Col. Thomas J. Rogers, M.D., Named President of Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital

DOVER, Ohio: Col. Thomas J. Rogers, M.D., has been appointed as the new president of Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital, effective later this summer.

Dr. Rogers, who spent much of his childhood in Stark County, joins Union Hospital from the DiLorenzo Pentagon Health Clinic and Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Branch Clinics in Washington, D.C., where he has served as director since 2017. In his position, Dr. Rogers oversees two government-owned and contractor-operated branch health clinics with more than 700 employees that provide world-class medical service to the nation’s wounded, active-duty service members, retirees and family members.

Dr. Rogers also serves as the principal medical advisor for the Pentagon Governance Council and developed a COVID-19 testing and vaccination plan for the Pentagon.

“I am very pleased to be joining the accomplished caregiver team at Union Hospital,” said Dr. Rogers. “We will work together to provide access to high-quality, world-class Cleveland Clinic care right here in the Tuscarawas Valley.”

Dr. Rogers has had an extensive medical career around the United States (and an international post) in the military, earning numerous achievements and recognition along the way. He will take over leadership at Union Hospital after retiring from active military service.

He has served in leadership positions at the following:

• Assistant Chief of Staff, Clinical Operations/Chief Medical Officer, at Pacific Regional Medical Command in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Chief Medical Officer, at Evans Army Community Hospital, Fort Carson, Colo., where he also served as Interim Commander and Chief Executive Officer, and had separate stints there as Chief, Department of Medical Readiness, and Chief, Family Medicine Service.
• Task Force Surgeon, U.S. Special Operation Command in Balad, Iraq
• Division Surgeon and Task Force Lightning Surgeon, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
• Chief, Department of Primary Care, Reynolds Army Community Hospital, Fort Sill, Okla., where he also served a separate position as a staff physician
• Clinic Director and Family Medicine Residency Staff Physician, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

Dr. Rogers has earned a Bronze Star Medal, a Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal and other awards and recognition throughout his career.

“We are extremely honored to welcome Dr. Rogers to Cleveland Clinic and Union Hospital,” said Donald Malone Jr., M.D., president of the Cleveland Clinic Ohio Hospitals and Family Health Centers. “His clinical experience, extensive military leadership positions and Ohio roots will provide an outstanding background to lead our caregivers to continue to provide the very best care to our patients at Union Hospital.”

Dr. Rogers is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and licensed to practice in the state of Ohio. He earned his medical degree from Wright State University School of Medicine, his bachelor’s degree in biology from John Carroll University and graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He served a family medicine residency and a family medicine internship, both at DeWitt Army Community Hospital at Fort Belvoir, Va.

Dr. Rogers was commissioned as a Captain in the Medical Corps in 1993, entering the Army through the Health Professions Scholarship Program and Army ROTC.

Dr. Rogers moved with his family to North Canton in Stark County as a child, where he later graduated from Canton Central Catholic High School. He and his wife Christy have six children and three grandchildren. Dr. Rogers is the youngest of 10 children and his mother Vivian, who still resides in Stark County, will celebrate her 90th birthday this month.

Brian Harte, M.D., president of Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital, has been serving as interim president of Union Hospital since January, and will continue in that role until Dr. Rogers takes over.

Information about Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital and all of its services available to the community is available on the hospital website at www.unionhospital.org, and on the hospital’s pages on Facebook and Twitter (@Union_Hospital).