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October 16, 2025 8:53 pm
Karla Van Keulen, M.D. Photo by Chokniti Khongchum The cell phone goes off at 2:34 AM—an Emergency Room patient needs my assistance. She is a 22-year-old who is orthostatic, minimally responsive, and has heavy vaginal bleeding. I then find out that she had found an abortion pill online and taken it to terminate her pregnancy, which was her first, without having a medical evaluation. When I see the patient at 3:04 AM the operating team is enroute and blood products have been ordered. Then she is rushed to the operating room. She has an emergency dilation and curettage at 3:45... View Article
October 15, 2025 4:47 pm
By Yuriko Ryan, DBe, MA, HEC-C One summer morning my husband and I stepped into a Catholic hospital through a main entrance we both knew well. It was where he was born, where he practiced almost daily as a family physician for 35 years, where we returned to countless specialist visits, outpatient appointments, palliative care meetings with dear friends, and the joy of welcoming babies in the maternity ward. For us, the hospital was a constant holy presence, an unwavering witness to the dignity of life. But this visit brought something unexpected into view. On the left wall, a... View Article
October 14, 2025 8:45 pm
Many thanks to conference chair, Dr. Anthony Oliva, and Mario Dickerson, Linda Donnelly and Carolyn Gretzinger for a beautiful and edifying annual conference in lovely Kansas City, MO. First time attendees said they saw the excitement and joy on the faces of participants. Father Kubat said of the nearly 700 attendees there were even more confessions! Thank you to all the priests who sacrificed their time to minister to us. Bishop James Conley, our episcopal advisor, packed up a beautiful altar, dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, and drove it to the conference from Omaha, himself! What a blessing he... View Article
September 25, 2025 11:42 pm
The 94th Annual Educational Conference proved to be exactly what attendees have come to expect from CMA conferences: a time for enriching the mind, body and soul with outstanding presentations on timely topics, good conversations and many laughs, and spiritual renewal through daily Mass, eucharistic adoration and confession. This year’s conference, held in Kansas City, MO Sept. 4-6, was chaired by Dr. Anthony Oliva, who chose for the theme: Tradition, Ever Ancient, Ever New. In an article he wrote for The Pulse of Catholic Medicine, he explained why he picked this theme. “I have noticed over the 23 years I... View Article
September 23, 2025 1:40 pm
Congratulations to all our winners and for their outstanding dedication to the mission and work of the Catholic Medical Assocation. Evangelium Vitae Award Kathleen M. Raviele, M.D. The Evangelium Vitae Award recognizes outstanding service to the Pro-Life Movement. Dr. Raviele, a retired OB-GYN from the Atlanta area, has been involved with the CMA for many years. She was the conference chair for the 2007 AEC. She was president of the CMA in 2008. Since then, she has served in numerous roles for the CMA including serving on the National Board, as Chair of the FIRE Committee and as the CMA... View Article
September 22, 2025 8:42 pm
By Thomas Jensen, M.D. One article can never capture the true movement and grace of the Holy Spirit experienced in person at the 2025 Annual Educational Conference. With about 700 attendees, plus another few hundred participants from the Catholic Bar Association, this year’s AEC was another one for the books. Daily Mass and adoration coupled with outstanding presentations by experts in the field is a winning combination to renew, inform and inspire the medical professionals in attendance. Speaker Joseph Vukov on AI in Health Care The AEC theme, Tradition: Ever Ancient Ever New, reminds us that the heart of medicine... View Article
September 19, 2025 7:40 pm
Dr. Robert Motley with his wife Jeanne-Marie By Robert J. Motley, MD Dr. George Isajiw gave me a complimentary membership to the Catholic Medical Association when I was a first-year med student 40+ years ago. It came with a subscription to the Linacre Quarterly, the CMA journal. That journal was a fountain of knowledge and support for me in my desire to be a good physician and a faithful Catholic. That same year, one of my classmate’s father had a stroke that left him severely disabled. His doctors offered a poor prognosis. I had just read an article on care... View Article
September 19, 2025 7:40 pm
By Fr. Christopher Kubat, M.D. In Matthew 18:20, Jesus tells us that, “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” That was the case at the Catholic Medical Association’s 94th Annual Educational Conference where about 700 health care professionals gathered at the downtown Kansas City Sept 4-6. Not only was God present spiritually, but He was also present in the fullest sense sacramentally because the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was offered daily and there was perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. In addition, our Episcopal Advisor Bishop James Conley... View Article
September 17, 2025 3:43 am
We are in the midst of our Annual Educational Conference, and the committee selected its theme, Ever Ancient, Ever New for the month of September. On Sunday, Sept. 7th, the Church will celebrate the canonization of two young saints, Blessed Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati. Both provide incredible witness to young men that sanctity is possible through charity, chastity and concern for the poor. The Most Holy Name of Mary (9/12) reminds us to be careful on how we use the name of the Blessed Mother. Are there any expressions today that demean her? Fr. Benedict Alfred’s Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary will draw you closer to her. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (9/14) is an ancient feast day, dating back to the 4th century when St. Helena discovered the Cross of... View Article
August 11, 2025 4:40 pm
Three citizen petitions seeking to loosen safety provisions related to telemedicine chemical abortion were recently submitted to the FDA for consideration. The Catholic Medical Association, the largest association of Catholic physicians and healthcare professionals in the United States, opposed all three petitions, calling for further restrictions based on the most recent national and international findings outlined in the position statement released by CMA in June entitled, Telemedicine Chemical Abortion: A Catholic Medical Association Policy with Recommendations. This position statement describes the numerous problematic impacts of telemedicine chemical abortion, with recommendations to eliminate or minimize such effects. These recommendations, however, should... View Article
