Mark C. Rogers

"How I Spent My Summer Vacation:
From Faculty to Philanthropy"

Mark C. Rogers arrived at Johns Hopkins in 1977 to become director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, after training in pediatrics, cardiology, anesthesiology, and critical care medicine.

In 1980, he was named anesthesiologist-in-chief. Leading the Department of Anesthesiology / Critical Care Medicine for the next 12 years, Dr. Rogers propelled both the department and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to the forefront of medicine in the United States. His textbooks in pediatric intensive care in anesthesiology are used throughout the world. A former Fulbright Scholar, he headed the Fulbright selection committee from 1987 to 1988. Dr. Rogers left Johns Hopkins in 1992 to serve as vice chancellor for health affairs at Duke University Medical Center and as executive director and chief executive officer at Duke Hospital and Health Network. He became chairman and director of Cardiome Pharma Corp. in 2002. Dr. Rogers is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.