Steven Clark Cunningham, MD, FACS

10/06/2024

I’ll be at Cascades Library’s Eat Local Read Local festival Saturday, Oct. 19, selling and signing books! Bring the whole family and support the writers and artists in our community. Local food trucks and live music! Get the scoop at library.loudoun.gov/ELRL.

09/22/2024

So grateful to my colleague Dr. Lee Trombetta, surgeon at Gundersen for inviting me to Gundersen LaCrosse and and for being an awesome host! It was an honor and a pleasure to give Grand Rounds on religious literacy and spiritual care for surgeons, to attend the the resident presentation of cases, and to moderate the journal club! Very impressed with the residents and staff at Gundersen Health System!!!

08/10/2024

Three supremely talented Orange Hat Publishing | TEN16 Press authors were honored with awards from the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) 🥳🎉🎊. John Armbruster received a gold medal, and Laura Anne Merritt Bird and Dr.Steven Cunningham were awarded silvers. 🥇🥈🏅

The prestigious Ben Franklin Awards (tagged) have been given out for over thirty years, and we are honored to be included. Congratulations to John, Laura, and Steve!

07/11/2024

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Do you recognize spirituality as a determinent of health? Does your provider?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38830169/

If you are a healthcare provider, are providing spiritual care to your patients?
If you are a patient, is your provider providing this?
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2794049

If you are a provider, do you know how to screen for spiritual distress in your patients?
If you are a patient, does your provider know?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U96kZJqxy2s

Did you know that the AMA just passed Resolution 304: Spirituality in Medical Education and Practice?
https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/a24-304.pdf

Have you read my very short, award-winning book on religious literacy (for all audiences teen to adult) to help you get started?
https://a.co/d/0g9qIvD5

All this and more is discussed in this Conversations on Cancer, "Exploring Religious Literacy and Spirituality in Cancer Care" aired live on YouTube yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/live/8uPEzsOKwog

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Reimagining public health's future should include explicitly considering spirituality as a social determinant of health that is linked to human goods and is deeply valued by people and their communities. Spirituality includes a sense of ultimate meaning, purpose, transcendence, and connectedness. Wi...

06/10/2024

This is happening in one month! You can watch live or later on YouTube, but - Register Now! I am organizing and moderating. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BPK6T9D

We spend a lot of time at the FDA working on meeting unmet needs with clinical trials for rare, serious conditions, and life-threatening conditions.  However...

05/17/2024

Save the Date: Wed, July 10, 2024
Time : 2-3:30 PM (YouTube livestream)

Exploring Religious Literacy and Spirituality in Cancer Care

Registration Link to join Audience: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BPK6T9D
Link to view livestream and future on-demand viewing: https://youtube.com/live/8uPEzsOKwog

We spend a lot of time at the FDA working on meeting unmet needs with clinical trials for rare, serious conditions, and life-threatening conditions.  However...

04/28/2024

03/08/2024

Come join me and other local authors for a showcase and signing on March 23 at 2 PM!

03/06/2024

Wait, what?

Enjoy this very important 6-min (on 1x) excerpt:

An excerpt from Dean James Ryan's prepared remarks at the 2016 HGSE Presentation of Diplomas and Certificates.--Harvard Graduate School of Education Website:...

02/20/2024

https://runsignup.com/Race/MD/EllicottCity/KenyaConnect5KRunningforEducationonTwoContinents

The Kenya Connect 5K: Running/Walking for Education is on Friday March 22, 2024 to Sunday March 24, 2024. It includes the following events: 10th Anniversary KC5K Run/Walk, YOUTH KC5K Run/Walk (18 and under), Virtual KC5K: Run/Walk, YOUTH Virtual KC5K: Run/Walk, CrossFit Pump Challenge and Run, and K...