Jasson K. Levi, PhD, BCCI
Dr. Jasson K. Levi serves as a Spiritual Health Clinician at Emory University Hospital. His professional journey brings together pastoral ministry, healthcare spiritual care, cross-cultural service, higher education, communication, and international development.
Jasson began his ministry in Tanzania as a parish pastor, providing spiritual care within the congregation, surrounding communities, and a local hospital. His career later took him into cross-cultural mission, teaching and research, and work with institutions seeking to strengthen their people, knowledge, communication, and organizational capacity. His work across Africa, Europe, and the United States has included churches, academia, healthcare institutions, governments, and multinational development organizations. These experiences strengthened his ability to communicate across cultures, collaborate across disciplines, lead within complex organizations, and engage people of diverse religious, cultural, and professional backgrounds.
Before joining Emory, Jasson served as a Spiritual Health Clinician with Wellstar Health System, providing spiritual care to patients, families, and healthcare teams in acute care, rehabilitation, and oncology settings. A significant part of his work was in cancer care, where ongoing relationships with patients and families shaped his understanding of spiritual care as accompaniment through diagnosis, treatment, uncertainty, loss, resilience, and hope.
Jasson holds a PhD in Missiology from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with additional academic preparation in theology at Makumira University College in Arusha, Tanzania, and communication in Nairobi, Kenya. His interdisciplinary and international experience informs a culturally responsive, person-centered approach to spiritual health.
At the heart of Jasson’s practice is a simple principle: discover and learn before intervening. He seeks first to understand each person’s story, values, beliefs, culture, relationships, and sources of meaning. From that understanding, spiritual care can respond to what matters most to the person.