George M Rodgers, MD, PhD is Professor of Medicine and Pathology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. He is also a Medical Director of the Coagulation Laboratory at ARUP Laboratories. He received his MD and PhD degrees from Tulane University, did internal medicine training at Baylor College of Medicine, and did hematology fellowship training at UCSF. Dr. Rodgers' clinical research interests include benign hematology, especially disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis. He has published over 250 journal articles and book chapters, as well as 4 books, primarily on coagulation topics. He has been the associate editor (coagulation) for the past 6 editions of Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology textbook.