Dr. Rodgers completed his medical degree at the Medical College of Ohio and his residency training at U-M. He is committed to the full-spectrum of family medicine, including his special clinical interests of cardiovascular disease, palliative medicine, disease prevention and outpatient procedures. Dr. Rodgers became the first faculty member of any U-M department to be named fellow in the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He received the Dean’s Award for Community Service, and was the recipient of the Medical School Community Service Award. He is the first Department of Family Medicine faculty member to receive the award, which began in 2001.