Rita Driggers, M.D. attended medical school at the University of Tennessee followed by residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Uniformed Services Residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. She then completed fellowship training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., which was followed by 14 years of service in the U.S. Navy. During the majority of her time in the Navy, Dr. Driggers was stationed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where she served as Chief of Obstetrics and Director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division as well as Associate Residency Program Director.

Upon leaving the Navy, Dr. Driggers joined the faculty at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., serving as the Program Director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Driggers is currently Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and has served as the Medical Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital for the past ten years.