Baylor Health Care System: Clinical Pastoral Education Program Faculty and Staff

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For more information about the Clinical Pastoral Education program, please contact:

Chaplain Carlos R. Bell
Manager of CPE Programs
Department of Pastoral Care
Baylor University Medical Center
3500 Gaston Ave, Truett Hospital 1st Floor
Dallas, Tx. 75246
(214) 820-2542

Clinical Pastoral Education

Faculty and Staff

Our CPE program has been recognized nationally by the ACPE organization as one of the model training centers nationally. We have some of the finest faculty available.

Faculty		Position
Rebecca Adrian, M.Div., BCC		CPE Instructor, Pastoral Care Manager, & Transplant Medicine Service line
Carlos Bell, M.Div.		ACPE Supervisor and Manager CPE Programs, Downtown Dallas Campus
Mark Grace, M.Div. ACPE Supervisor		Department Director
Satoe Soga, M.Div., BCC		ACPE Supervisor, Pastoral Care Manager, & General Medicine Service Line

Staff	Service Line	Hospital
Jann Aldredge-Clanton	Oncology	Baylor University Medical Center
Karen F. Black, M.DIV.		Our Children's House at Baylor
Jerry Carter, M.DIV		Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie
Judy Phariss Collins, M.Div.		Baylor Senior Health Network
Donnie Crump, M.DIV.	Critical Care, Women's Services, Emergency, and Med-Surg	Baylor Medical Center at Irving
Mike Davis	Cardiac Care	Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital
Robert L.(Bob) Duncan, Th.D	General Medicine, Transplant	Baylor University Medical Center
Mark Elder, M.DIV	Trauma and Critical Care	Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine
Mark Grace	Department Director	Baylor University Medical Center
Joseph P. Hama, Ph.D.	ER, Trauma, Orthopedic and Surgical	Baylor University Medical Center
Grady T. Hinton, M.DIV		Baylor Medical Center at Garland
Judy Lain, MACE	NICU, Women's Services, Med-surg, Telemetry	Baylor Regional Medical Center in Grapevine
Len Liu		Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano
David Lowe, M.A., M.DIV.		Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth
Ines Lowe, B.R.E.	Women's Center	Baylor Medical Center at Garland
Alan Matthies, M.Div.	Geriatrics	Baylor University Medical Center
Travis Maxwell	Oncology	Baylor University Medical Center
Ella McCarroll	OB/GYN, Women's Services	Baylor University Medical Center
Mike Mullender	Geriatrics, Texas Primary Care Manager of Pastoral Care Chaplain	Baylor Health Care System Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas Baylor Specialty Hospital
Paul Sutton	CV, ER, & Transplant	Baylor University Medical Center
Melissa Walker-Luckett	Rehabilitation	Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation
Alan Wright, M.DIV.		Baylor Medical Center at Irving

Carlos R. Bell, M.Div., ACPE Supervisor and Manager, CPE Programs, Downtown Dallas Campus
Carlos Bell is the Coordinator of Clinical Pastoral Education programs and curricula at Baylor Health Care System. He received his Bachelor of Science from Southern Bible College and completed a Master of Arts in Religious Education and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He completed his CPE residency at Memorial Hospital System in Houston, Texas.

Bell has served in senior services, psychiatry, medical intensive care and hospice care settings. He was awarded the 1996 VA Secretary's Excellence in Chaplaincy. His other accomplishments include ACPE Southwest Region Certification Committee and leadership roles in the Church of God in Christ. The Southwestern Black Seminary Fellowship selected Bell as a Distinguished Alumni in 2003.

He has been nominated as the Southwest Region Chair-elect beginning January 2005.

Karen F. Black, M.DIV.
Karen Black is the chaplain for Our Children's House at Baylor where she provides pastoral care for children with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, stoke, and vent dependent children. She has a Graduate Diploma in Religious Education and a Master of Divinity, both from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.

Black has achieved 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education and is a Board Certified Chaplain by the Association of Professional Chaplains. She is an ordained minister and endorsed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. She serves on the Advisory Council of Pediatric Chaplains Network.

Jerry Carter, M.DIV
Jerry Carter is the chaplain at Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Dallas Baptist University and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Carter has also done post graduate work in the Doctor of Ministry program at Southwestern.
Carter has achieved 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education. Prior to entering the chaplaincy he was a pastor for twelve years.

Jann Aldredge-Clanton, PH.D.
Jann Aldredge-Clanton is a chaplain for the Oncology service line at the Sammons Cancer Center and the Cvetko Patient Education and Conference Center. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English Education from Louisiana Polytechnic University, a Master of Arts in English and a Doctor of Philosophy in English from Texas Christian University. She then earned a Master of Divinity in Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Aldredge-Clanton has achieved 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education.

She is certified by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and is the author of Counseling People with Cancer and articles in The Journal of Pastora l Care and The Christian Ministry.

Judy Phariss Collins, M.Div.
Judy Phariss Collins is a chaplain for the Baylor Senior Health Network where she serves patients and families dealing with later life issues.

She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and her Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She has achieved 7 units of Clinical Pastoral Education. Collins is endorsed by the Baptist General Convention of Texas and is a Board Certified Chaplain by the Association of Professional Chaplains.

Donnie Crump, M.DIV.
Donnie Crump is chaplain at Baylor Medical Center at Irving. His areas of responsibility include Critical Care, Women's Services, Emergency, and Med-Surg. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dallas Bible College with a major in Bible and a minor in Greek. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, with a Master of Divinity. He completed five units of Clinical Pastoral Education at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas. He is Faith Endorsement is by Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Mike Davis
Mike Davis received his B.A. from Tennessee Temple University and his Th. M. from Dallas Theological Seminary. He did his clinical training at Baylor University Medical Center. He completed one Extended Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education, three Basic Units, and one Advanced Unit. Mike was a chaplain for 11 and a half years for Vitas Innovative Healthcare Corporation. He is currently a hospital chaplain working in cardiac care in Dallas at the Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital.

Robert L. (Bob) Duncan, Th.D
Bob Duncan is the chaplain for the General Medicine service line and the Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas Transplantation program at Baylor University Medical Center. He received his Bachelor of Arts in religion from Ouachita Baptist University and a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Bob has also completed five units of Clinical Pastoral Education.

He is endorsed by the Baptist General Convention of Texas to serve as a chaplain and is a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains.

Mark Elder, M.DIV.
Mark Elder is a chaplain in the Trauma and Critical Care Units at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Baylor University and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He completed 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education at Baylor University Medical Center.

He is a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains.

Mark Grace, M.DIV. ACPES
Mark Grace is the Director of Pastoral Care and Counseling for Baylor Health Care System serves as one of the CPE Center's Clinical Pastoral Education faculty members. Grace received his Bachelor of Art in religion from Howard Payne University and a Master of Divinity with biblical languages from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been certified as an ACPE Supervisor since 1990 and has served as the director of pastoral care programs which incorporated CPE Centers in two hospitals. He served as Director of Chaplaincy Services and the CPE Center for Susquehanna Health System in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, from 1990 through 1994. Grace returned to Baylor Health Care System in late 1994 to take the position of director of the department of pastoral care and counseling.

Grace began his chaplaincy career at Baylor when he served as a CPE Resident in Baylor's 1983-1984 CPE Residency program. He moved into a staff chaplaincy position at BUMC in 1984 after finishing his CPE Residency and was responsible for designing and implementing pastoral care programs in emergent and critical care services, orthopedic services, general medicine, urology, cardiology and cardiovascular services, addictive diseases and adolescent psychiatry and general surgery. His areas of focus as an educator have been in the fields of narrative theology and psychology as they impact pastoral care and education, building multicultural learning and ministering communities and the application of servant leadership principles to management of pastoral care and education programs.

Joseph P. Hama, Ph.D.
Joseph Hama provides crisis intervention for Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas during off-hours. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana College and completed a Master of Divinity, a Master of Arts in Religious Education, and earned a Ph.D. in Pastoral Ministry from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Hama has achieved 5 units of Clinical Pastoral Education and is endorsed by the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Grady T. Hinton, M. DIV.
Grady Hinton is the Manager of Pastoral Care at Baylor Medical Center at Garland, Baylor Medical Center at Irving and Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano. He received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineer from Louisiana Tech University and Master of Divinity in Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He completed 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education at Baylor University Medical Center.

He is a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains.

Judy Lain, MACE
Judy Lain is a chaplain at Baylor Regional Medical Center in Grapevine. Her service lines include NICU, women's services, med-surg, and telemetry. Lain received her Bachelor of Arts from McMurray University and a Master of Arts in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary. Lain completed the field education program and four units of Clinical Pastoral Education at Baylor University Medical Center. Lain is an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Jen-Yen "Len" Liu, M.A.
Len Liu is a chaplain at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano. He received his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Fung-Chia University in Tai-Chung, Taiwan and two Master of Art degrees, one in Christian Counseling and one in Practical Theology. Len has achieved 8 units of Clinical Pastoral Education.

He is endorsed by the Baptist General Convention of Texas to serve as a chaplain and is a Licensed Professional Counselor.

David Lowe, M.A., M.DIV.
David Lowe serves as a Chaplain at Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth where he provides pastoral care for the critical care and transplant service lines. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies and Master of Art in Pastoral Theology from Criswell College and earned the Master of Divinity with Biblical languages from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Lowe pursued additional study at Golden Gate Seminary.

He served as a church pastor for 5 years and has achieved 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education. Lowe is endorsed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship as a Chaplain.

Ines Lowe, B.R.E
Ines Lowe is chaplain at Baylor Medical Center at Garland. She is a chaplain in the Women's Center providing support to families enduring neonatal loss. She helps organize and coordinate the TLC (To Lose a Child) bereavement program and provides in-service training to staff at the Women's Center. She provides pastoral support to the NICU (Neo-natal ICU) and coordinates the "Love Lamb" program for the families with babies in the NICU. She provides pastoral support to Staff, Patients and Families in ICU, Telemetry, Med-surgery units and pre-op area.

Ines Lowe is trilingual. She received her Seminary training from the Seminary of Christian Education in Recife - Brazil and her Clinical Pastoral Education Residency at Baylor University Medical Center, in Dallas. She is licensed by The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson, and Ordained by Alvorada Baptist Church in Fortaleza - Brazil where she served as minister of Religion Education. She is endorsed by the BGCT - Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Alan Matthies, M.DIV.
Allan Matthies is a chaplain for the Geriatric service line. He is responsible for pastoral care at the Buckner Retirement Center and Baylor House Call program. He earned his Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He completed a first year CPE residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital and a second year CPE residency at Baylor University Medical Center.

James Travis Maxwell, Sr., M.DIV.
Travis Maxwell is a chaplain for patients in inpatient and outpatient oncology and their families. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Hardin-Simmons University with a major in Bible and a Master of Divinity in Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Maxwell has achieved 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education.

He is a Board Certified Chaplain by the Association of Professional Chaplains.

Ella M. McCarroll, M.A.R.E
Ella McCarroll is a chaplain in Women and Children's services at Baylor University Medical Center where she provides pastoral care to families enduring ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death. She is the coordinator of the To Lose A Child (TLC) Infant Bereavement Program. She received a Bachelor of Science in Business Education from Texas College and a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Central Arkansas.

McCarroll earned a Master of Arts in Religious Education (M.A.R.E.) from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and has achieved 6 units of Clinical Pastoral Education.

Mike Mullender, Ph.D.
Mike Mullender serves as a chaplain for Baylor Specialty Hospital, the Baylor Senior Health Network and Texas Primary Care. He has led Baylor's Geriatrics service line in providing spiritual care for older adults in inpatient, senior center and community settings. Mullender received a Bachelor of Music Education from Baylor University and earned a Master of Divinity and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Ministry from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Mullender completed 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education at Baylor University Medical Center and is an ordained Baptist minister. He is endorsed by the Baptist General Convention of Texas and board certified by the Association of Professional Chaplains.

Allan Paul Sutton, D.Min.
Paul Sutton is a chaplain in Cardiovascular Care and the Emergency Department. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Texas at Arlington and earned a Master in Divinity in Theology and a Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Care from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Sutton achieved 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education at Baylor University Medical Center and is endorsed by the SBC North American Mission Board.

Alan Wright, M.DIV.
Alan Wright is a chaplain at Baylor Medical Center at Irving. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Mississippi College and a Master of Divinity from Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University.

He is endorsed by the Alliance of Baptists and is a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains.