Celebrating Doctors' Day at Rogers
03/23/21 04:26:pm
Meet two of our medical team members and learn what drives them to perform their work each day.
Dr. Anthony Dobner, MD
What is the most fulfilling part of your day?
The opportunity to be present with our patients and their families as they have some of the most challenging experiences of their lives. Letting them know that they are not alone in their fight against mental illness. Listening to their stories and giving them the space and opportunity to feel heard. Helping families and patients find hope for the future again.
What is your favorite thing about your role at Rogers?
I love the amazing, talented, and passionate team that I work with. Teaching and learning from my teammates gives me something to look forward to every day.
Dr. Julie Lesser, MD
Why did you choose the mental health field?
Growing up, I was close to my grandparents. My grandfather, a World War one veteran, spent 40 years in a veteran’s psychiatric hospital, for “shell shock” and bipolar disorder. My grandmother, a social worker, stayed by his side. When he was released in the 1960s, I got to spend time with him. Then when I started my freshman year of college, my brother’s best friend, age 16, died by suicide. He and his mom were close family friends, and we still call his mom “auntie”, and see her on holidays. This was a tremendous and inexplicable loss.
I went to medical school, started out in Pediatrics, and signed up for an elective rotation in Child Psychiatry. I felt that I had found my home. I switched residencies to Psychiatry and completed a Fellowship in Child Psychiatry. I had the same feeling of finding home when I joined Rogers. I am grateful to work for an organization that makes it a priority to provide the best evidence-based care for people in the field that has had the most impact on my life.
