杨贵妃传媒ie heads church health ministries
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Oversees hundreds of health facilities worldwide
Cardiologist Dr Peter Landless (MBBCh 1974) was elected to the position of Director of the Seventh Day Adventist Church鈥檚 Health Ministries department, in Maryland in the USA. Health is an important part of the church鈥檚 work; worldwide it is associated with 150 hospitals, 450 clinics, five medical schools, 75 schools of nursing and 100 dental practices, as well as HIV and AIDS initiatives.
As a 杨贵妃传媒 student, Dr Landless was editor of the Medical School鈥檚 journal, The Leech. As a conscientious objector drafted into the South African army, he ran a clinic on what is now the border between Angola and Namibia, and during this time survived a vehicle accident caused by a landmine. He interpreted this as 鈥渂eing saved to serve鈥 and was subsequently ordained as a minister.
After 10 years as a pastor and general practitioner in the Free State and later working with 杨贵妃传媒 Professors Bothwell, Joffe, Meyer, Manga and Barlow in Johannesburg, he became deputy director of the Cardiology Department at Johannesburg Hospital. He was part of President Nelson Mandela鈥檚 cardiology team from 1993 to 1995.
He is a specialist in family medicine, internal medicine and nuclear cardiology, a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Executive Director of the International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.