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Dr. Proscovia Mugaba
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Dr. Proscovia Mugaba

Dr. Proscovia Mugaba Kasangaki is a pediatric and fetal cardiologist currently based at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. She is married to Dr. Arabat Kasangaki a maxillofacial surgeon and pedodontist, and they have two sons - Samuel aged 11 years and Gabriel aged 8 years. She is a believer in Christ and is a member of Watoto Church in Uganda, where she volunteers with the prayer and counseling ministry and is also the interim leader of the Health sector sphere at Watoto church.
She is the current national executive chairman of the Uganda Christian Medical Fellowship as well as the Chairman of the ICMDA East African Regional Committee.
As a medical professional, Dr. Mugaba approaches her work with care and precision, and is passionate about teaching and mentoring students and young professionals in the profession and in their faith in the LORD.

Dr Stephen Muhudhia
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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 William Griffin 
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Dr William Griffin 

Dr. William Griffin serves as the Vice President for Dental Ministries with the
Christian Medical & Dental Associations in the United States. A member of
CMDA since dental school, he has been a part of CMDA’s senior leadership
team since 2019. He averages about four dental mission trips each year, and
he also serves as the Director of CMDA’s Faith Prescriptions Resource,
designed to help Christian healthcare professionals address the spiritual
needs of their patients. Dr. Griffin enjoys opportunities to communicate the
love of Christ, domestically and internationally, through healthcare.

Dr George Mathew
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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 Mfanelo Sobekwa
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Dr Mfanelo Sobekwa

Mfanelo is a medical doctor with postgraduate qualifications in Palliative Medicine. He has great passion for teaching, research, caring for vulnerable populations, missions and reaching out to students. He graduated from the University of Cape Town and practices in the government sector in Gauteng, South Africa. He serves in ICMDA as the Regional Representative for Southern Africa and Saline Process Multiplying Trainer for Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also on the national board of Christian Medical Fellowship South Africa. He is married to Ana.

Dr Michael Burke
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Dr Michael Burke

Dr Michael Burke lives in an area of the world where Climate Change effects daily life in disturbing ways. Michael will explore options for Christian approaches to health issues related to current and future needs. Michael is the immediate former Icmda Oceania regional Secretary

Dr Elichilia Shao
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Dr Elichilia Shao

He is a born again Christian, Chair CMDA Tanzania Chapter, Church elder at Haggai Interdenominational English service at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Mentor, Father, Husband, and friend.
Physician and Microbiologist trained in Tanzania, USA, and UK working at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Kilimanjaro teaching hospital, Tanzania. He has experience of teaching and clinical work for more than 15years mainly infectious diseases. He has more than 40- publications in peer reviewed journals with five public health educational books. Currently doing his PhD on One Health titled “Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: Reducing an Emerging Health Threat in Tanzania. “
He is very passionate about public health education through radio, books, television, social media and one on one to make sure that we reduce the load from physicians shoulder by educating people to be able to own their health. Through different platforms he has managed to mentor more than 1,000 medical professionals within and outside Tanzania to pass on the mantle.
He has received several awards: forgarty international fellowship award, Bill and Melinda travel award, THRiVE Msc awards, Prof Ben Hamel award best publication award, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University Award of outstanding publications, Hepatitis B Vaccination champion award, and COVID-19 vaccination ambassador

Prof Daniel Ojuka
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Prof Daniel Ojuka

East Africa board member
Senior lecturer, department of surgery  University of Nairobi, Kenya. Breast and Endocrine Surgeon.