Percy Rogers was a doctor for over fifty years, until his retirement in 2016. Specialising in obstetrics, he worked at the Royal Women's Hospital and helped establish its family birthing centre. While running his general practice in Coburg, Percy tutored in the pathology department at the Melbourne School of Medicine. He also worked as a health officer for the Coburg City Council, improving health standards in schools and childcare centres, and as a medical officer in Papua New Guinea, the Cocos Keeling Islands and Arnhem Land.