setting: An opportunity to understand some key concepts of leadership theory, critically reflect on your own leadership, and place this in a Biblical and cross-cultural setting.Mark trained in infectious diseases in London in the 1990s. He left the UK in 1997 to run a TB control programme at a mission hospital in Bangladesh. Expecting to stay for 3-5 years he and his wife Teresa, a GP, stayed for 15 years. For the last 5 years he worked at icddr,b – an international public health research centre – running their hospitals and getting used to managing cholera and other epidemics. This didn’t seem particularly relevant to UK practice at the time . . . and then covid happened! He returned to the UK in 2012. For 6 years he was the Director of Public Health for South Gloucestershire. He discovered Acute Medicine as a speciality working in Gloucester and Cheltenham, initially part time. In 2017 he was appointed Specialty Director for Unscheduled Care (Emergency Medicine and Acute Internal Medicine), Medical Director in March 2019 and Deputy Chief Executive in November 2020 at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    57 min
  3. JAN 22

    Webinar #281 Dr Simon Ramsbotham - Double harvest: working to give

    Recorded on 22 January 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Simon Ramsbotham This webinar is intended for doctors, dentist and nurses who are contemplating retirement or have just retired.It urges us all to labour for Christ to the end and suggests one special way this can be done through continuing in our profession with the intention of giving to the building of God's kingdom.Christian physicians face a unique opportunity: the 'double harvest.'Discover practical ways to transform retirement into a season of double impact: spiritual fruit through service and financial harvest for God's work. Don't miss this inspiring call to faithful stewardship!Dr Simon Ramsbotham worked as a General Practitioner in North Croydon for 34 years, retiring from his own practice in 2014. Thereafter, he continued to work part-time in other medical practices and within an out-of-hours service until his complete retirement from all clinical duties in 2021.Since retiring, Dr Ramsbotham has devoted his time primarily to voluntary work at his local church, where he provides support to refugees and homeless individuals. He is a committed Christian and regards Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    54 min
  4. JAN 16

    Webinar #280 Dr Scott Armistead - Global medical ethics

    Recorded on 15 January 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr David Randall chairs a webinar with Dr Scott Armistead Euro-American bioethics which emerged from a blend of both the Hippocratic tradition and Judeo-Christian ethics, has veered significantly from its roots.  Principlism - autonomy, justice, beneficence, nonmaleficence - arising out of the US in the 1960s, has spread around the world, but its application in non-Western cultural contexts is at times problematic, thus leading principlism to increasingly be critiqued. Some specific areas of divergence center on the integrated, embodied, sacred wholeness of the human, and the very foundational understanding of medicine as a profession. Dr. Armistead trained at the Medical College of Virginia and Truman East Family Medicine Residency in Kansas City, where he met Dr. Comninellis as a faculty member. Dr. Armistead and his family lived in Pakistan from 1999-2015, providing medical care at Bach Christian Hospital, with a 1 1/2 year stint at Kanad Hospital in the United Arab Emirates when the security situation in Pakistan worsened. Since returning from Pakistan in 2015, Dr. Armistead has taught family medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine and was in private practice before joining INMED. He takes medical students for a month-long elective to Zimbabwe annually and teaches international medicine. Since 2015, he has also worked part-time as a CMDA staff worker at VCU. ⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    56 min
  5. JAN 8

    Webinar #279 Brad MacKinnon - Training Christians on end of life issues

    Recorded on 8 January 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Brad MacKinnon Dying with Christ – Living with Hope is a faith-based program designed to equip churches and communities to respond thoughtfully to end-of-life issues, including the growing expansion of euthanasia (MAiD) in Canada. The course combines medical, ethical, theological, and pastoral perspectives, helping participants explore what it means to live and die in the hope of Christ. Through structured sessions, discussion, and reflection, it offers both education and spiritual formation. Participants gain a deeper understanding of suffering, palliative care, and Christian teaching on life and death, while being empowered to accompany others with compassion, truth, and pastoral sensitivity.Brad MacKinnon, MA, serves as the Campaign Manager for CMDA Canada. His work includes national advocacy, conscience protection, public presentations, and the development of media and resources to help churches speak credibly about the expansion of euthanasia (MAiD) in Canada. He also leads training for facilitators of CMDA Canada’s program Dying with Christ, Living with Hope. With more than twenty years of experience in church ministry, Brad now equips physicians, pastors, and community members to foster a Christian understanding of death and hope at the grassroots level. He is based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and is part of CMDA Canada’s national office team. ⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    57 min

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Talks from ICMDA webinars and events