Dr. Yuki Takasumi, Breast Pathologist

Dr. Yuki Takasumi is a staff pathologist at Saint John's Health Center with subspecialty interest in breast pathology and neuropathology. She completed medical school at Tufts University in 1995 followed by anatomic and clinical pathology residency at UCLA Medical Center in 1999. After surgical pathology fellowship at LAC + USC Medical Center, to supplement her focus on breast pathology, she spent time as a physician observer of expert breast pathologist Dr. David Page's consult service at Vanderbilt University. Similar time was spent at Stanford University Medical Center and Mayo Clinic Rochester consult services prior to joining the pathology group at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, CA in 2001. At Saint John's, she has been the lead pathologist for the breast section and supports activities such as Multidisciplinary Breast Tumor Board and the Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship program. She is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists. She is a member of the California Society of Pathologists and Los Angeles Society of Pathologists.