Flock & Flourish Series

Flock & Flourish is a community-centered program series that brings together students, employees, and affiliates for shared meals, meaningful conversation, and opportunities for reflection. Each gathering explores themes around culture, faith, wellness, and community care and provides an opportunity for attendees to connect to the Spencer Center. The series reflects the Spencer Center's mission to support personal reflection, wellness, and community while advancing KU Medical Center's commitment to learning, healing, and connection.

Healing Across Faiths: How Beliefs, Spirituality, and Meaning Shape Healthcare

Join the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX for a panel discussion, “Healing Across Faiths: How Beliefs, Spirituality, and Meaning Shape Healthcare,” as part of the new Flock & Flourish series.

Date: Wednesday, November 4th, 2026

Time: 12:00 P.M. to 1:00 P.M.

Location: KU Medical Center – Kansas City; School of Nursing, Room 4024

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Designed to create space for learning, reflection, and shared understanding across our community, this program will bring together perspectives from healthcare and faith to explore how beliefs, spirituality, and meaning can shape healing and the care we give and receive. The conversation will explore how different traditions understand healing, what healing can mean beyond curing disease, and how patients’ beliefs and values may influence their experiences of healthcare.

Our speakers, representing a variety of faith traditions, will share perspectives on spiritual distress, end-of-life conversations, the role of faith in medical decisions, and how healthcare professionals can respectfully support patients whose beliefs and values may differ from their own.

The event will feature four respected healthcare providers and spiritual leaders: Dr. Shelley Bhattacharya, geriatrician at the University of Kansas Medical Center; Rabbi Alan Londy, M.DIV., Rabbi Emeritus at the New Reform Temple and PRN Chaplain at Saint Luke’s Hospital; Dr. Abdulrahman Morad, cardiologist and Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Health System; and Reverend Andrea Roth, a palliative care chaplain at the University of Kansas Hospital and an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church.

Registration is required. Lunch will be provided to registered attendees; please indicate any dietary needs or allergies in your registration. After the session concludes, attendees are encouraged to visit the Spencer Center at Orr Major B020. This event is open to all KU and KU Medical Center students, learners, staff, faculty, and affiliates.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend University of Kansas-sponsored events. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX at belonging-kumc@kumc.edu by October 28th, 2026.

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