Media Bios

Dr. Tom Catena

Dr. Tom Catena is the 2019 Recipient of the AMH L’Chaim Prize for Outstanding Christian Medical Missionary Service. 


Mark Gerson

An entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist, Gerson established the AMH Rabbi Erica and Mark Gerson L’Chaim Prize for Outstanding Christian Medical Mission Service in 2016, with his wife, rabbi Erica Gerson.  

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Dr. Jon Fielder

Dr. Fielder has served as a medical missionary to Africa for almost 20 years. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Chemistry from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., he earned his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in 1999.