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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.
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
Phillip E. Rodgers, MD
The George A. Dean, MD Chair of Family Medicine
300 North Ingalls Street, NI4C06
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5435
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5435
Phone: 734-615-2688
Fax: 734-615-2687
Email: [email protected]
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
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
David C. Serlin, MD
Associate Chair for Clinical Programs
Phone: 734-232-6222
Email: [email protected]
Margaret L. Dobson, MD
Associate Chair for Educational Programs
Phone: 734-232-6776
Email: [email protected]
Suzanna M. Zick, ND, MPH
Interim Associate Chair for Research
Department of Family Medicine
1018 Fuller St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1213
1018 Fuller St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1213
Phone: 734-998-7120
Email: [email protected]
Department News
Dr. Feranmi Okanlani has been invited to join the NIH Working Group for Disability Research
Medical School News
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.
Department News
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.
Department News
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
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
The former 2024 MDisability summer intern is passionate about advocating for people with disabilities.
