CPE Faculty

Reverend Deborah Whisnand

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Rev. Deborah Whisnand joined the Clinical Pastoral Education faculty in 2015. A UCC minister, she has served in hospital ministry and chaplaincy education for more than 40 years. She has managed CPE programs in Houston, San Antonio, and Honolulu and supervised CPE chaplains for the U.S. Army and Air Force. Her experience includes bioethics consultation, as well as professional association and nonprofit administration. Originally from West Texas, she holds a B.A. from Texas Tech University, an M.A. from Rice University, and a Th.M. from Harvard Divinity School.

Reverend Biser Ovcharov
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Rev. Biser Ovcharov is an ordained Baptist minister in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. He was certified by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education as an ACPE Certified Educator in November 2019. He completed his CPE Residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and Methodist Health System and his educatory education at Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas. Biser is a graduate of Spurgeon’s College, London, with a Master of Divinity and of Dallas Baptist University with a Master of Arts in Christian Education. Prior to his chaplaincy career, he served as a youth minister and pastor in his country of origin, Bulgaria.