Dr. Rodgers is the Research Director at Spine Midwest. She graduated from the precollege division of the Juilliard School of Music and the George School and and then went on to Yale University where she graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Biology from Yale University and a Masters in Music form the Yale School of Music. Dr Rodgers is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.Dr. Rodgers retired from a rewarding 15 year clinical practice of plastic surgery. She has served as President of the Missouri Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and as President of the Cole County Medical Society. She is a member of the Development Board of Yale University, the Development Advisory Board of the George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania, and the National Board of Advisors of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.

Dr. Rodgers research focuses on spine.