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Ken Gross

MD

Kenneth P. Gross, M.D. is a native of Cambridge, Nebraska. Ken earned a B.A. in Philosophy at the University of Nebraska in 1984. He then completed his medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1988. Ken completed an internship in General Surgery at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in 1989. He then completed an anesthesia residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 1992. Ken was an Instructor, Harvard Medical School faculty member from 1992 to 1996. He enjoyed teaching residents and lecturing on clinical topics. His anesthesia specialty expertise is cardiothoracic anesthesia and regional anesthesia. In 1996, Ken started private practice in Lincoln, Nebraska. Ken is Board Certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and Board Certified by the National Board of Echocardiography in intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. Ken has been with Associated Anesthesiologists, P.C. since Sept.1996. In addition to private practice in Lincoln, NE, Ken has over 30 years experience in international volunteer medical work traveling in over 20 countries and 4 continents. He has been a board member for several nonprofit organizations. Ken is cofounder and managing partner of JLS Interactive LLC, a medical education website company with 2 websites, www.e-echocardiography.com and www.ezcompetency.com. These websites serve a worldwide medical audience for continuing medical education. His company owns several trademarks and a patent pending. Ken has also served in many administrative roles in Associated Anesthesiologists, PC, Bryan Medical Center and Bryan Medical Center Board of Trustees. Ken is married with 4 grown daughters. Personal interests include fly fishing, cycling, swimming, travelling and spending time with his family.

Flourishing by Design: Imagining Medical Missions for 2040

Our predecessors faithfully built institutions that have served for generations. Our challenge is different. We have inherited those institutions into a world they could scarcely have imagined. Population growth, urbanization, changing disease patterns, financial pressures, conflict, climate shocks, and technological change are reshaping healthcare across low- and middle-income countries.

Drawing on new data about the Christian health ecosystem, strategic consultations with global and African Christian health leaders, and field experience across Africa and Asia, this session explores what it will take for Christian health ministries to flourish by 2040.

Together we’ll imagine what it will take for Christian health ministries to flourish by 2040, strengthening resilient institutions, cultivating exceptional local leadership, and mobilizing a broader range of Christian expertise from medicine and nursing to governance, education, engineering, finance, data science, and technology.

How can Christian health ministries become indispensable partners in building resilient health systems that reflect the compassion and hope of Christ? The legacy of the next generation of medical missions will be measured not only by the number of missionaries sent, but by the resilience, flourishing, and Christ-centered witness of systems they strengthen.