[8] She received her Doctor of Dental Surgery from the Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1980,Note 1 and completed her residency at Riely Children's Hospital in 1982.

[4] Upon accepting her commission, Wagner was assigned to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms.

[4] As a rear admiral, she held many senior leadership positions in the navy, including a tour as the 36th Chief of Naval Dental Corps.

She won the Ann Page Griffin Humanitarian Award in 2016 for her "outstanding commitment to alleviating suffering and improving the oral health of under-served populations.

[22][2] ^Note 1 : Carol I. Turner, a prior Chief of the United States Navy Dental Corps is also an alumnus of the Indiana University School of Dentistry.

^Note 2 : eMSM stands for enhanced Multi-Service Market, and is a geographic region served my multiple medical facilities from different services.