MD Breakfast/Retreat
On Saturday morning, September 23 medical students and community physicians will be converging on Rochester from the Western NY region to kick off our first Upstate MCCF Retreat with a stimulating day of feasting, fellowship, and education. The day will start at 8:00 am with our Fall Christian Physicians Breakfast where Dr. Daniel Fountain, MD, MPH, will begin the first in a series of 5 informative and discussion-provoking sessions on the provocative topic: “What’s wrong with US health care and how can we fix it?” Schedule 8:00 Registration and Breakfast (note early start)...
Read MoreCCHF Annual Conference
Health Care for the Underserved This year’s conference, May 18-21 at Eastern College in Philadelphia, will address the theme of Spiritual Inheritance for the Next Generation. Convinced that investing in equipping the next generation is capacity building at its best, the theme will be reciprocally important for veteran, new, and emerging Christian health care professionals. Plenary Speakers will include: Christine Sines, M.D. Physician, professor and author who faithfully assists churches and Christian organizations to engage the challenges of the 21st century. David Hilfiker, M.D....
Read MoreDr. Morehouse Honored
The Rochester Business Journal has recognized Dr. Morehouse as one of 3 physician recipients of its 2005 Health Care Achievement Award! This award, now its third year, was created to recognize excellence, promote innovation, and honor organizations and individuals who are making a significant impact on the quality of health care in our area. Three tables of well-wishers joined nearly 350 members of the community in honoring Dr. Morehouse at a special Awards Luncheon on April 12. Dr. Ralph Pennino was the keynote speaker and spoke about his experience as a medical volunteer with InterVol, a...
Read MoreDr. Daniel Fountain Coming
Dr. Daniel Fountain, MD, MPH will be presenting a three-day workshop in the Greater Rochester area on “Caring for the Whole Person” and will be the speaker at our Breakfast on January 22 on the last day of the workshop. The course will be open to pastors, counselors, and health professionals in our region with 21 hours of CME credit offered to physicians who complete the entire course. Dr. Fountain is the author of numerous books in English and French on community health, primary health care, and care for the whole person and served as a missionary physician in Kenya for 35 years...
Read MoreGrace Family Medicine News
His Branches seeks clinic designation Under the guidance of our new Executive Director, Scott Sittig, we are actively in the process of establishing the services offered by the physicians at Grace Family Medicine Associates as a Diagnostic and Treatment Facility under Article 28 of New York’s Public Health Law, a designation that will help us to expand the scope of the clinical care we offer to better serve the needs of the community. The doctors in the practice are at full capacity and yet are receiving multiple requests for expansion of their services to new patients. In conjunction...
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