Dr. Mark Topazian joins host Dr. Mike Chupp and co-host Dr. Bill Griffin for a conversation on finding joy, faith, and fulfillment in medicine. A world-class gastroenterologist who has taught and practiced at Yale University and the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Topazian now serves with his wife, Janet, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as missionaries with SIM. Drawing from his new book, Healing Purpose: Finding Satisfaction in a Healthcare Career, Dr. Topazian explores what happens when our calling to help others meets the realities of exhaustion and spiritual fatigue, and how God’s presence transforms even the hardest days of clinical work. Through stories from academic medicine and mission service, he reveals how faith and science form one unified story of healing, and how practicing whole-person care renews both the patient and the provider. Whether you’re a student, a practitioner, or a weary soul in need of renewal, this episode will remind you that your daily work is sacred and filled with purpose.
Chapters
- (00:00:08) - Faith in Healthcare: Finding Satisfaction in a Healthcare Career
- (00:05:30) - Healing Purpose: Dr. Mark Topazian on Faith in
- (00:09:10) - Five Takeaways from Finding Satisfaction in a Healthcare Career
- (00:14:18) - A Christian Doctor's Approach to Health
- (00:17:21) - Why I Have a Disease
- (00:19:14) - How spirituality affects patients' health
- (00:26:05) - Microhabits in the Day
- (00:27:11) - Microhabits of Prayer
- (00:34:29) - An angel at the door
- (00:35:28) - Confessions of Compassion fatigue
- (00:43:18) - Sailing Process and Sailing Process Witness Training
- (00:47:11) - The Saline Process Witness Training
- (00:50:42) - Mark Topazian
- (00:53:30) - Faith in Healthcare
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