Debra Cole M.D.
Debra Cole was born at Ellington Air Force Base located between Houston and Galveston, Texas. Her father was a sailor in the United States Navy, and her mother later was a restaurant manager. Her childhood was spent in a small town in southwest Arkansas called Hope. She was co valedictorian in her high school and was awarded academic and music scholarships to Southern Arkansas University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in chemistry.
She was accepted to medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and received a Doctorate of Medicine in 1982. Debra entered the Arkansas Army National Guard as a medical officer while studying medicine. Her specialty internship and residency in internal medicine were done at City of Faith Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, California. She is Board Certified in internal medicine.
She reached the rank of Major in three years of active duty at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. She remained in the Army Reserves until 1994 and began various short-term missions around the world to help establish clinics, hospitals, orphanages and schools.
Debra also worked with many different Christian denominations in these efforts that spanned 17 different countries. Dr. Cole earned her living by short term contracts in emergency rooms, urgent care clinics and medicine clinics in the United States. She currently resides in Las Cruces, New Mexico, with her husband Gary Morton and their three (standard Schnauzer) fur babies Lady, Adel and Panzer.
Endorsements
“Dr. Debra Cole has been a spiritual guiding light to me in the 30 years since I met her in the hospital emergency room in Macon, GA. Her selfless pursuit of missionary ministries in many countries, with emphasis on service to the poor, has been a true inspiration”.
Fran Grant, M.D.
“I have known Dr Cole for many years. She has practiced medicine in military and civilian clinics, hospitals and mission fields. I am looking forward to reading this book, remembering the work we did together and her work elsewhere throughout this amazing career. I spent many hours listening to her experiences in the United States and other countries, and how her medical knowledge and the Lord got her through them. I am very honored and blessed to write this endorsement for her”.
Karen Tyler Thames
“How many people do you know that have stared down Albanian drug lords, dined with African kings and their harem of women, or single handedly brought medicine to a remote village in Pakistan? Since our first meeting 32 years ago in Africa, Dr. Cole and her husband Gary have been a never-ending source of comfort, hope and guidance to me, my wife and our six children. She has unceasingly prayed for and counseled us. It is no exaggeration to say that Dr.Cole’s life is nothing short of an ongoing miracle of grace. Her life has impacted tens of thousands for the kingdom unlike anyone we have ever met or read about in all our world travels“.
Dr D. John A. Joosten
“Dr. Cole came to Pakistan to serve the poor with medical treatment at my invitation in February 2004. During the two weeks she was there she served hundreds of people (children, men and women) and gave them medication without charge that she brought from the United States. The people of my area still remember Dr. Cole and her care. I am always thankful for her love and practical concern for our ministry in this part of the globe since then. May God bless her abundantly“.
Sohail Samuel Naseem, Director of Children’s Development Mission, Pakistan
“Dr. Debra Cole is the best doctor I have ever had in the VA and civilian world. Dr. Cole cares deeply about her veterans and will go the extra mile to ensure that they are taken care of. Dr. Cole is also a spiritual giant who has confronted evil around the globe in the Name and the Blood of Jesus Christ. Dr. Cole and her husband Gary have become dear friends and spiritual advisors who have helped me grow in my faith and love for Jesus Christ. They are salt of the earth people”.
Dr. Robert M. Gumm Ed.D., Former US Army Infantryman