About Us

Adventist Health is a ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church with headquarters at the Sydney office of the South Pacific Division. The Director, Pr Kevin Price, the Associate Director, Dr Chester Kuma and Mrs Jenny Robson form the team at the head office, while other professionals head local offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Townsville, Auckland and the capitals of most Pacific island nations.

These local offices provide training, programs and support in their areas, while major development and resourcing occur at the head office in Sydney.

Pr Kevin Price
Director

Pr Price joined the Adventist Health team in December 2008. He has a long association with health ministry and providing health programs and assessment services to the church, community and corporate sectors. His experience includes serving the Adventist Church in pastoral, administrative and departmental levels in Australia, Vanuatu, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. For 19 years he worked at Sydney Adventist Hospital, first as Assistant Senior Chaplain and then as the Director of the Centre for Health Management - delivering a wide range of health related programs and services. Kevin has a BA and a MA degree with the latter having a major focus on Stress Management. He also has a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of New South Wales with his thesis focusing on executive health assessments and reporting. Kevin also has extensive experience in adult education, counselling, executive coaching and management.

"Our Adventist health heritage can give us our Adventist health advantage. I see Health as being much more than just an absence of disease - our aim should be for a high level of wellness that leads to a vibrant and fulfilled life along with an enhanced Christian witness. Our health message first reaches into our own lives and then we can reach out to make a positive impact on the lives of others". Kevin Price

Dr Chester Kuma
Associate Director

Originally from the Solomons, Dr Kuma joined Adventist Health , SPD in early 2006. Following completion of his undergraduate training in medicine in 1986, he joined the medical staff at Sopas Adventist hospital, PNG as medical officer. His next appointment was Atoifi Hospital in the Solomons where he spent a total of 13 years working as senior medical officer and later as Chief Executive Officer, a position he held for 10 years. Dr Kuma successfully completed his specialist training in surgery in 2002 and was appointed Head of Surgery for the country. He currently works with Adventist Health, SPD and thoroughly enjoys his new role.  

Medical Missionary work has always been a great interest of his ever since childhood. The concept of “Health promoting Churches” in particular stands out as one of his major interests. He believes that if this concept of health can be developed further and incorporated within our system of local churches, it can become a powerful tool for witnessing at the grass root level.

 

Jenny Robson
Departmental Assistant

Jenny joined Adventist Health as the Departmental Assistant in 2004. She has worked for the church for many years and was previously the secretary to the Manager of the ACA Health Benefits Fund and Retirement Service at SPD. She also worked for seven years in the Education and Ministerial departments at the Victorian Conference office.

Jenny is the first point of contact for Adventist Health related enquiries and requests for programs and resources. She enjoys talking to people about how they can use Adventist Health resources in their churches and communities. Jenny is also responsible for the planning and running of the annual Adventist Health Professionals Conferences.