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The Catholic Medical Association of Central Ohio originally chartered in 2009 as the John Paull II Guild. Our goal is to help Catholic medical professionals with education, faith materials, and fellowship. Formation of the guild is in response to a request from Bishop Frederick Campbell. The Bishop desired to have a group of physicians loyal to the teachings of the church who could provide information and advice on medical and ethical issues challenging the Church today.

From our humble beginning of 6 members, we now have over 15 members, 1 National Officer, and a Medical Student Section at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Our activities include an annual “White Mass” to celebrate the feast of St. Luke in October. To recognize our graduating medical students, we hold an annual “Hippocratic Dinner.” The spring is time for our annual retreat for members and spouses. Throughout the year we hold other meetings and activities to support and enrich our members and strengthen fellowship. 

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Guild Officers

Anthony Casey, MD

Guild President

Anthony Casey, MD is a Family Medicine physician, husband, and father of three children. He graduated from Bishop Ready High School, Miami University, and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He completed his Family Medicine Residency at The Ohio State University. After residency Dr. Casey completed a Fellowship in Academic Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University and received additional training in the Creighton Model of Natural Family Planning and NaProTechnology.

Dr. Casey loves to teach. He has been Associate Program Director of the Mount Carmel Family Medicine Residency Program and Director of Medical Student Education for the Mount Carmel Health System. He has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards, most recently The Ohio State University College of Medicine’s “Courage to Teach” and teacher of the year twice at Mount Carmel’s Family Medicine Residency Program.

Ellen Little, M.D.

Vice President

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Marian Schuda, MD

Guild Secretary

Dr. Schuda graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1979.  She completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Riverside Methodist Hospital in 1982 and became certified in Internal Medicine in 1982.  She went on to practice Emergency Medicine and became certified also in Emergency Medicine in 1987. 

She was a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.  Dr. Schuda ultimately left the practice of Emergency Medicine and turned her clinical practice toward frail elderly patients at the Riverside/Gerlach Center for Senior Health and began various administrative roles.  She is certified in Geriatric Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is currently the Medical Director for Patient Services at Riverside Methodist Hospital.  She and her husband live in Dublin, Ohio and have two grown children.

Ashley Fernandes, MD

Guild Treasurer

Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He received an MA in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University; an MD from The Ohio State University; and a Ph.D. in Philosophy (Bioethics) from Georgetown University. Dr. Fernandes is board certified in General Pediatrics.  Focusing on bioethics and professionalism education scholarship, he also practices both hospital and ambulatory pediatrics.

Dr. Fernandes is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, an elected member of the AAP’s Executive Committee on Bioethics, a member of the AOA Medical Honor Society, and a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, receiving the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award in 2010. He has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards, most recently The Ohio State University College of Medicine’s “Courage to Teach” and “Inspire” Awards.

Dr. Fernandes has been a member of the Catholic Medical Association since medical school, and is a member of their national speaker board, traveling across the country to speak on issues in Catholic bioethics. He is also an advisor to the CMA Medical Student Section, which awarded him the national Mentor of the Year Award in 2015. He lives with his wife Shruti (a family physician) and two boys in Dublin, Ohio.

FR. Bob Penhallurick

Guild Chaplain

Dr. Schuda graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1979.  She completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Riverside Methodist Hospital in 1982 and became certified in Internal Medicine in 1982.  She went on to practice Emergency Medicine and became certified also in Emergency Medicine in 1987. 

She was a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.  Dr. Schuda ultimately left the practice of Emergency Medicine and turned her clinical practice toward frail elderly patients at the Riverside/Gerlach Center for Senior Health and began various administrative roles.  She is certified in Geriatric Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is currently the Medical Director for Patient Services at Riverside Methodist Hospital.  She and her husband live in Dublin, Ohio and have two grown children.