Jennifer M. Smith, MD, FCAP

Biography

Assistant Professor

Clinical Science

Dr. Jennifer M. Smith is an associate cytopathologist with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Dr. Smith helps students understand the science of cytopathology and how to apply it in treatment scenarios. She has served as an assistant professor at Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Education and Training

Degrees: BS, University of California, Davis
MD, Drexel University College of Medicine

Residency: Resident, anatomic and clinical pathology, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center

Fellowship: Fellow, surgical (selective) pathology, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Fellow, cytopathology, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center

Professional Positions

Resident Clinical Instructor: Keck School of Medicine of USC; 2009-2014

Resident Clinical Instructor: University of Southern California School of Pharmacy; 2011-2012

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology: Keck School of Medicine of USC; 2014-2016

Staff Pathologist: TOPA Diagnostics; 2016-2018

Associate Cytopathologist: Southern California Permanente Medical Group; 2018-present

Honors and Awards

Richard Shuman Award: Drexel University College of Medicine; 2008

Fellow: College of American Pathologists; 2012-present

Scholarly Activities

Peer-reviewed research manuscripts

Murray C, Marchan J, Ozel Bora, Ozel Begum: Bladder wall hamartoma: A case report. Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery. 2015 January-February; 21(1):8-10. PMID: 25185623
Murray C, Marchan J, Safadi S, Whitman S, Chmait R: Chlorhexidine gluconate versus povidone iodine for skin disinfection at cesarean section: a randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2015 March; 28(5):573-7. PMID: 24849000
Yung E, Sy M, Chandrasoma P, Smith J: Well differentiated lipoma-like liposarcoma arising from a pulmonary hamartoma: an uncommon presentation of two otherwise typical lesions. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2015 October.
Smith J, Garcia A, Zhang R, DeMeester S, Vallone J, Chandrasoma P: Intestinal metaplasia is present in most if not all patients who have undergone endoscopic mucosal resection for esophageal adenocarcinoma. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2016 April; 40(4):537-43. PMID: 26813746
Yung EE, Smith JM, Thiruvengadam NR, Chandrasoma PT. 70 Percet of Average-Risk Persons of Screening Age Have Colon Adenomas-ADR in a Community Cohort with Biopsies Read by Academic GI Pathologists. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.2017, 85 (5S): AB-394-5.