Dr. George Al Dodds III grew up in Cleveland, OH, and graduated high school from Culver Military Academy in Culver, IN. He attended college in Baltimore, MD, at Johns Hopkins University, then returned to Ohio for medical school.

After spending 20 years in Ann Arbor, MI, with Michigan Heart, Dr. Dodds and his family moved to Charlotte in 2019 to join Sanger Heart.

His hobbies include running, rowing and the Italian language.