Washington State CMA

About Us

A Charter Guild of the CMA

The Washington State Catholic Medical Association is a guild of the national Catholic Medical Association (CMA). We serve to enrich the lives of our members through spiritual support in the practice of medicine. We host events related to these endeavors (Please see below for details.)

News and Events

Jesus, The Divine Physician: Transforming Our Heart, Mind, and Soul

Fr. James Kelleher, SOLT
President Our Lady of Corpus Christi

Longbranch, WA
March 27-29, 2009

Download form here: Part 1 and Part 2

How Clever Have We Become in Our Drug Discovery, Development, and Production

Theresa Deisher, Ph.D.
Founder of AVM Biotechnology

Seattle, WA
May 30, 2009

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The Theology of Suffering: Bringing Faith, Hope, and Love to the Art of Medicine

Springfield, IL
October 22-24, 2009

Official Site

The Catholic Physician

A Vocation as Icon of Christ, The Divine Physician

Being a Catholic medical doctor is a ministry, which springs from a vocation within the Church. It is the mission of healing. It is strongly linked to God our Father and expresses Christ the Physician, full of Love, which is the Holy Spirit. To be a medical doctor is a path by which to reach and achieve the fullness of the human being. It involves a special nearness to, and intimacy with God; and it also means an openness and total giving to other people. This, then, is the Catholic identity of the medical doctor; to be the transmittance of the healing Christ.

--Javier Lozano Barragan

Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas
President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers