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  • UC San Diego Medical Center
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    200 W. Arbor Drive
    San Diego, CA 92103
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About Andres Roma, MD

Andres Roma, MD, is a board-certified pathologist who studies cells and tissues from biopsies or surgical specimens to investigate diseases and define their extent. Dr. Roma has a special interest in gynecological pathology, with a focus on genitourinary pathology, breast tumors, and soft tissue/sarcoma lesions.

Dr. Roma is a professor in the Department of Pathology at UC San Diego School of Medicine and serves as associate director of Surgical Pathology and medical director of the immunohistochemistry laboratory. His research focuses on endocervical carcinoma and how to predict risk of lymph node metastatic in patients with these tumors. His work has been published in journals such as Pathology, American Journal of Surgical Pathology, and Diagnostic Histopathology, among many others.

Before joining UC San Diego Health, Dr. Roma served as a staff pathologist and associate professor at Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Roma completed a gynecologic pathology fellowship at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and served as chief resident at Cleveland Clinic. He earned his medical degree from the Buenos Aires University School of Medicine in Argentina.

Dr. Roma is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology. He serves on the Immunohistochemistry Steering Committee and the Pathology Residency Steering Committee at UC San Diego Health and is the website chair of the International Society of Gynecological Pathology. In 2018, Dr. Roma was the recipient of the Hispanic Center of Excellence Faculty Scholar Award.

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Insurance Information
UC San Diego Health accepts most major health insurance plans, but you should verify that your plan covers this provider and all services and locations. The information in the link below does not apply to affiliate providers, who are not employed by UC San Diego Health.
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Medical Degree

  • Buenos Aires University School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Residency

  • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Fellowship

  • The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Gender

  • Male

Date Joined Staff

  • 2016-06-15

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pathology
  • Anatomic/Pathology - Clinical

Conditions and Treatments

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Genitourinary Pathology
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Soft Tissue Sarcoma
  • Gynecological Pathology
Insurance Information
UC San Diego Health accepts most major health insurance plans, but you should verify that your plan covers this provider and all services and locations. The information in the link below does not apply to affiliate providers, who are not employed by UC San Diego Health.
Health Insurance Plans Accepted
Open Payments Program Notification
For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.
View Open Payments data for Dr. Roma