Dr. Michael Rodgers

Dr. Michael Rodgers, MBChB, is a Staff Physician in the Critical Care Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Rodgers worked in Groningen, Netherlands, where he was responsible for a full range of organ transplants, all types of cardiac supporting devices and all types of neurosurgical interventions and neurological conditions. He has also taught national lung and vascular ultrasound courses.

Dr. Rodgers graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1991. He completed his anesthesiology residency in Bloemfontein. Following his medical education, he left South Africa to Knokke, Belgium and then to the UK, where he worked as locum at various hospitals across the country.​

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1985 - 1991: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
• 2003 - 2004: UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF GRONINGEN, GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS. Fellow, Intensivist (European Diploma Intensive Care)

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2004 - 2014: UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF GRONINGEN, GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS. Consultant Intensivist, Surgical, Cardiothoracic and Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
• 2000 - 2003: UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN, GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS. Resident, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
• 1999 - 2000: VARIOUS HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM. Locum Anesthesiologist
• 1998 - 1999: COMMUNITY HOSPITAL KNOKKE, KNOKKE, BELGIUM. Anesthesiologist
• 1994 - 1998: UNIVERSITY OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE, BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA. Resident, Anesthesiology
• 1991 - 1994: PRIVATE PRACTICE, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA. General Practiioner

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Chairman, Intensive Care Unit Protocol Committee and Intensive Care Unit Echocardiography Committee, University Hospital, Groningen, Netherlands
• Instructor, Fundamental Critical Care Support Course, supported by Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
• Taught airway techniques and tracheotomies at the national level as a Member of the Airway Committee, Dutch Intensive Care Society, 2008 to 2014