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Josephine Aguilar-Jakthong MD FCAP

Anatomic Pathologist

El Dorado Pathology Medical Group 

CureRays Partnering Physician

Josephine Aguilar-Jakthong MD FCAP

Anatomic Pathologist

Dr. Jakthong is an anatomic and clinical pathologist at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and cytopathology. She completed her residency and cytopathology fellowship at the David Geffen school of medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA where she served as chief resident in her final year. She has presented numerous abstracts and presentations at the College of American pathologists (CAP), United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) and American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) meetings. Her professional interests include fine needle aspirations, specifically in Thyroid pathology. In addition to general surgical pathology sign out, she is proficient at performing ultrasound and palpation-guided fine needle aspirations as well as on-site adequacy assessments.

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Education
  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

    • MD, 2014

  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

    • Residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2014-2018

    • Chief Resident, 2018

  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

    • Fellowship in Cytopathology, 2018-2019

Board Certification
  • Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

  • Cytopathology

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