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Course Faculty

Anil Cherian, MD, MPH, is Director of Community Health and Development for the Emmanuel Hospital Association in northeastern India. Dr. Cherian, a pediatrician by background at Chatarpur Christian Hospital, completed public health training and today oversees 24 community health centers and 6 HIV treatment centers. Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, is president of INMED, and is board certified in both public health and family medicine. Nicholas trained in tropical medicine at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and served four years in Shanghai, China and Angola, Africa.
 
Nathan Cook, DO, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and on the teaching faculty at Children's Mercy Hospital. He served in West Africa in 2001 and 2003, where he taught basic health care and facilitated medical and dental clinics for the people of Senegal. Nancy Crigger, PhD, ARNP, is an associate professor of nursing at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. For two decades she has lead volunteer medical teams to Central America, and has been published extensively regarding her insights into cultural, ethical and best practices issues related to international service.
 
Micah Flint, MPA, is Chief Programs Officer of INMED and a graduate of the Disaster Management program at Park University. Micah serves on the board of directors for Samaritan Emergency Medical Search and Rescue. Joe LeMaster, MD, MPH (London), is an Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Joe and his wife Judy lived in Nepal from 1990-2000, serving at Okhaldhunga Hospital, the only medical care facility for 300,000 people, promoting maternal-child health, and conducting leprosy research.
 
Thad May, MS, PE, is a professional engineer with a specialty in water and sanitation. His work experience includes development projects in Zambia, Africa, and in China. Thad earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Kansas. Thad serves on the INMED Board of Directors. Kyle McPhee, is a specialist in biosecurity and disaster preparedness. Currently he works with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Congressionally mandated catastrophic planning initiatives. Previous, he served as leader of Global Crisis Response at Heart to Heart International and as Coordinator for Safety and Emergency Preparedness at Kansas City's Saint Luke's Hospital.
 
Michael Searcy is a Certified Financial Planner and President of Searcy Financial Services - a firm specializing in money management needs of medical professionals. He is an adjunct faculty member at the College for Financial Planning and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. For the last decade, Michael has traveled with medical mission teams to Guatemala. Anne Sly, MD, is Associate Program Director for the Research Family Medicine Residency and formerly of the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) Thailand medical relief project in association with Cornell University.
Spencer Stith, MDiv, MA, is Director of Faculty Recruiting for International Institute for Christian Studies. Prior to this he served three years at director of international activities of the American Academy of Family Physicians, seven years leading an NGO in Bulgaria, and several month coordinating relief for war refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia.  

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