Joined Clinical Pathology Associates: 2020

Primary Service Location:

Clinical Pathology Laboratories

Board Certifications:

• Anatomical and Clinical Pathology (2017)
• Cytopathology (2018)

Areas of Interest:

• Cytopathology
• Gynecologic pathology

Fellowship:

• Cytopathology,  The University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco
• Surgical Pathology, The University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco

Residency:

• The University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco (AP/CP)

Medical School:

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Undergraduate Education:

The University of Texas at Austin

Publications:

• Ruiz J, Krings G, Sirohi D, Joseph NM, Hosfield E, Jacobs T, and Chen YY. Genomic profiling of pure apocrine carcinoma. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, 2017 (platform presentation).
• Ruiz J, Menke JR, Khanafshar E, and Ljung BM. Novel fine needle aspiration method for collecting abdominal fat pad cell block for amyloid testing. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, 2018 (poster session).
• Ruiz J, Tabatabai ZL, and Vohra P. Fine needle aspiration biopsy of primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma yields a higher percentage of tumor cells for molecular studies: a 5-year comparison study to needle core biopsy sampling. Abstracts of the American Society of Cytopathology 66th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2018 (poster session).
• Ng DL, Nishimura S, Deeks S, Ruiz J, Hunt P, Ung R, Hoh R, Tai V, Roan N, Milush J, and Vohra P. Quantification and viability assessment of cytopathologist-performed US-guided fine needle aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) of nonpalpable inguinal lymph nodes in HIV-positive patients. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, 2018 (poster session).