Originally from Ohio, Dr. Roode graduated from Wright State University with honors before his life-long desire and commitment to help people brought him to a career as a chiropractor. He was accepted into the National University of Health Sciences in Chicago to acquire his doctoral degree in chiropractic. Before graduating, Dr. Roode was chosen as one of only two interns to head the university’s brand new campus clinic in St. Petersburg, Florida. The other intern would later become Dr. Roode’s wife and also continues to practice as a chiropractor. They have been proudly treating patients in the Tampa Bay area ever since.