Our Team

He continued his training at Vanderbilt University and completed a fellowship program specializing in oncology and hematology in 1993. Dr. Rogers is board certified in medical oncology. Dr. Rogers treats all adult cancers including breast, colon, and lung with a special interest in lymphomas.
Dr. Rogers holds the following academic appointments:
• Instructor of Medicine, University of Tennessee, St. Thomas Midtown Hospital, 1993-Present
• Attending for Medical House staff Teaching Service, 6/93-Present
• Clinical Instructor in Nursing (Medicine), Vanderbilt University School of Nursing “ 7/00-Present

Dr. Rogers is an active member of the Nashville Academy of Medicine, Tennessee Medical Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Cancer Society, and American College of Physicians. Dr. Rogers previously served as the Chairman of St. Thomas Midtown Hospital's Cancer Committee and Ethics Review Board. He also served as a board member of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

For nearly 30 years, Dr. Rogers has called Nashville home. Dr. Rogers' wife, Connie, is a nurse practitioner and works with him at Nashville Oncology Associates, PC. He is active in his community and church. Dr. Rogers is an avid pilot and enjoys flying airplanes, playing tennis, and bike riding.

Dr. Willis received his Bachelors of Science degree in Biology and Biochemistry in 1989 from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and he attended the University Of Alabama School Of Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 1993.

After completing medical school, Dr. Willis received his commission as a Captain in the United States Army, Medical Corp. He completed his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC in 1996. Dr. Willis then completed his fellowship training in Hematology and Oncology at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland in 1999. During this time, he also participated in a Research Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Translational Research in Hematological Malignancies in Baltimore, Maryland.

Following completion of his training, Dr. Willis served as a staff Hematologist/ Oncologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for five years, as well as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD.

Dr. Willis is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the disciplines of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Hematology.

Dr. Willis became an associate with Nashville Oncology Associates, PC in June 2004. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Medicine for the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Internal Medicine Training Program based at St. Thomas Midtown Hospital as well as serving on several hospital committees.

Dr. Willis is an active member of the Nashville Medical Society, the Tennessee Medical Association, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Willis and his wife, Sonya have 3 children. He enjoys reading and spending time with his family.

She is also a pilot who enjoys flying, hiking, skiing, and scuba diving with her family.