Although it may seem unlikely, Dr. Tom Catena, an Ivy League-educated physician, is content to live among the locals in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
Catena, who was born and raised in Amsterdam, New York, went to Brown University. He studied engineering and was a football player.
Nevertheless, Catena, who identified as a “cradle Catholic,” recognized he wanted to devote his life to the mission field after getting engaged with the evangelical Christian organization Campus Crusade for Christ. That implied that he would most likely need to pursue a career in medicine rather than engineering.
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Despite the time and work needed, Catena completed the essential classes to be admitted to medical school. Later, he received a scholarship from the US Navy to attend Duke University School of Medicine, where he graduated.
“I was finished with all of my training and with my obligations in 1999,” he said in a phone interview with News from the Nuba Mountains.
