About Family Medicine
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Optimizing Health for Communities

We are dedicated to providing the best possible care for patients, advancing innovations, and training future leaders in the field.

Our Mission
We are leaders in Family Medicine who transform primary care and optimize health for communities and people at all stages of life. We accomplish this through compassionate relationship-based care, exemplary teaching, cutting-edge research, and promotion of health equity.
Our Core Values

The core values and principles which will guide the Department in the fulfillment of this mission are:

  • Relationships that respect diversity and foster collegiality
  • Integration of biomedical, humanistic and psychosocial principles in teaching, research and patient care
  • Commitment to the principles and practices of continuous quality improvement
  • Collaboration with other specialties and organizations in the pursuit of common goals
  • Advocacy for quality of life for all members of the Department
  • Responsiveness to unmet societal and community needs
Office of the Chair
Phillip E. Rodgers, MD
The George A. Dean, MD Chair of Family Medicine
300 North Ingalls Street, NI4C06
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5435
Phone: 734-615-2688
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Faculty Directory

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Giving

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Annual Newsletters
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2025 Newsletter

Catch up on the latest updates, stories, and highlights from the Department of Family Medicine. Explore our recent newsletter to see how we're advancing care, education, research, and community impact—together.

Read the Winter 2025 Newsletter
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2024 Newsletter

Catch up on the latest updates, stories, and highlights from the Department of Family Medicine. Explore our recent newsletter to see how we're advancing care, education, research, and community impact—together.

Read the Summer 2024 Newsletter
Contact Us
Clinical Programs
David C. Serlin, MD
Associate Chair for Clinical Programs
Phone: 734-232-6222
Educational Programs
Margaret L. Dobson, MD
Associate Chair for Educational Programs
Phone: 734-232-6776
Research Programs
Suzanna M. Zick, ND, MPH
Interim Associate Chair for Research
Department of Family Medicine
1018 Fuller St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1213
Phone: 734-998-7120
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Department News
Dr. Feranmi Okanlami joins NIH Working Group to guide efforts in advancing disability health research
Dr. Feranmi Okanlani has been invited to join the NIH Working Group for Disability Research
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Medical School News
Louito C. Edje, M.D., MHPE, FAAFP, reelected to AMA Council on Medical Education
Senior Associate Dean of Medical Education Louito C. Edje, M.D., MHPE, FAAFP, was reelected to the American Medical Association’s Council on Medical Education (CME). CME studies and evaluates all aspects of the medical education continuum and recommends national policies for medical and allied health education.
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Department News
Researchers discuss diverse topics at Michigan Family Medicine Research Day
A full cadre of Department of Family Medicine researchers, both from the Ann Arbor-based department and UM Health-Sparrow, had a strong presence at the 47th Annual Michigan Family Medicine Research Day.
Ebony Parker-Featherstone, MD and other leaders celebrate the opening of the new Ypsilanti Health Center.
Department News
Grand Opening of the New Ypsilanti Health Center
The grand opening of the University of Michigan-Health's new Ypsilanti Health Center celebrates expanded access to care, community partnerships, and a patient-centered design approach.
Department News
Core MDisability member, former summer intern to present research at International CHARGE Syndrome conference 
MDisability  core  member and Assistant Professor Tyler G. James, Ph.D., MCHES®, as well as  former 2024 MDisability  summer intern Muhammad Othman,  have been invited to  present their research at the 16th International CHARGE Syndrome Conference.
Department News
Tess Carichner achieves her dream of entering U-M's PhD in Nursing Program
The former 2024 MDisability summer intern is passionate about advocating for people with disabilities.