Matthew Rhodes, MSW, PsyD, BCC, HEC-C, MDiv

Matt is a National Faculty ACPE Certified Educator who leads the Education Division of the Spiritual Care Department at Baptist Health. His role includes working with chaplain interns, residents, certified educator candidates and staff chaplains by expanding Baptist's CPE program to other hospitals/sites within the system and coordinating work with the CPE Faculty.

As an educator, he helps students learn to offer person-centered, multi-faith care of the soul through deepening their self-awareness, their capacity to express accurate empathy and their sensitivity to the cultural and spiritual experiences of their patients.

A Presbyterian minister, Matt is also a Board-Certified Chaplain through the Association of Professional Chaplains and a Certified Healthcare Ethics Consultant through the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Within the ACPE, Matt served as a member of the Revised Outcomes Work Group, as Chair of the Curriculum Committee and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors.

Additionally, Matt served as Board President for Womanspace as well as L'Arche USA, as an executive director for two non-profits and as a psychotherapist. Before coming to Baptist, Matt served as Director of Religious Ministries for Penn Medicine Princeton Health for a decade.