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Raquel T. Yokoda, M.D.

  1. Pathologist

Raquel Teixeira Yokoda, M.D., is a physician in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She is board-certified in Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology and has additional expertise in gastrointestinal, liver, and eye pathology.

Dr. Yokoda completed her pathology residency at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, followed by subspecialty fellowship training in Neuropathology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Prior to residency, she completed a Transplant Hepatology fellowship at Mayo Clinic.

Her clinical practice focuses on the diagnosis of diseases involving the brain, gastrointestinal tract, and liver, as well as ocular pathology. She is dedicated to providing accurate and timely diagnostic care that supports patients and their clinical teams. As a physician-scientist, her research centers on epithelial–mesenchymal transition modulation in intracranial tumors and metastatic disease, with an emphasis on biomarker discovery and therapeutic development.

  • Neuropathology
  • Brain tumors
  • Gastrointestinal and liver pathology
  • Metastatic disease
  1. 2024
    Fellowship - NeuropathologyIcahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System
  2. 2022
    Chief Resident - Anatomic PathologyAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
  3. 2022
    Residency - Anatomic PathologyAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
  4. 2018
    Research Fellow - Basic Research, OncologyDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine
  5. 2005
    MDFaculdade de Medicina de Marilia

Certifications

  1. 2024
    NeuropathologyAmerican Board of Pathology
  2. 2024
    Anatomic PathologyAmerican Board of Pathology

Awards and honors

  1. 2023
    Mamoru Kaneko AwardDepartment of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-based Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  2. 2022
    Leo Davidoff Society Award for Outstanding Teaching of Medical StudentsMontefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  3. 2022
    Montefiore Medical Center Resident Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching of ResidentsMontefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  4. 2022
    Alpha Omega Alpha Member InductionAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
  5. 2019
    Travel Award, 2019 WorkshopNIH/NIDDK National Minority Research Investigators
  6. 2019
    ScholarshipNetwork of Minority Research Investigators at the NIH/NIDDK Workshop, Bethesda
  7. 2018
    ScholarshipPancreatic and Hepato-Biliary Cancer Symposium, Phoenix, Mayo Clinic
  8. 2017
    ScholarshipPancreatic and Hepato-Biliary Cancer Symposium, Phoenix, Mayo Clinic
  9. 2009
    Marilia City Assembly Honors Congratulations for the Humanitarian Mission in Mozambique in 2007Marilia City Assembly, Marilia/S.P. Brazil
  10. 2004
    Scholarship - Ethics in Primary CareSao Paulo Medical Council, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  11. 1995
    Full Three-Year Scholarship - MathematicsCentro Integrado Objetivo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Professional memberships

  1. 2022
    Inducted MemberAlpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
  2. 2022 - 2024
    Appointed MemberHistocompatibility and Identity Testing Committee, College of American Pathologists
  3. 2022 - 2024
    Executive Board Member-at-largeTransplant and Regenerative Medicine Community of Practice, American Society of Transplantation
  4. 2022 - 2024
    Board of DirectorsTransplant and Regenerative Medicine Community of Practice, American Society of Transplantation
  5. 2022
    VolunteerSee Test and Treat, CAP Foundation, Pathology, Gynecology and Radiology Departments, Montefiore Medical Center
  6. 2021
    VolunteerSee Test and Treat, CAP Foundation, Pathology, Gynecology and Radiology Departments, Montefiore Medical Center
  7. 2020 - present
    MemberAmerican Association of Neuropathologists
  8. 2020 - present
    MemberAmerican Association for Cancer Research
  9. 2020 - present
    MemberUnited States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
  10. 2020 - present
    MemberCollege of American Pathologists
  11. 2020 - present
    MemberAssociation for Molecular Pathology
  12. 2020 - present
    MemberAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
  13. 2020 - present
    MemberAmerican Transplant Society
  14. 2020 - present
    MemberAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  15. 2020 - present
    MemberRodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society
  16. 2016 - 2017
    MemberLeadership Development Committee, Notredame Intermedica Health Care
  17. 2016 - 2017
    MemberJoint Commission Pre-Inspection Committee, Notredame Intermedica Health Care
  18. 2016 - 2017
    Medical-Legal AnalystHospital N.S. Rosario, Notredame Intermedica Health Care
  19. 2016 - 2017
    Chief of StaffEmergency Department, Hospital Santa Cecilia, Notredame Intermedica Health Care
  20. 2016 - 2017
    Chief of StaffEmergency Department, Hospital N.S. Rosario, Notredame Intermedica Health Care
  21. 2014 - 2015
    ChampionPhysicians' Projects Lean Six Sigma, Project Management Office, Prevent Senior Health Care
  22. 2013 - 2014
    MemberMedical Committee, Quality Improvement Task, Prevent Senior Health Care
  23. 2013 - 2014
    MemberJoint Commission Pre-Inspection Committee, Prevent Senior Health Care
  24. 2010 - 2012
    ChairEthics Committee, Hospital Vitoria, Amil Private Health Care
  25. 2010 - 2012
    MemberQuality Assurance of Medical Records Committee, Hospital Vitoria, Amil Private Health Care
  26. 2010 - 2012
    MemberDeath Certificate Quality Control, Mortality Investigation Committee, Hospital Vitoria, Amil Private Health Care
  27. 2008 - 2010
    MemberPediatric HIV Core Package (Brussels, Belgium), Advisory Committee, Doctors Without Borders
  28. 2008 - 2010
    MemberHIV in Poor Resource Settings (Brussels, Belgium), Advisory Committee, Doctors Without Borders

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