Board of Directors
Meet the dedicated leaders providing the strategic vision and faithful stewardship that guide our organization’s mission.

Dr. Harish Anand
Batch of 1965
Dr. Anand’s pediatric residency was followed by a fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal medicine at Tulane Medical center in New Orleans. Served as Assistant Professor at Tulane Medical School in the Department of Pediatrics for 4 years. He is now in private practice of Pediatric and Neonatology.

Dr. Parvesh Bansal
Batch of 1975
Dr. Bansal, since July, 1987 has been in private practice in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and is an attending physician at Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, FL. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine and Critical Care medicine.

Dr. Gurpal Bhuller
Batch of 1968
Retired orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bhuller served the Richmond, VA area. His charitable work spans the US, Malaysia, and India, including eye camps in Punjab. He is the current Board President.

Dr. Mariam Chacko
Batch of 1968
Dr. Mariam Chacko, a CMC alumnus, trained in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins. After a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine, she served on faculty in MD and TX. She is now Professor Emeritus at Baylor.

Dr. Ruth Yoder Dyal
An Ob/Gyn specialist, Dr. Dyal was a department chief and associate professor at USF. She served on numerous medical missions worldwide and now serves on the board’s scholarship committee.

Dr. Mary Feierabend Girard
Daughter of CMC’s plastic surgery founder, Dr. Theodore Feierabend, Mary Girard worked for non-profits. In retirement, she writes about her four generations of missionary ancestors who served in India.

Dr. Thomas Joseph
BATCH OF 1974

Dr. Sewa Singh Legha
Batch of 1965

Dr. Gaurav Malhotra
Batch of 1990

Cherry Mathew
BATCH OF 1968
Dr. Mathew, a board-certified neurologist and sleep specialist, has served the Lufkin, Texas community for more than 45 years. He played a key role in establishing the acute Stroke program in Deep East Texas and has contributed in numerous leadership and service
roles throughout the region. Although now retired from active clinical practice, he continues to
support area hospitals as a neurology consultant.

Dr. Brian Oommen
A neurologist and epilepsy specialist, Dr. Brian Oommen earned his MD from Case Western Reserve. He is a graduate of Woodstock School in India and serves as the Board’s Treasurer.

Dr. Elizabeth Paul
Batch of 1964
A CMC graduate, Dr. Paul trained at UCLA in Neurological Rehab and Brain Injury. She was an associate medical director at St Mary Medical Center and directed a brain injury program. She is a past Board President.

Rev. Dr. Thomas Salsgiver
Rev. Dr. Salsgiver is a United Methodist Clergy serving as Assistant to the Bishop in the Susquehanna Conference. He has served as a director and superintendent, and as the Board’s President and Treasurer.

Mrs. Susan Sarin
Ms. Sarin qualified as a Radiographer from the University of Manchester in 1964. She married Dr. Chaman Lal Sarin, a graduate of CMCL in the Pioneer Batch. He earned an FRCS from both London and Scotland, an MS in Surgery from Liverpool University, followed by research at the Cleveland Clinic involving Artificial Hearts with Dr Wilhelme Kolff. He passed away in 1994 and she took over running the Medicaid-only HMO he had started in the Detroit area. She serves as the Vice President of the Board.

Dr. Matthew Roy Thomas
Batch of 1967
Dr. Roy Thomas, a 1967 CMC graduate, also did his post-graduate training and served as a lecturer at CMC. After a fellowship in Colorado, he practiced Hematology and Oncology until retiring in 2013.

Cate Whitcomb, PHD
Serving as Executive Director since 2019, Dr. Whitcomb is a Woodstock School grad with a PhD from the University of Iowa. . She has held administrative roles at various universities and other non-profits for over 40 years and also worked in India, where she grew up.

Dr. Feroze Yusufji
Healing & Service
Our core mission is to provide exceptional specialty health care for rural and underserved communities throughout India.
Medical Education
We are dedicated to supporting high-quality medical, nursing, and dental education to train the next generation of healers.
Fostering Growth

