Dr. Rodgers is The George A. Dean, M.D. Professor and Chair of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan, where he has practiced and taught family medicine and subspecialty palliative medicine for nearly 25 years. He was founding director of the UM Palliative Care Program starting in 2005, and served as Director of Adult Palliative Care Clinical Services until 2023.

Dr. Rodgers’ national work with AAHPM focuses primarily on policy, quality and payment, including issues directly impacting palliative and serious illnss care today, and tomorrow. He has long provided volunteer leadership and service to numerous organizations in addition to AAHPM including the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care, the Patient Quality of Life Coalition and the American Medical Association among many others. He currently co-chairs the NASEM Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness and is immediate Past-President the Palliative Care Quality Collaborative (PCQC). Dr. Rodgers’ work has been recognized with several awards including the University of Michigan Dean’s Award for Community Service, the Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Leadership Award, and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Gerald Holman Distinguished Service Award.