2025 Healthcare Missions Leadership Summit

Rick has served as President and CEO at MedSend since 2008. He is a leading expert on global healthcare delivery in low-resource environments and brings unique insights from his work across the tech industry, nonprofits, and churches. Rick convenes an annual gathering of organizations focused on faith-based delivery of global healthcare to accelerate the impact and scale of solutions to some of the most challenging global healthcare needs. As Chairman and cofounder of the Institute of Global Healthcare Missions (IGHM) he is focused on scaling physician and nurse training programs throughout Africa and Asia. With a degree in finance and marketing from Temple University, Rick spent 25 years as a corporate executive, where he was instrumental in the rapid growth and turn-around of several high-tech businesses. In addition, Rick served for eight years as Campus Pastor of a multi-site church in Stamford, Connecticut. He and his wife, Linda, have been married for over 40 years. They have four adult children and three grandchildren.

Tim moved to Cambodia with his wife Marjie and their four children, as missionaries in 2002. After language studies, Tim served as the Country Director for their mission agency for five years, while also serving through a small Christian clinic in Phnom Penh. In 2008, he took on leadership of the clinic and founded the new ministry, Mercy Medical Center Cambodia (MMCC).

Tim graduated from Denison University in 1980 and graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine with honors, in 1984. After his residency in family medicine, he worked in private practice for four years and emergency medicine for eleven years before moving to the field. During these years he received theological and leadership training. Tim is passionate about reading, training and discipling young Cambodian doctors, and spending precious time with their seven grandchildren.

Marjie holds a degree in Art Education from Ohio State. She taught high school art at their children’s international school in Phnom Penh for their first five years on the field, while studying language. Marjie has a passion for storytelling as an educational and awareness tool. She has authored a novel, set in Cambodia and based on a true story. Written under a pen name, Nell Corbly, Fall Like Rain is currently being re-published as an enhanced edition including a journal for reflection and a deeper understanding of cross-cultural ministry. Marjorie loves to read, paint, write and spend time with her grandchildren.

Scott Dooley, MD served as a missionary for 16 years – 9 years as a missionary hospital administrator. He has served on multiple governance boards, management groups, and administrative teams in the USA and abroad, served as an administrative consultant and medical director.  Dr. Dooley is on CMDA’s Christian Healthcare Executive Collaboration’s leadership team and spoken at workshops for CMDA National Convention, CMDE conferences, and GMHC.

David Floge is the Clinical Director at VALEO— which as an organization provides
secure online counseling and psychiatry for fielded global workers. David has been
working as a counselor with children, families and adults for over 20 years. He is
married to Inger, and they have three young adult children. David and his family spent
about 12 years living internationally. For ten of the years, they lived in Thailand, where
David worked at and became the director of The Well Member Care Center in Chiang
Mai. David is an LCMHC with a Certificate in Play Therapy (UNCC) in the state of North
Carolina. He is EMDR certified.

Tom graduated from West Point in the top 3% of his class and subsequently from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. As a retired Army Colonel, highlights from his distinguished 24-year career include being awarded Flight Surgeon of the Year for his service in combat, Outstanding Faculty of the Year for his medical teaching, and board selection as Department Chair for a family medicine residency department. As a result of his appointment by the Army Surgeon General to be the “face of military medicine” to recruit and share the Army Medicine story, Tom recognized a need and developed a passion for teaching physicians across the country to be effective, engaged leaders. In his final appointment in the military, Tom was the commander/CEO of a NATO military medical facility at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Belgium. Most recently, Tom served as the CMO for the Medical Group at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, KY where he still resides. With an emphasis on servant leadership, Tom’s core conviction is that effective leadership is never about him but is focused in creating a culture where the ones he leads can thrive and succeed. Tom and his wife Cheri of 30 years live in Kentucky and have three children.

Raised in Georgia as the son of a Methodist preacher, Stan Key encountered Christ at Asbury College, where he also met his wife, Katy. Stan holds a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary and a Master of Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has served as a missionary in France, pastored a church in New York, and led the Francis Asbury Society. Now with OneWay Ministries, Stan regularly shares God’s Word at churches, camps and conferences. He is the author of nine books and serves on several ministry boards.

Greg Neal, DHA is a thirty-four year veteran of healthcare executive leadership, and currently serves as CEO of Appalachian Orthopedics & Neurosurgery, a $28 million multi-specialty practice in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia.  He earned a doctorate in healthcare administration from the Medical University of South Carolina and MSHA and MBA degrees from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the nation’s number one ranked graduate program in healthcare administration.  He previously served as the CEO of Kanad Hospital, a 135-bed Christian mission hospital in the United Arab Emirates.  He has extensive executive-level experience within an integrated health system in the U.S., including roles as market president and CEO, small/rural community hospitals division president, chief operating officer roles at tertiary medical centers, a VP of corporate support services, and system leadership in strategic planning, business development, supply chain, post-acute care, and ambulatory services.  Greg’s professional passions include leadership development, nurturing culture, physician collaboration, strategic growth and accelerating positive change that creates value.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Christian Medical and Dental Association and is a Co-Founder of the Christian Healthcare Executive Collaborative.  Beyond his professional pursuits, Greg is committed to leading community initiatives aimed to improve the quality of life locally and around the world.  Among these include promoting primary prevention of chronic disease and wellness, enhancing opportunities for persons with special needs and disabilities to live to their full potential, global health, and teaching/mentoring the next generation of leaders.  He and his wife Beth of 37 years have two adult daughters, Katie and Lauren.

Dr. Chris Place serves as the Associate Program Director at the In His Image Family Medicine Residency and as a medical director at Ascension St. John Riverside Clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

After earning his medical degree from Louisiana State University in 1995, Dr. Place completed his residency and a Global Health fellowship at In His Image. He later helped launch and direct the first faith-based Family Medicine training program in Macau, China, where he and his family served as medical missionaries for a decade. They returned to the U.S. to care for two of their children with special medical needs.

Dr. Place has practiced and taught medicine in both urban and rural settings across the U.S. and internationally. His experience includes directing emergency departments in Oklahoma, teaching at Baylor College of Medicine, and serving with the University of Oklahoma’s Department of Community Medicine. He is also the Network Director for a growing number of faith-based Family Medicine training programs across Asia and the Middle East through In His Image International.

He and his wife Annette have six children—three biological and three internationally adopted—all of whom she homeschooled. They now live in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, with an assortment of animals including honeybees, mini-donkeys, goats, a mini-pig, and more.

Dr. Peter Saunders trained as a general surgeon at Auckland Medical School, New Zealand, before serving as a missionary doctor in Kenya. He served with 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 involves leadership training, teaching evangelism and ethics, medical mission, writing, editing and media work. He is a council member of the Evangelical Alliance. He and his wife Kirsty live in St Albans, UK and they have three sons and two grandchildren.

Dr. Vinod Kumar M Shah is a senior medical leader, educator, and surgeon with over 50 years of experience in transforming healthcare delivery and training across India and the global South. His career spans key leadership roles, including CEO of the Emmanuel Hospital Association in New Delhi, where he oversaw 21 hospitals and 29 community health projects serving rural populations.

A pioneer in medical education, Dr. Shah led the Distance Education and E-learning department at Christian Medical College, Vellore, where he helped train over 2,000 family physicians through innovative blended learning models. He later served as CEO of the International Christian Medical and Dental Association, working to equip healthcare leaders in more than 80 countries.

Currently focused on developing affordable, home-based healthcare models in partnership with local physicians and hospitals, Dr. Shah continues to advance his lifelong vision: to raise up Christ-centered medical leadership, strengthen ethical practice in healthcare, and improve general practice through technology-enabled education.

Todd Sprinkel recently served as the Director of Leadership Development for Medical Missions at the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), where he focuses on equipping and mentoring healthcare professionals for effective service in global missions. He and his wife, Molly, have lived and served overseas for the past 22 years, following a call to missions that began at the Urbana Conference in 1984. Their journey has taken them to Thailand, Tanzania, the Middle East, and many ports of call.

Todd’s background is in healthcare operations and finance. Along the way, he has served as CFO for two mission hospitals, Senior Director of Health Care Services with Mercy Ships, Senior Financial Analyst for Johns Hopkins, and Director of Clinical Services at American Mission Hospital in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

His extensive experience in Healthcare leadership and cross-cultural ministry informs his desire to develop resilient, Christ centered leaders. Todd’s heart is to use the simple skills God has given him to point others to Christ and encourage faithful service—for His glory.

Keir Thelander was born in a suburb of Chicago and grew up in Indianapolis, IN. He attended Indiana University School of Medicine and subsequently completed his general surgery residency at Fairview Hospital in Cleveland, OH, in 2004. After a short time working as a General Surgeon in Cleveland, Keir and his family were called to train and disciple African doctors to become surgeons. Fulfilling such a call, Keir’s young family of 4 journeyed to Bongolo Hospital in the southern part of Gabon, transiting through France for 7 months of language training. For 8 years Keir served as the Program Director of the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS) program as well as the medical director of this 150 bed facility. Additionally, over their last few years in Gabon, Dr. Thelander fulfilled the role of Team Leader for the over 20 expatriates living in Bongolo, while he also worked as the West/Central Africa Director for PAACS. Presently, Keir is the Executive Vice President of PAACS overseeing the 28 PAACS training programs that are spread across the continent. A few of Keir’s passions are helping doctors and all people to thrive no matter the circumstances as well as surgical education in cross-cultural contexts. Keir now lives in Cleveland, OH, and is married with 2 children.  

Echo VanderWal and her husband, Harry, lead The Luke Commission, a faith-based NGO delivering compassionate, comprehensive healthcare to the most isolated and underserved people in the Kingdom of Eswatini through over 300,000 patient visits annually. Echo earned a bachelor’s degree in biology (summa cum laude) from Cedarville University in 1996. After completing training as a physician assistant at Kettering College of Medical Arts, Echo practiced in surgery until the birth of her triplet sons in 2001. With deep compassion, leadership acumen, business sense, and a servant’s heart, Echo advocates at the highest levels for the health and development of Eswatini.