Adventism’s Impact

Spectrum Staff | March 14, 2010

Feb. 16, 2010: President Obama’s personal aide Reggie Love and White House doctor Jeffrey Kuhlman ride in a spare limousine from Lanham, MD to the White House.

Official White House Photo By Pete Souza

Capt. Jeffrey Kuhlman, USN, a member of Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, is head of the White House Medical Unit and is the chief physician to President Obama.

This Adventist connection has been reported before, but seeing this recent image reminded me of how the Adventist commitment to making humans whole has allowed our little faith community to have an outsized impact on our world.

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