MennoHealth Cast
Podcasts from Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship
Introducing MennoHealth Cast
MennoHealth Cast is a new podcast production begun by Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship in 2019 in cooperation with The Mennonite magazine. MennoHealth Cast seeks to highlight the personal stories of nurses, doctors, health researchers, dentists, chaplains, social workers, advanced practitioners, and others involved in various fields related to the care of human beings.
MennoHealth Cast is hosted by Joann Hunsberger, a pediatric anesthesiologist specializing in intraoperative anesthesia and post-operative pain management in children.
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Each episode is introduced via a a blog posting below. Select the “read more” button for the full blog entry. Go directly to the MennoHealth Cast page to listen to any episode.
Previous Podcasts
Episode 5 – Douglas Smucker
In Episode 5 of MennoHealth Cast, Joann Hunsberger speaks with Dr. Doug Smucker. Dr. Smucker started his career as a family medicine doctor and later evolved into a palliative and hospice medicine doctor. In this podcast, he talks about the struggles and challenges of caring for patients in their final days and discusses how his Goshen College education was formative in his career choices.
Episode 4 – Linda Witmer
Episode 4 of MennoHealth Cast features Linda Witmer who spent 23 years serving the K’ekchi’, the indigenous people of Guatemala, as a representative of both Mennonite Central Committee and Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM).
Episode 3 – David Sack
Mennos in Medicine Episode 3: David Sack
David Sack is a professor in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Sack discusses the evolution of the oral cholera vaccine…
Episode 2 – Rebecca Heidkamp
Mennos in Medicine Episode 2: Rebecca Heidkamp
Rebecca Heidkamp is a public health researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. She specializes in addressing nutrition problems in locations with low resources. In this…
Episode 1 – Karen Vundla
Mennos in Medicine Episode 1: Karen Vundla
Our host, Joann Hunsberger, talks with Karen Vundla who recently completed her 46-year career in nursing. They talk about Karen’s experiences in clinical nursing in various locations including Zimbabwe,…
MennoHealth Cast Introduction
Introducing MennoHealth Cast
Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship is pleased to announce the launch of MennoHealth Cast, a new podcast production in cooperation with The Mennonite magazine. Joann Hunsberger hosts the first series, “Mennos in Medicine,” consisting of…
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