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Dr Peter Saunders

Dr Peter Saunders

ICMDA CEO

Dr Peter Saunders trained as a general surgeon at Auckland Medical School, New Zealand, before becoming a missionary doctor in Kenya. He worked for the Christian Medical Fellowship UK for 27 years and, in 2019, became Chief Executive of the International Christian Medical & Dental Association (ICMDA).

His current work includes leadership training, teaching evangelism and ethics, medical mission, writing, publishing and media work. He is a board member of the Evangelical Alliance. He and his wife Kirsty live in St Albans, UK, and have three sons and two grandchildren.

Prof Daniel Ojuka

Prof Daniel Ojuka

ICMDA Board Member

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

Prof Hannes Steinberg

Prof Hannes Steinberg

Prof Hannes Steinberg was born and grew up in Johannesburg and studied medicine there. As a young medical doctor, he worked at a rural Hospital in Limpopo province, South Africa. He is presently associated with the department of Family Medicine at UFS in Bloemfontein, responsible for the training of Family Physicians for southern Africa. He has been a member of CMF-RSA since undergraduate years and served on the executive in various positions during the last three decades. He is married to Ute Hallbauer, a paediatrician and they have 2 daughters, Miriam and Naomi.

Dr Abiy Tadesse

Dr Abiy Tadesse

ICMDA East Africa Area Representative - Horn of Africa & CMDDF Ethiopia Chairperson
Dr Alex Bolek

Dr Alex Bolek

ICMDA Regional Secretary

Alex Bolek, is a General Practitioner (GP) with Masters in Public and Tropical Health (MPH)

He is ICMDA’s Africa Coordinator and East Africa Regional Secretary since 2017.

Alex is also the chairman of South Sudan Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA-SS)

He is on the board of a number of Christian organisations such as the Scripture Union of South Sudan (SUSS), Fellowship of Christian University Students (FOCUS), ACORD and others.

Alex has a passion for leadership development and is an alumnus of both Haggai International (HI) Leadership Institute and John Maxwell Million Leaders Mandate.

For over ten (10) years, Alex has served with both MOH and international NGOs such as Jhpiego, Healthnet TPO, St. Vincent De Paul Society in different managerial and technical roles implementing public health and humanitarian programs.

Alex has contributed to three (3) books authored by Rev. Colin Salter (UK).

He and his wife Helen founded Timothy School, a community Christian faith-based school and Rock City Medical Centre in Juba, South Sudan.

Dr Augustin Lutakwa

Dr Augustin Lutakwa

ICMDA AEO for Sub-Sahara Africa

AEO for Sub-Saharan Africa
Augustin was born in the DR Congo and trained as a General Surgeon in South Africa where he now lives and works. He serves as an Associate Executive Officer (AEO) for ICMDA Sub-Saharan Africa, where he promotes the mission, vision and core values of ICMDA among students and junior graduates. He was also the Congress Director for the 17th ICMDA World Congress held in Arusha, Tanzania in 2023.

Dr Elichilia Shao

Dr Elichilia Shao

Breakout Speaker

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

Dr George Mathew

Dr George Mathew

Breakout Speaker

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 Joseph Nkuranga

Dr Joseph Nkuranga

CMF-Kenya Chairperson

Joseph Nkuranga is a medical doctor based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a born-again Christian and is currently Chairman of the Board of the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) in Kenya. Joseph works at the University of Nairobi where he is involved in research projects in the Department of Clinical and Therapeutic Medicine and previously led clinical teams in public health projects in various non-governmental organizations supporting care in faith-based, public and private health facilities across the country. He is married to the beautiful Judy and together they have two handsome, energetic boys.

Dr Mfanelo Sobekwa

Dr Mfanelo Sobekwa

Breakout Speaker

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

Dr Michael Burke

Breakout Speaker

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 Papa Ataro

Dr Papa Ataro

ICMDA East Africa Regional Representative

Conference Planning Committee Chair

Dr Peter Saunders

Dr Peter Saunders

ICMDA CEO

Dr Peter Saunders trained as a general surgeon at Auckland Medical School, New Zealand, before becoming a missionary doctor in Kenya. He worked for the Christian Medical Fellowship UK for 27 years and, in 2019, became Chief Executive of the International Christian Medical & Dental Association (ICMDA).

His current work includes leadership training, teaching evangelism and ethics, medical mission, writing, publishing and media work. He is a board member of the Evangelical Alliance. He and his wife Kirsty live in St Albans, UK, and have three sons and two grandchildren.

Dr Stephen Muhudhia

Dr Stephen Muhudhia

Preconference Speaker

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 

Dr William Griffin 

Pre-conference & Breakout Speaker

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. Proscovia Mugaba

Dr. Proscovia Mugaba

Regional Council & UCMF Chairperson

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.

Prof Daniel Ojuka

Prof Daniel Ojuka

ICMDA Board Member

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

Dr Abiy Tadesse

Dr Abiy Tadesse

ICMDA East Africa Area Representative - Horn of Africa & CMDDF Ethiopia Chairperson
Dr Alex Bolek

Dr Alex Bolek

ICMDA Regional Secretary

Alex Bolek, is a General Practitioner (GP) with Masters in Public and Tropical Health (MPH)

He is ICMDA’s Africa Coordinator and East Africa Regional Secretary since 2017.

Alex is also the chairman of South Sudan Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA-SS)

He is on the board of a number of Christian organisations such as the Scripture Union of South Sudan (SUSS), Fellowship of Christian University Students (FOCUS), ACORD and others.

Alex has a passion for leadership development and is an alumnus of both Haggai International (HI) Leadership Institute and John Maxwell Million Leaders Mandate.

For over ten (10) years, Alex has served with both MOH and international NGOs such as Jhpiego, Healthnet TPO, St. Vincent De Paul Society in different managerial and technical roles implementing public health and humanitarian programs.

Alex has contributed to three (3) books authored by Rev. Colin Salter (UK).

He and his wife Helen founded Timothy School, a community Christian faith-based school and Rock City Medical Centre in Juba, South Sudan.

Dr Augustin Lutakwa

Dr Augustin Lutakwa

ICMDA AEO for Sub-Sahara Africa

AEO for Sub-Saharan Africa
Augustin was born in the DR Congo and trained as a General Surgeon in South Africa where he now lives and works. He serves as an Associate Executive Officer (AEO) for ICMDA Sub-Saharan Africa, where he promotes the mission, vision and core values of ICMDA among students and junior graduates. He was also the Congress Director for the 17th ICMDA World Congress held in Arusha, Tanzania in 2023.

Dr Joseph Nkuranga

Dr Joseph Nkuranga

CMF-Kenya Chairperson

Joseph Nkuranga is a medical doctor based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a born-again Christian and is currently Chairman of the Board of the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) in Kenya. Joseph works at the University of Nairobi where he is involved in research projects in the Department of Clinical and Therapeutic Medicine and previously led clinical teams in public health projects in various non-governmental organizations supporting care in faith-based, public and private health facilities across the country. He is married to the beautiful Judy and together they have two handsome, energetic boys.

Dr Mfanelo Sobekwa

Dr Mfanelo Sobekwa

Breakout Speaker

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 Peter Saunders

Dr Peter Saunders

ICMDA CEO

Dr Peter Saunders trained as a general surgeon at Auckland Medical School, New Zealand, before becoming a missionary doctor in Kenya. He worked for the Christian Medical Fellowship UK for 27 years and, in 2019, became Chief Executive of the International Christian Medical & Dental Association (ICMDA).

His current work includes leadership training, teaching evangelism and ethics, medical mission, writing, publishing and media work. He is a board member of the Evangelical Alliance. He and his wife Kirsty live in St Albans, UK, and have three sons and two grandchildren.

Dr William Griffin 

Dr William Griffin 

Pre-conference & Breakout Speaker

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. Proscovia Mugaba

Dr. Proscovia Mugaba

Regional Council & UCMF Chairperson

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.

Prof Daniel Ojuka

Prof Daniel Ojuka

ICMDA Board Member

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