In 2009 the CMDFA is celebrating its 60th anniversary year. Springing out of the evangelical student movements of the  Inter-Varsity Fellowship (IVF) and the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) of the UK, a visionary group of  doctors founded the Christian Medical Fellowship of Australia in 1949. Separate Australian state fellowships were established, and the work continued to expand as these groups combined into a national body in 1962. Soon the dentists joined in. So we became the Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia (CMDFA).  A national office  was established in Sydney in 2000  to serve the growing needs of the fellowship, and the first Executive Officer, Dr Cliff Smith was appointed.

Today CMDFA has over 600 members and many more than that who are connected. Each state branch  has a committee to oversee events in that state, and national and state office-bearers are elected at annual general meetings of its financial members.

CMDFA is linked around the world with a community of  80 similar groups through the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA) which includes two of the largest groups CMF (UK) Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) & Christian Medical and Dental Associations of the US.