Breakout #1

Richard is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine and Waukesha Family Practice Residency. He completed an MA in Bioethics, and the Faculty Development Fellowship at Madigan Army Medical Center. He completed a 22-year career in the Navy. He is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia and Medical Director of Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home. He has 35 peer-reviewed publications and is a founding board member of the American College of Family Medicine. He’s married to his wife, Teri, for 35 years, and they have 5 children and 3 grandchildren.

Larry is Chief Medical Officer at Rural Medical Services and Chief of Staff at Tennova Newport Medical Center in Newport Tennessee. He is a member of CMDA, AAFP (American Academy of Family Physicians) and ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists). Dr. Mathers earned his BS in Chemical Engineering and BA in Spanish from Carnegie Mellon University, and his MD from the University of Pittsburgh. He completed a family medicine residency at the Waukesha Family Practice Residency Program. He has authored an article in Medical Economics on work-life balance. 

Rachel is family nurse practitioner at Rural Medical Services in Newport, TN. She earned her BSN at University of Pittsburgh and her MSN at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. 

Larry and Rachel minister through their medical work with the underserved, through various service and leadership roles in their church and community, and through supporting multiple overseas and domestic missionaries.