Malcham Seals

Chaplain with four (4) units of ACPE-accredited Clinical Pastoral Education, an M.Div., and board-certification eligibility with the Association of Professional Chaplains. Provides spiritual care to patients, families, and staff facing serious illness, difficult decisions, conflict, despair, and hopelessness across ICU, geriatric, cardiology, palliative, and community settings. Skilled in spiritual assessment and intervention, EMR documentation, interdisciplinary rounds, on-call crisis response, bereavement support, and interfaith ritual.

Brings an innovative music-integrated spiritual care practice — live saxophone at the bedside, in memorials, and in staff support — that reaches patients when words fail and builds referral relationships across hospital departments.

Chaplain Resident (CPE Levels IB–IIB) at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (2024-01 – Present)

• Provided spiritual care to seriously and terminally ill patients, families, and interdisciplinary care teams in surgical ICU (SICU) and geriatric units; completed spiritual assessments, implemented tailored interventions, and documented care in the EMR.
• Served in the hospital-wide on-call rotation, responding to codes, deaths, trauma, and family bereavement needs with a non-abandonment, compassionate presence.
• Participated in interdisciplinary rounds and family meetings, supporting goals-of-care conversations and end-of-life decision-making alongside physicians, nurses, and social work.
• Conducted bedside ministry through inclusive prayer, empathetic listening, sacred ritual, sacred music, and live saxophone for patients of diverse cultures, faiths, and belief systems.
• Delivered staff support and unit-based presence — including saxophone-led moments of rest — strengthening chaplaincy referrals from nursing, medicine, and ancillary departments; led religious observances, delivered homilies, and educated patients, families, and staff on spiritual care services.

Chaplain Intern (CPE Level I) at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (2023-01 – 2024-12)

• Delivered interfaith chaplaincy, spiritual assessment, and emotional support in the cardiology unit across a wide range of cultures and faith traditions.
• Supported end-of-life care, grief counseling, and bereavement for patients and families facing advanced and terminal illness; introduced live saxophone as a bedside spiritual care intervention.
• Presented verbatims and case studies in CPE group process, strengthening pastoral counseling and interdisciplinary communication.

Spiritual Counselor at Independent Practice (2022-01 – Present)

Provide pastoral and spiritual counseling for individuals and families navigating illness, grief, loss, and crisis, creating safe space across diverse faiths and belief systems.

Youth & College Ministry Pastor at The Greater Allen Cathedral (2026-01 – 2026-07)

• Provided pastoral care, spiritual guidance, and bereavement support across a multi-generational congregation, collaborating with clergy and ministry partners.

Youth & Intergenerational Pastor at St. Luke A.M.E. Church (2024-01 – 2026-01)

• Provided pastoral counseling, crisis care, and grief support to teens, adults, and families; liaised with community clergy across denominations and faiths.

8th Grade ELA Teacher at Uncommon Schools (2025-08 – Present)

• Taught and mentored adolescents in a high-need community, supporting students and families through grief, crisis, and transition.
• Built character development and emotional intelligence into daily instruction — teaching students to name emotions, regulate conflict, and practice empathy — the same formative work that grounds spiritual care.

Master of Divinity in Hebrew & Ancient Texts – Wake Forest University School of Divinity (2022-01 – 2024-05)

B.A. in Religious Studies – Georgia State University (2017-01 – 2021-05)