Biographical summary
Dr. Agarwal is a board-certified pathologist with expertise in Head and neck pathology, and Cytopathology. She completed an Anatomic Pathology (AP) residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, followed by a subspecialty surgical pathology fellowship/ instructorship in "Head and Neck pathology" at Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School and a
Cytopathology fellowship at University of California Medical Center San Francisco.
Dr. Agarwal's clinical focus is on diagnosis of head and neck related cancers such as salivary gland, thyroid, oral cavity and sinonasal cancers. Her research interests focus on investigating cancers of salivary gland, oral dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma, and thyroid neoplasms.
Interests
- Head and Neck pathology including Salivary gland cancers, thyroid neoplasms, oral cavity and sinonasal cancers.
- Cytopathology
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2018
Fellowship - CytopathologyUniversity of California San Francisco Medical Center
- 2017
Fellowship - Head and Neck PathologyMassachusetts General Hospital
- 2016
ResidentUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- 2011
Senior Resident - OncopathologyTate Memorial Hospital
- 2010
Diploma - Diplomat of National Board (AP/CP)National Institute of Pathology
- 2007
Diploma - Clinical Pathology (DCP) - AP/CPBJ Medical College, Pune University
- 2003
MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery GSVM Medical College, Kanpur University
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2018
CytopathologyAmerican Board of Pathology
- 2016
Anatomic PathologyAmerican Board of Pathology
Awards and honors
- 2022
Nominated for Presidential Teaching FellowUniversity of New Mexico
- 2020
First Place Resident Research Award to Dr. Antoinette Esce for our abstract, “Predicting Nodal Metastases in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Using Artificial Intelligence.” University of New Mexico Department of Surgery 6th Annual Research Symposium
- 2015
William P. Illig Award for Outstanding Resident ResearchDepartment of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- 2014
Best paper in Endocrine category, at the XXXth Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, 2014. Abstract: Thyroid micropapillary carcinoma: A 10-year institutional experience. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences center
- 2000
Honors in AnatomyBachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery India
Professional memberships
- 2024 - present
Chair, Membership Committee, Interprofessional Academy of EducatorsThe Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology
- 2024 - present
MemberPathology Residency Program, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Graduate Medical Education
- 2024 - present
Committee MemberSurgical Pathology Fellowship Program, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Graduate Medical Education
- 2023 - present
MentorMentor-Mentee program, American Society of Cytopathology
- 2022 - present
MemberSurgical Pathology Faculty Search Committee, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
- 2022 - present
MemberGrand Round Organizing Committee, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
- 2022
AppointeeCollege of American Pathologists
- 2021 - present
MemberAmerican Society of Cytopathology
- 2020 - present
FellowCollege of American Pathologists
- 2020 - 2021
Co-ChairResidency Recruitment Committee, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
- 2019 - present
Faculty DirectorHead and Neck Pathology Elective, University of New Mexico Hospital
- 2019 - present
Lead FacultyENT Integrated Educational Conference, University of New Mexico Hospital
- 2019 - present
Faculty LeadUndergraduate Health Sciences Enrichment Program, Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico Hospital
- 2019 - present
ChairCytopathology Fellowship, Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
- 2018 - 2019
Residency Program DirectorUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center
- 2018 - 2019
Faculty LeadHead and Neck Multidisciplinary Tumor Board, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- 2018 - 2019
LeadENT Pathology Team, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- 2018 - 2019
MemberClinical competency committee (CCC) for residents, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- 2018 - 2019
MemberGrand rounds organizing committee, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- 2018 - 2019
Site DirectorSurgical Pathology Rotation, Methodist University Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- 2018 - 2020
FellowCollege of American Pathologists
- 2014 - present
MemberUnited States and Canadian Association of Pathologists (USCAP)
Publications