Jody Lynn Jenkins, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board-certified general surgeon who was appointed to the Board in March 2010. She graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed her clinical residency in General Surgery at New Britain General Hospital at the University of Connecticut.

Dr. Jenkins is currently in private practice as a general surgeon in Sierra Vista, Arizona, and has been affiliated with Sierra Vista Regional Health Center since 1996, where she recently completed a term as Vice Chief of Staff. It was at Sierra Vista Regional Health Center where Dr. Jenkins was named Physician of the Year in 2007 and Preceptor of the Year in 2009.

Dr. Jenkins is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona Department of Surgery, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Midwestern University. She is a member of the Fellow of American College of Surgeons, the Association of Women Surgeons, and the American Society of Breast Surgeons.