8 fast facts on the leadership team of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush

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Marcus Robertson -

Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush is the No. 6 orthopedics center in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. Here are eight fast facts on three of its executives:

Mary Rodts, DNP, MSN, BSN: CEO and COO

1. Dr. Rodts was named COO of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in November 2011, and she's been with the company since December 2006. Before that, she was a nurse practitioner and practice administrator at Rush's now-defunct Orthopaedics & Scoliosis office for 31 years, from July 1975 to December 2006.

2. She is a professor at Rush University's college of nursing and editor of the journal Orthopaedic Nursing.

3. Dr. Rodts earned her bachelor's in nursing from Loyola University Chicago, her master's and doctoral degrees from Chicago-based Rush University, and her master's degree in business administration from South Bend, Ind.-based University of Notre Dame.

Renée Glanzman: Chief compliance officer and director of patient access

4. Ms. Glanzman has occupied her role as the CCO for Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush for seven years. She was named the director of patient access in April 2017 and has been with Rush in a professional capacity since October 2011.

5. She earned her bachelor's degree in community health from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2010 and her master's degree in health systems management from Rush University in 2013.

Ed Dufour: Chief technology officer 

6. Mr. Dufour has been the CTO for Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush for nearly five years, having been appointed in January 2017. 

7. He previously served for one year as CIO for insurer MyCare Chicago and for 15 years as the director of information services at Elmhurst (Ill.) Memorial Healthcare.

8. Mr. Dufour earned his bachelor's degree in computer science from Lisle, Ill.-based Benedictine University in 1990.

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