She joined the department in 2013 as a comprehensive ophthalmologist and glaucoma specialist. Dr. Rhodes is also involved in clinical research, and her interests include understanding and developing new strategies, such as provider extenders and telemedicine, to provide quality, cost-effective glaucoma care to a rapidly growing aging population. She graduated with honors from Brown University and then obtained her medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She completed an ophthalmology residency and a glaucoma fellowship at UAB. She has an interest in advocating for ophthalmology and her patients and as such, serves on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology as well as on the Young Ophthalmologist Advocacy Subcommittee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.