{"id":5152,"date":"2024-03-07T22:07:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T22:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/biography\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:30:22","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5152\" class=\"elementor elementor-5152\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a714454 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a714454\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Biography<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a00813f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4a00813f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-753bcc20 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"753bcc20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c1b508d\" data-id=\"3c1b508d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f6363f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f6363f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/elementor\/thumbs\/2020-NC-Headshot-e1609508434821-qkvpcx5yem8j1tqg5z9ko5anbaq30tqaoancwf2v0o.jpg\" title=\"2020-NC-Headshot-e1609508434821.jpg\" alt=\"2020-NC-Headshot-e1609508434821.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c57008\" data-id=\"7c57008\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12cd6d29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12cd6d29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, is President and Professor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INMED<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/mission-and-values\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institute for International Medicine<\/a>, and practices emergency medicine. He founded INMED in 2003 to advance global health education and service. Dr. Comninellis previously served for two years at<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renji_Hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shanghai Charity Hospital<\/a>, providing care to inner-city communities, and led a healthcare ministry in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angolan_Civil_War\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">war-torn Angola<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>for two years. He also taught family medicine and public health for six years at the <a href=\"https:\/\/med.umkc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine <\/a>while caring for patients at Kansas City\u2019s public hospital.<\/p><\/div><div><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">He graduated from the<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"https:\/\/med.umkc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UMKC School of Medicine<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slu.edu\/public-health-social-justice\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saint Louis University School of Public Health<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0and was a family medicine resident at\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"https:\/\/jpshealthnet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Peter Smith Hospital<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">. Dr. Comninellis also earned a diploma in tropical medicine from the<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"https:\/\/wrair.health.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walter Reed Army Institute of Research<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">and became board certified in both public health and family medicine. Among his authored books is<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Five-Bags-Gold-Responsibility-Investment\/dp\/0892217723\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Five Bags of Gold \u2013 a Modern Parable of Wealth, Responsibility, and Eternal Investment<\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">. Dr. Comninellis is a classical guitarist and faculty co-advisor for\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cru.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UMKC Cru<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">. He was honored as the 2009 United Nations Association of the United States\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px\">World Citizen<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JtPUm4IaO_o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 University of Missouri-Kansas City Alumni of the Year<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-182b897f elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"182b897f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53c9a19a\" data-id=\"53c9a19a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-638ca645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"638ca645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My Timeline<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4016eb1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-content-timeline\" data-id=\"4016eb1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-content-timeline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"eael-content-timeline-4016eb1e\" class=\"content-timeline-layout-center date-position- horizontal-timeline-wrapper\" data-slide_to_scroll=\"{&quot;desktop&quot;:1,&quot;mobile&quot;:1,&quot;tablet&quot;:1}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">Early Years<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas Comninellis 1970\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1970-530pp.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1970-530pp.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas Comninellis 1970\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Elementary school graduation<\/em><\/p><p>I was raised in Parkville, Missouri, situated on the Missouri River just northwest of Kansas City. The son of George and Dorothy Comninellis, I am the first born of four children, including Chris, Maria, and Daphne. George immigrated from Greece when he was 19 years young to study engineering at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.park.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Park College<\/a>. It was there he met Dorothy Moss, a music and education major from Harrisonville, Missouri. As a boy, I was active in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stdionysios.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saint Dionysios Greek Orthodox Church<\/a>\u00a0and in Boy Scout Troop 333.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">Early Years<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Comninellis Family 1975\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/comninellis_family_1975-530.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/comninellis_family_1975-530.jpg\" alt=\"Comninellis Family 1975\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Comninellis Family: Daphne, Maria, Dorothy, George, Chris, and Nick<\/em><\/p><p>Together with my brother Chris and sisters Maria and Daphne, our family frequently enjoyed weekends at the Lake of the Ozarks on Dad\u2019s hand-crafted wooden boat. Twice our family also enjoyed summers living with Dad\u2019s mother on the Greek Island of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lemnos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lemnos<\/a>, where I learned to ride a donkey, pick olives, and play the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bouzouki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bouzouki<\/a>, a popular mandolin-like instrument.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">High School<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas Comninellis 1976\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1976-530p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1976-530p.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas Comninellis 1976\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>High school graduation<\/em><\/p><p>I attended\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phhs.parkhill.k12.mo.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Park Hill High School<\/a>, in Kansas City North, where I took advantage of almost every available extra-curricular experience. Especially drawn to music, I learned to play guitar, trombone, piano, and studied voice as well. I sought out leadership roles, and was voted student council president both my junior and senior years. My father had been an outstanding track star and soccer player, and I dearly hoped to have inherited Dad\u2019s athletic genes. Expending enormous effort in cross-country and track, I pushed those genes to their maximum. But alas, I never broke a five-minute mile.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">High School<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas 1975 Marching Band\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1975-marching-band-530.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1975-marching-band-530.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas 1975 Marching Band\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Park Hill High School Marching Band drum major<\/em><\/p><p>During this time I developed several close friends who were excited about following Jesus. I began reading the Bible for myself and found the message very compelling. As a young man, I chose Jesus to be my source of security and the leader of my life. My senior year I read\u00a0<em>Deliver Us From Evil<\/em>, the autobiography of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Anthony_Dooley_III\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Dooley<\/a>, a US Navy physician who cared for the refugees fleeing from North to South Vietnam in the late 1950s just before the onset of that war. The faith, courage, and compassion of Dr. Dooley\u2019s work cast a vision for my entire life.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">High School<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas 1975 Marching Band\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1975-marching-band-530.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1975-marching-band-530.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas 1975 Marching Band\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Park Hill High School Marching Band drum major<\/em><\/p><p>During this time I developed several close friends who were excited about following Jesus. I began reading the Bible for myself and found the message very compelling. As a young man, I chose Jesus to be my source of security and the leader of my life. My senior year I read\u00a0<em>Deliver Us From Evil<\/em>, the autobiography of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Anthony_Dooley_III\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Dooley<\/a>, a US Navy physician who cared for the refugees fleeing from North to South Vietnam in the late 1950s just before the onset of that war. The faith, courage, and compassion of Dr. Dooley\u2019s work cast a vision for my entire life.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">College ~ Grad School<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas Comninellis 1980 Honduras Baby\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1980-baby-530pp.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1980-baby-530pp.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas Comninellis 1980 Honduras Baby\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>In Honduras: the first baby I delivered<\/em><\/p><p>Resisting the temptation to study aeronautical engineering, I entered the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/med.umkc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0(UMKC). A combined undergraduate and medical school program, I graduated in just six years. While in college, I was part of Icthus Student Ministry of Colonial Presbyterian Church. I also read\u00a0<em>Evidence That Demands A Verdict<\/em>\u00a0by J<a href=\"https:\/\/www.josh.org\/about-us\/joshs-bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">osh McDowell<\/a>, and recognizing the power of this book I wondered whether I myself might ever have a theme worthy of writing.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">College ~ Grad School<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas Honduras at Desk 1980\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1980-honduras-at-desk-530.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1980-honduras-at-desk-530.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas Honduras at Desk 1980\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Clinica Evangelica Morava: the most powerful experience of my life to date<\/em><\/p><p>Within the context of medical school I created an opportunity to test my interest in medical missions. As a junior medical student,\u00a0Dr. Sam Marx, a renowned American physician living among the Mosquito indigenous people of eastern Honduras, invited me to work under his supervision for two months at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inmed.us\/training-sites\/clinica-evangelica-morava-honduras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clinica Evangelica Morava<\/a>. I was enamored by Dr. Marx\u2019s lifestyle \u2013 by the poverty, new culture, sincere friends, and an opportunity to care for those who would not otherwise receive attention. This became the most formative experience of my life to date.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">Shanghai, China<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas Comninellis 1982 Shanghai\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1982-mao-suit-530p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1982-mao-suit-530p.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas Comninellis 1982 Shanghai\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Welcome to Shanghai Charity Hospital<\/em><\/p><p>Following medical school graduation, I moved to Shanghai, China. Through an affiliation between the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/med.umkc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Missouri-Kansas City<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/School_of_Medicine,_Shanghai_Jiao_Tong_University\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shanghai Jiao Tong Medical College<\/a>, I served as a resident physician in the department of internal medicine of<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renji_Hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Shanghai Renji (Charity) Hospital<\/a>. At that time, prior to financial prosperity in China, it was known at the Third People\u2019s Hospital.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">Shanghai, China<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas 1982 On Call Shanghai\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1982-on-call-shanghai.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1982-on-call-shanghai.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas 1982 On Call Shanghai\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Night duty at Shanghai Charity<\/em><\/p><p>Many of my patients suffered from tuberculosis, complications of schistosomiasis, and from rheumatic heart disease \u2013 illnesses that have since abated in the presence of growing economic development. I studied Mandarin Chinese with vigor, became quite familiar with Marxist philosophy, and created friendships among Chinese students that I continue to enjoy. My experience in China became the genesis for my first published book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inmed.z2systems.com\/np\/clients\/inmed\/product.jsp?product=3&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shanghai Doctor<\/a>\u00a0(Zondervan, 1991).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">Fort Worth ~ Residency<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas Comninellis 1986 Fort Worth\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1986-dr-530p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1986-dr-530p.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas Comninellis 1986 Fort Worth\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>My clinic nurse, Linda, presents my credentials<\/em><\/p><p>I moved from Shanghai to Fort Worth, Texas, for my three-year family medicine residency with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsouthwestern.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Texas-Dallas Health Science Center<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpshealthnet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Peter Smith Hospital<\/a>. This program offered particularly outstanding learning opportunities in critical care, complicated obstetrics, general surgery and orthopedics. I also formed pivotal friendships with remarkable colleagues: Joe LeMaster, Lani Ackerman, John Gibson, and Mark Reimer.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">Fort Worth ~ Residency<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas 1983 Guitar Valdez\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1983-guitar-valdez-530.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1983-guitar-valdez-530.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas 1983 Guitar Valdez\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Nicholas and Oscar Valdez performing Via Lobos duets<\/em><\/p><p>In spite of sometimes-grueling hours, I studied finger-style guitar with Oscar Valdez, became leader in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hopechurch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hope Community Church<\/a>\u00a0and renewed my interest in aeronautics by becoming an instrument rated airplane pilot. I also met Teri Huddleston, whose passions were strikingly similar to my own, and we were married in 1984.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">Angola, Africa<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas Comninellis\u2019 1990 Angola Leprosy Center\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1990-leprosy-530p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-1990-leprosy-530p.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas Comninellis\u2019 1990 Angola Leprosy Center\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Leprosy center at Kalukembe Hospital<\/em><\/p><p>After residency, I attended\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbts.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary<\/a>\u00a0in Kansas City, where I was approached concerning Angola, southern Africa. A former Portuguese colony, the nation was best known for its prolonged civil war. The human needs crisis in Angola was enormous, with hunger and preventable disease rampant in this otherwise very fertile nation. In 1988, I accepted a position in Angola, with the International Mission Board, SBC. En route to Angola, I participated in the tropical medicine school at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrair.army.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walter Reed Army Institute of Research<\/a>\u00a0in Washington, DC.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">Angola, Africa<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nichoals 1990 Horacio Angola\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1990-horacia-angola-530.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-1990-horacia-angola-530.jpg\" alt=\"Nichoals 1990 Horacio Angola\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Guiding Angola medical student\u00a0Horacio Chipiquita<\/em><\/p><p>Teri and I next enjoyed a year studying Portuguese in Lisbon, Portugal. On arrival in Angola, we worked the first year at the famous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/training-sites\/ceml-hospital-angola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kalukembe Hospital<\/a>\u00a0in southwestern Angola. At least once a week we performed MASH-style triage of wounded soldiers and civilians, and I became intimately familiar with the predominate diseases of poverty: malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, measles and malnutrition. I was also fortunate to be mentored by the model physician staff at Kalukembe: Steve Foster (Canadian), Andr\u00e9 Rohner (Swiss), and Jean Pierre Brechett (Swiss\/Angolan). Ultimately, we located in the city of Huambo (Novo Lisboa), in central Angola, where I partnered with churches of the Evangelical Alliance of Angola to provide mobile clinic services. We emphasized health education, vaccination, prenatal care, and treatment of the most common acute illnesses. Huambo was a prime military target, with attacks nightly against the city\u2019s residents. After just two years I was forced to evacuate my family amid increased fighting and just before the city\u2019s fall to the opposing military forces.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">Liberty, Missouri<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas Comninellis\u2019 2004 Greece\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-2004-greece-530p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/nicholas-2004-greece-530p.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas Comninellis\u2019 2004 Greece\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Lemnos, Greece, in the Aegean Sea \u2013 my father\u2019s home<\/em><\/p><p>I returned from Angola to the Kansas City area, establishing home base in Liberty, Missouri. Teri and I separated soon thereafter, and continue being blessed through our children Elizabeth, James, and Joshua. Elizabeth become a doctoral-level music composer at University of Texas-Austin, James pursued graduate theology learning at Saint Louis University, Josh became the visual media producer for the American Angus Association, and Teri earned wide recognition as an advance practice nurse researcher at the University of Kansas Medical Center. I reinforced lessons learned in Angola about the limitations of curative intervention by completing a master\u2019s degree in public health (MPH) at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slu.edu\/public-health-social-justice\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saint Louis University<\/a>\u00a0and becoming Board Certified in preventive medicine. Always interested in academics, I taught family medicine, including obstetrics, and public health at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/med.umkc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Of Missouri-Kansas City<\/a>\u00a0(UMKC) full-time through 2004.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">Liberty, Missouri<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><p><a title=\"Nicholas 2005 Acropolous\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-2005-acropolous.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/nicholas-2005-acropolous.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas 2005 Acropolous\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><em>Nicholas, Josh, Elizabeth and James at the\u00a0<\/em><i>Acropolis\u00a0<\/i><\/p><p>I also became part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shoalcreek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shoal Creek Community Church<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 one whose emphasis is to communicate the message of Jesus in a way especially relevant to our generation. I also developed a relationship with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kanakuk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kanakuk Kamps<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a network of Christian summer sports camps on Table Rock Lake in southern Missouri. In cooperation with Kanakuk\u2019s president, Joe White, I authored two books,\u00a0<em>Darwin\u2019s Demise<\/em>\u00a0(Masterbooks, 2001) and\u00a0<em>Nine Things Teens Need To Know &amp; Parents Are Afraid To Talk About<\/em>\u00a0(New Leaf Press, 2006). I also wrote\u00a0<em>Where Do I Go To Get A Life?<\/em>\u00a0(Multnomah Publishers, 1995),\u00a0<em>Creative Defense<\/em>\u00a0(MasterBooks, 2001), and\u00a0<em>Where Do I Go From Here? Making the right decisions in life<\/em>\u00a0(New Leaf Press, 2002).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">INMED ~ International<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4054\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/IMG_7571-1024x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/IMG_7571-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/IMG_7571-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/IMG_7571-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure><p><em>INMED\u2019s 2018 full-time staff<\/em><\/p><p>Throughout my adult life I have been passionate about teaching and providing care for the poorest of the poor. But how to marry these passions eluded me. I experienced an epiphany one evening while making a presentation on global health issues at UMKC. I noted the student\u2019s intense interest, my glowing enthusiasm, and how poorly this subject is taught in most venues. My vision for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute for International Medicine<\/a>\u00a0became clear: a non-profit educational corporation whose mission is to equip healthcare professional to serve the forgotten. In 2004 I departed my full-time teaching duties to devote my career toward developing INMED, buoyed along by the persistent affirmation of my colleagues and friends. I believe strongly in the power of mentoring, and I am encouraged by the number of model healthcare professionals living and serving in low-resource communities who volunteer to supervise INMED\u2019s students. Most heartening of all, I am inspired by our long-serving INMED staff: Micah Flint, Elizabeth Burgos, Skylar Rolf \u2013 godly and talented individuals who have joined me committing their full-time efforts in leading this movement toward love and good works.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><span class=\"eael-date\"><\/span><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\">INMED ~ International<\/h2><div class=\"eael-timeline-excerpt\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/nicholas_patient.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedstaging.wpengine.com\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/nicholas_patient.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas, patient and yellow wall\" \/><\/a><\/figure><p><em>Attending a tuberculosis patient at Kalukembe Hospital<\/em><\/p><p>I compiled an essential international health curriculum,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/inmed.z2systems.com\/np\/clients\/inmed\/giftstore.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INMED International Medicine<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/inmed.z2systems.com\/np\/clients\/inmed\/giftstore.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&amp; Public Health<\/a><\/em>, that INMED published in 2005, a second edition in 2011, and as a comprehensive graduate course since 2009. Convinced that the best teachers are also active in their fields, I continue serving in Angola each summer at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/training-sites\/ceml-hospital-angola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CEML Hospital<\/a>\u00a0in Angola, and each fall as visiting faculty for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/training-sites\/liaoning-international-general-health-trainers-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liaoning International General Health Trainers<\/a>\u00a0in Shenyang, China. While INMED commands most of my time and talent, I continue to teach public health at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and to serve as faculty advisor of the student-lead\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/roogroups.umkc.edu\/organization\/umkccru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UMKC Cru\/Campus Crusade<\/a>. Of all men, I am most blessed!<\/p><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, is President and Professor at INMED, the Institute for International Medicine, and practices emergency medicine. He founded INMED in 2003 to advance global health education and service. Dr. Comninellis previously served for two years at\u00a0Shanghai Charity Hospital, providing care to inner-city communities, and led a healthcare ministry in war-torn Angola\u00a0for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}