Bret Gilbert, MS4

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Oregon Health and Science University

Bret Gilbert grew up in Salem, Oregon, with a childhood defined by a love of sports (basketball, football, and track), Pokémon, and video games. In 9th grade, a freshman health teacher showed a video of an ACL repair surgery and the interest for a career in medicine was born.

 Initially unable to afford to attend university, he took some time away from academics working at a fitness center alongside the personal training staff, helping a friend to grow their small business professional cleaning company, and working summers in Kenai, Alaska, as a commercial salmon fisherman.

After returning to school in 2015, while working part-time and in the summers to help pay tuition, Bret graduated from University of Oregon in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in general science and a minor in chemistry. During his time at UO, he discovered a love of teaching through tutoring biology, held a leadership position in the Native American Student Union, and was able to use his experience as a non-traditional student to be a mentor for younger scholars. In 2019, he completed a post-baccalaureate program through the Native American Center of Excellence at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, and joined the MD class there the following year.

With special interests in wilderness, lifestyle, and integrative medicine, Bret is passionate about building relationships and practicing medicine in a way that always prioritizes the patient’s values and personal goals, making rural family medicine a perfect fit. When not working, you can find Bret on the golf course, at the bowling alley, on the Peloton, or spending quality time with family and friends.

Devin Rojas, MS4

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Oregon Health & Science University

Devin grew up in Keno, Oregon, just outside of Klamath Falls. He attended Henley High School where he wrestled and did JROTC. For college he attended Duke University, Pratt School of Engineering and majored in Biomedical Engineering. Directly out of college he was commissioned into the US Navy through the school’s ROTC program. He deployed twice, participating in beach assaults, Air and Missile Defense, and Submarine Hunting. After his time in the Navy, he returned to Klamath Falls to refresh his memory at Oregon Institute of Technology, where he also taught a 100-level General Chemistry Lab Course.  

During COVID and the didactic portion of Medical school, he served as the Director of Education for TEACH, Together Educating All Children in Hospitals, a nationwide program started in Philadelphia to bring STEM lessons and demonstrations to inpatient children.  

While in medical school he focused on his passions of rural medicine, family medicine, mentoring, and community outreach especially to rural students and those underrepresented in medicine.   

He is joined in Klamath Falls by his wife, Alyona, and their two dogs, Caramel, the Boxer mix, and Ohohtnik, the Corgi.