Background
Rodgers, Louis Dean was born on November 24, 1930 in Centerville, Iowa, United States. Son of John James and Anna Alice (Spraguer) Rodgers.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Louis Dean Rodgers
Edit ProfileEducation
Doctor of Medicine, University Iowa, 1960. Diplomate American Board Surgery.
Career
Intern, Broadlawns Hospital, Iowa, 1960-1961. Resident Meth-Hospital, Des Moines, 1961-1965. Practice medicine specializing in general surgery, Des Moines, 1965-1995.
Department chairman surgery Iowa Methodist Center, Des Moines, 1980-1984, chief general surgery, 1982-1995.
Clinical associate professor surgery U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1983-1995, retired, 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Member steering committee Governor"s Campaign, Republican Party, Iowa, 1982. Served to staff sergeant United States Army, 1951-1954. Fellow American College of Surgeons (liaison to cancer committee 1973).
Member Western Surgical Association (member Iowa trauma committee 1983), Iowa Academy Surgery (president 1982-1983), Iowa chapter American College Surgeons, Throckmorton Surgical Society (president 1986).Republican.
Club: Des Moines Golf and Country.
Connections
Married Gretchen Lynn Hendershot, February 19, 1954. Children: Cynthia Ann, Elizabeth Dee.
