Residents & Alumni

Sally hails from small-town Lula, Georgia. Growing up in a medically underserved region, she has always been passionate about health care delivery for disenfranchised populations. At Harvard College, she spearheaded the joint medical/public health hybrid brigade model through medical missions to Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua. In the field, she organized teams of ~40 students in public health initiatives such as the construction of septic tanks and latrines, triaging patients awaiting evaluation by supervising physicians, and developing curricula for community public health workshops. During her gap years at Columbia University, she directed a Phase II clinical trial studying a novel therapeutic drug for Stargardt Disease, a rare inherited retinal dystrophy, and she investigated the application of CRISPR in cell and mouse models to slow progression of genetic conditions like Retinitis Pigmentosa. In medical school, she was selected to pursue the combined MD/MBA program, where she served as the MD/MBA Club Co-President and Vocal Director of the Harvard Business School Show, a student-written and -produced annual musical. In her free time, Sally enjoys practicing guitar, biking, playing frisbee, exploring restaurants in Boston with her fiancé, and playing with their puppy, Lula, named in honor of her hometown.

Lucas Reckard-Mota, MD 

Jeslyn Rodriguez, MD 

Albany Medical College  

Jeslyn’s hometown is Miami, FL. She graduated from Albany Medical College. Jeslyn graduated magna cum laude from Florida International University where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biological sciences and second major in interdisciplinary studies. During medical school, Jeslyn spent time advocating for marginalized communities and for improved access to healthcare. She was the recipient of Albany Medical College’s Underrepresented Student Alliance’s Student Impact Award, and also was nominated for the Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians Award. Jeslyn has had many leadership roles in medical school, including serving as the Admissions Ranking Committee Voting Student member, the co-founder of their chapter of Socially Responsible Surgery, the President of the Underrepresented Student Alliance, Vice-President of the Medical Student Pride Alliance, Vice- President of LMSA, and as social chair of SNMA. She has also developed her interest in education, serving as an Allyship Research Assistant, through which she co-developed workshops for students on the concepts and practical aspects of allyship, and as a health equity group facilitator. Her efforts have also yielded several publications and presentations. Jeslyn practices Judo. Her other hobbies include playing guitar, cooking, hiking, wine tasting and reading. 

Lisa Kojima, MD 

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 

Lisa’s hometown is Weston, MA. She graduated from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM) of Case Western Reserve University. Lisa also obtained a Masters in Clinical Research in from Case Western Reserve University. Lisa graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Chemical and Biological Engineering as a major emphasis with a minor emphasis in Biomedical Engineering. In between college and medical school, she worked as a research assistant in the lab of Dr. James Markmann at MGH. She has pursued extensive research during medical school through the CCF Center for Value-based care and also through the CCF Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute. From these efforts, she has multiple publications and presentations. She was the recipient of the Early Career Investigator Award for the AASLD in 2021. In medical school, Lisa has served as the medical student representative on the Curriculum Review Committee and on the Diversity Dinner Steering Committee and she is a student leader in the Christian Medical and Dental Association. She has also engaged in teaching during medical school, working as a preceptor and a teaching assistant in several courses. Lisa taught herself to code in R. Her other interests include weightlifting, playing guitar and improving ambidexterity.