Jessica Wang-Rodriguez MD

Summary

• Dr. Jessica Wang-Rodriguez is a San Diego-based pathologist with subspecialties in Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Molecular Genetics, Transplantation Immunology, and Anatomic Pathology. She completed her residency in Pathology at the University of California (San Diego) Medical Center and graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine in 1990. Since 2011, she has served as Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services at the VISN22, Desert Pacific Healthcare Network, and as a Professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine since 2007. Since 2021, she is the executive director of the national Pathology and Laboratory Medicine program office at the Department of Veteran's Affairs. Her expertise includes neoplasm staging, cancer vaccines, and neoplastic stem cells. Dr. Wang-Rodriguez has authored several publications related to various topics, including STI screening, potential biomarkers in thyroid carcinoma, and genomic surveillance for COVID-19. She is also involved in clinical trials for prostate cancer vaccines.