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Biographical Profile Renee V. Girdler, M.D.

Dr. Renee Vannucci Girdler is the wife of Rev. Joseph S. Girdler, KY District

Superintendent of the Assemblies of God. She is the eldest daughter of Assembly of God

Pastor, Rev. and Mrs. Lorie Vannucci of Martin, Kentucky. Both grandparents wereItalian immigrants (approximately 1930s). She and her husband have served in ministryfor nearly 25 years. Renee oversees Kentucky Assemblies of God ministries to the

Women in Ministry and Lady Ministers in Kentucky. She has seen God use women todo great things in the state of KY.

Dr. Girdler is Vice Chair and Associate Professor of Family and Geriatric Medicine at the

University of Louisville and Medical Director at Cardinal Station.Previously she served as Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs for the Department of Family

and Community Medicine, as well as Medical Director of the Family Medical Center atthe University of Kentucky.

Dr. Girdler graduated Valedictorian of her High School, Allen Central High, Floyd

County, Kentucky. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Transylvania University in1985. She was elected as an Outstanding Young Woman of America in 1988. She

graduated with Distinction from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in1989; was Chief Resident in Family Practice at the University of Kentucky 1991-92,

and was invited to become a member of the University of Kentucky Family MedicineDepartment Faculty in 1992 immediately upon the completion of her Residency. Dr.

Girdler has a special interest in Womens Health, Chronic Disease Management, andInternational Medicine. Among numerous honors, she received in 2001 the Pfizer

Pharmaceutical Quality of Care Award for outstanding Family Practice medicine.

Most recently, she was elected as a Best Doctor in America for 2007-2008.

Renee is actively involved in the community. She is a member of Trinity Chapel

Assembly of God in Louisville. She has worked with second year medical students atThe Kentucky Racing Health Service Center on a rotating basis and currently works with

third year medical students in the clinical setting.

She remains passionate about missions. She served with HealthCare Ministries (HCM)in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1989, in Bethlehem, South Africa, in 2002 and most

recently in Cuenca, Ecuador in April 2010. In July, 2000, she accompanied her husbandand 34 others from her church to build an orphanage in Ayacucho, Peru, returning again

to do missions work in Peru in the summer of 2003. She and her husband have alsorepresented the Kentucky Assemblies of God at Missions Leadership Conferences in

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Dr. Girdler served on the International Advisory Board ofHealthCare Ministries, the medical missions outreach of the General Council of the

Assemblies of God. In 2003, she was the first woman in Assemblies of God historyappointed to serve a three year term on the Assemblies of God World Missions Board.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Central Bible College. And, in 2011was honored by the Executive Presbytery and General Superintendent, Dr. George

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O.Wood, in receiving at the Churchs General Council in Phoenix, Arizona ,the highesthonor for a lay person in the Assemblies of God, the General Superintendents Medal of

Honor.

Renee speaks for Districts & Churches as her schedule allows, is the mother of two

children, Steven (19) and Rachel (16) and finds the greatest joy in life by serving Jesusand spending time with her family.

You may contact Dr. Renee V. Girdler at: email: rvgird01@gwise.louisville.edu / email:jsgirdler@kyag.org / phone: 502 554 4442.