Dr. John Rocco Rodney earned his medical degree at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City and completed a family medicine residency and obstetrics fellowship at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. He is board certified in family medicine and addiction medicine by the American Board of Medical Specialties. The author of numerous papers and chapters, he has been practicing full-scope family and addiction medicine for more than 15 years. Dr. Rodney served in the United States Navy Reserve for nine years and attained the rank of lieutenant commander. He currently serves as an associate professor of family and addiction medicine at Meharry Medical College.