IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? FOUR GENERATIONS HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL
For the Rogers family, the answer is always “yes,” and it has been for four generations. In honor of National Doctors’ Day, March 30, we wanted to highlight the Rogers family of Doctors, where two currently serve at Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan and provide exceptional care to their patients. It started with Randall’s grandfather, Albert Lewis Lanning, in 1895, a general practitioner in Castroville. The family moved to San Antonio, where his son, Albert, was adopted by Edgar Rogers in the early 1930s. Albert Rogers graduated from Central Catholic High School and then St. Mary’s University. He received his medical degree from Baylor Medical School in Dallas and interned at the Robert B. Green Hospital. “He was a dedicated physician who in his early years performed surgery and obstetrics and even administered anesthesia to the patients of his colleagues,” said his son, Randall Rogers, M.D. “He was a devoted physician with a strong work ethic.” Dr. Albert Rogers had his private practice at the Nix and then continued at Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan as a family practitioner for 40 years and served as chief of staff. He practiced for a total of 67 years, passing away at age 94 in 2009. The strong work ethic and commitment to medicine continued with Dr. Randall Rogers, who practices colon and rectal surgery at Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan and served as chief of staff in 2006. He also has served as president of the Texas Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. 24 | Methodist Magazine
