Reimagining Medicine

Even as health care has grown to a $3.8 trillion per year industry, many are realizing that medicine is broken. Health care reform increased access to health care systems, but these are divided by racial discrimination and social inequity. Meanwhile, health care reform did little to improve the experiences of patients, physicians, nurses, and practice. We may have begun health care reform, but the renewal of medicine is still waiting.

Join us April 6-7 for “Reimagining Medicine,” a conference addressing the major issues in health care today from the perspective of Christian faith. The conference highlights some of the nation’s most respected voices on medicine, theology, and culture.

The conference is 6-9 p.m., Wednesday, April 6, and 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, April 7. The gathering will include plenary lectures, breakout sessions, and panel discussions on topics ranging from nursing to health care reform to the connection between faith and medicine. Please plan on attending both days.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Colorado Medical Society through the joint providership of Porter Adventist Hospital and Denver Institute for Faith & Work. Porter Adventist Hospital is accredited by the Colorado Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Porter Adventist Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Farr Curlin, plenary presenter and panelist, “What Does Christianity Have to do With the Practice of Medicine?”
Dr. Curlin is a hospice and palliative care physician who joined Duke University in January 2014 where he holds joint appointments in the School of Medicine, including its Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine, and in Duke Divinity School, including its Initiative on Theology, Medicine and Culture. View a summary of this presentation >>

Dayna Matthew, breakout session presenter, “Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care”
Professor Matthew is holds joint appointments at the Colorado School of Public Health and the University of Colorado Law School. View a summary of this breakout session >>

Alyson J. Breisch, breakout session presenter and panelist, “The Path to Making Nursing a Ministry”
Breisch is president of Breisch Health Education PLLC, which provides consultation and education in community nursing, health ministries, clinical advancement, and nursing leadership. View a summary of this breakout session >>

Warren Kinghorn, plenary presenter, “Finding Healing for Combat Veterans: How a PTSD Diagnosis Can Help and Harm”
Dr. Kinghorn holds joint appointments at Duke Divinity School and the Department of Psychiatry and behavioral Sciences of Duke University Medical Center. He is also a staff psychiatrist and clinical teacher at the Durham VA Medical Center. View a summary of this presentation >>

Abraham Nussbaum, plenary presenter and panel moderator, “The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician’s Search for the Renewal of Medicine”
Dr. Nussbaum directs adult inpatient services at Denver Health and is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. View a summary of this presentation >>

Bob Cutillo, breakout session presenter, “Pursuing Health in an Anxious Age”
Dr. Cutillo practices family medicine at the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. He was on the founding board of Denver Institute for Faith & Work. View a summary of this presentation >>

Morre Dean, panelist, “Integrating Faith into Health Systems”
Dean, MBA, is president of the South Denver Group and chief executive officer of Porter Adventist Hospital in 2015. Learn more about Morre >>