Our Team
Jena Ruxer, MD
SPA OWNER
Originally from Murray, Dr. Ruxer completed medical school and her residency in Louisville, moving to Paducah in 2014. She worked as a hospitalist in Louisville and for a while in Paducah. She now devotes 100% of her time to her med spa practice. Since her move to this area, Dr. Ruxer has rapidly aligned herself as one of our region’s premier Medical Spa Physicians. After successfully establishing her Paducah practice of Jena Ruxer MD Medical Spa Services, in 2019 she additionally acquired Medical Spa Seven, the area’s most established medspa (est 2004). She combined the two practices and their broad scope of services in 2022 to better serve her patients in one convenient location, now known as Ruxer Med Spa. As a female MD spa owner, she has a special insight into women’s needs and concerns. And as her medspa practice is her full-time focus rather than a part time venture, it allows her to keep her skills perfected and provide more scheduling availability and flexibility. She welcomes new patients to the practice.
Shelby Smothers
RN, APRN
Shelby is from Paducah and graduated with her nursing degree from Western Kentucky University. She has been an RN since 2011 with her Masters in Nursing Education and received her APRN in 2024. Shelby is very experienced in Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, but has always dreamed of furthering her career in aesthetics. She is a trained injector under Dr. Ruxer as well as a technician in some of our more advanced medspa technologies. Her hobbies include enjoying the outdoors, travel, and all fitness.
Crissy Henson
Lead Aesthetician
Crissy has been in the aesthetics industry since 2000 and is one of our area’s most well known aestheticians. She graduated from Jon Nave University of Esthetics in Nashville, TN. Crissy began her career at Body Enhancement Center in Nashville before moving to Paducah to train under Dr. Peter Ward at Lifeworks Aesthetics. She began working at Medical Spa Seven (now Ruxer Medspa) since their opening in 2004. She specializes in Hydrafacials, Collagen Induction Therapy/Microneedling, Chemical Peels, Acne Therapy, Body Contouring and Lasers. Crissy stays at the forefront of the latest industry techniques with continuous training with each service’s company, including advanced laser training in Atlanta, Chicago and Las Vegas. Her spare time is spent with her dog Romeo.
Heather Helton
Aesthetician
Heather was with our previous location, Medical Spa Seven, for fourteen years, and a dedicated aesthetician since 2006. She hails from North Carolina and is the proud mom of four beautiful children, three of which are triplets! Heather specializes in Skin Care, Hydrafacials, Collagen induction therapy, Microneedling, Diamond Tone microdermabrasion, and Chemical peels. She feels so blessed to be a professional in a career she is truly passionate about. She enjoys hiking with her family and loves to take off for the beach.
Shelli Overly
Spa Coordinator
A California native, Shelli received her cosmetology license at 18 years old from Estes Institute of Cosmetology and has received additional training at Carlton Hair International in LA and Vidal Sassoon in Santa Monica. She has extensive experience in the beauty industry, working at many well known salons in Southern California as well as styling for live productions and on camera work. She additionally holds a certificate in dental assisting. In her free time she enjoys exploring Kentucky with her husband, stepson, and their three fur babies.
Heather Yates
DIRECTOR OF PATIENT EXPERIENCES
Heather was born and raised in Paducah. She not only works for Dr. Ruxer, but has been her long time patient since Dr. Ruxer started her first practice. With her Medical Assistant training, Heather loves helping patients prep for their procedures and it makes her day knowing she’s helping people feel their best about themselves. When she is not working, she’s either dreaming of her next vacation, playing poker with her girlfriends, or spending time at home with her cats.