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Remembering
Dr. Lane Cedric Rolling March 17, 1964 – October 3, 2023 Dr. Lane Cedric Rolling passed away unexpectedly on October 3, 2023, in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was 59 years old. In a world filled with artificiality and pretense, Dr. Rolling was one of the realest. A beacon of Black excellence, his credentials were extensive and unparalleled. He was a Doctor of Medicine, a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, and a former U.S. Army Captain. With specialties spanning microbiology, virology, infectious diseases, and biochemical warfare he was a force in the medical and infectious disease world. Born in Fort Polk, Louisiana, to Edith Marie Black Rolling on March 17, 1964, he was known by those closest to him as “Ced” or “Sid.” Growing up as an “Army Brat,” he lived in many places including Virginia, Okinawa, Japan and Kaiserslautern, Germany. He eventually moved to Nevada where he was a star athlete in football, baseball and track at Valley High School in Las Vegas, Nevada; graduating in 1982. He attended Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, first on a football scholarship and then an Army ROTC scholarship. He was the first African American to graduate with a double major in microbiology and chemistry with a minor in military science in 1986. His eldest son, Branden, was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1985. While attending Weber State, he met his future wife, Catherine Loader, with whom he had four children, Nicole, Ashley, Jordyn and Nathan. They were married on September 22, 1989, and later divorced after 23 years together. After graduating from Weber State, Rolling was awarded a
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fellowship to attend graduate school at the University of Nevada - Reno, where he received a Master’s Degree of Cellular and Molecular Biology in 1988. He proudly graduated from the California School of Podiatric Medicine where he received his DPM in 1992. He completed his residency in podiatric surgery at Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1993. Dr. Rolling later completed his M.D. at the University of Health Sciences Antigua. He served on active duty in the Army Medical Service Corps for three years with the rank of captain and was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he practiced medicine at Martin Army Community Hospital. He completed the following courses: Master Fitness, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Combat Casualty, Biochemical Warfare, Airborne and Pathfinder. For two decades, he dedicated himself to the people of Peru. Affectionately known as “Dr. Chocolate,” he didn’t just provide medical care – he transformed entire communities. Establishing clinics and collaborating with indigenous leaders, he seamlessly blended Western medicine with traditional indigenous practices. Through his non-governmental organization, the Tropical Pathology and Infectious Disease Association (TPaIDA), Dr. Rolling mentored
