The Right Reverend Gerasim, Bishop of Fort Worth, Auxiliary to the Diocese of the South (OCA)
Medical Plenary Speaker
Rev. Dn. Sampson (Ryan) Nash, MD, MA, The Hagop S. Mekhjian, MD, Endowed Chair in Medical Ethics and Professionalism & Director of The Ohio State University Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Psychology Plenary Speaker
Pia Chaudhari, PhD, Founding Co-Chair of the Analytical Psychology and Orthodox Christianity Consultation
Theology Plenary Speaker
Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Calinic Berger, PhD, Archiepiscopal Vicar for the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese and Adjunct Professor of Dogmatic Theology at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Workshop Presentations
The Power of Silence
Albert Rossi, PhD
Personhood in Co-Suffering Community
Sangeetha Thomas, MS and Fr. Sean Levine, D.Min, M.A.T.S, M.A.B.S, M.Div, M.S. (MFT)
Attachment Style and Body Language
Mena Mesiha, MD, MTS and Silvia Farag, MSW, LSW, PsyD
Reflections on Autonomy and Total Personhood
(Kayla) Elizabeth Fresco, MD
An Orthodox Pastoral Model of Anxiety
Layla Ilene Laubach, MTS and Philip Mamalakis, PhD, LMFT
Self-Sufficiency and Interdependence: The Path To A Healthy Community
Fr. Simon Menya, MDiv
Trauma, Embodiment, and Personhood in the Light of the Resurrection
Corina Gheorghiu, LMFT, DDS and Ioan Gheorghiu, MDiv
Trauma Transfigured: Beauty from Pain
Lydia Bailey, MA, LPCC
(Re)Connecting With What Truly Matters in the Midst of Daily Stressors as a Servant Leader
Ioana Popa, MD, BCC, MTS
Death Anxiety and the Life of Faith
Sarah Byrne-Martelli, DMin, BCC-PCHAC
Healing Wounds of Abortion and Wounded Eros
Nancy J. Brown, MA, LMFT; and Cindy George, RN MA
Paper Presentations
A Passionate View of Health Behavior
Mark D. Faries, PhD
Illuminating Human Personhood Through the Writings of Saint Ephrem the Syrian
Fr. Timothy Thomas, PhD
An Exploration of How an Orthodox Christian Theology of the Body Informs its Bioethics
Elizabeth Hawkins, MDiv, MA
Beauty as a Therapeutic Goal
Russell Hall, PhD
The Autonomy of Patients from an Orthodox Christian Perspective
John B. DuBois, PhD, DSc
Psychosurgery and Human Personhood
Behrang Amini, MD, PhD
“Neither in the liver nor in the heart” Healing The Soul (Psycho-therapeia) in An Age of Neuroreductionism
Peter Abdelmalak, MD
Personal Identity is the Foundation of Each and Every Interaction
Azizeh Elias Constantinescu, MTh
The Impact of AI on Orthodox Liturgical and Pastoral Practices
Fr. Eugen V Rosu, DMin
Beyond Cultural Humility: Embodying Humility to Facilitate Healing Across Differences
Lory Barsdate Easton, JD, MPsy
Holy Attachment: Sharing in Christ’s Experience of Nurture by the Mother of God
Fr. Isaac Skidmore, PhD, MDiv
Panel Presentations
The Fullness of Personhood Through Ministry To and By Women
Panel: Hermina Nedelescu, PhD; Ann Marie Mecera; and Helen Theodoropoulos, PhD
Artificial Intelligence and Human Distinctiveness
Panel: Gayle Woloschak, PhD, DMin; Brenda O’Reilly, PhD; Helen Theodoropoulos, PhD; Catherine Creticos, MD
What is Orthodox Psychotherapy and Life Coaching?
Panel: Thomas Perkins, LCSW M.Ed. CGP; Fotini Birbilis, MA; and Deacon Markos Nickolas, MDiv, PhD
