• Department of Pathology
  • Pathology Staff
• Department of Laboratory Medicine
  • Laboratory Medicine Staff
• Affiliated Hospitals
  • Moffitt-Long
  • Mount Zion Medical Center
  • San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • San Francisco General
• Faculty
  • Pathology
  • Laboratory Medicine

Research and Clinical Interests

My clinical service is in cytopathology, particularly, fine needle aspiration and cytology of lesions of soft tissue, breast, pancreas.

One of my ongoing research projects is a retrospective analysis of archival fine needle aspirate (FNA) biopsy smears, cell blocks and corresponding surgical tissue (when available), performed over the last 10 years, to determine the false positive and false negative rates and hence the accuracy, specificity and sensitivity of soft tissue FNA biopsy.

Selected Publications

• A. Raza, Y. Wang, G. Iezza G., A Kurwa, A. Prasad, C. Curriere, T.S. Greaves, C. Cobb. Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies of the Breast Lesion: An Analysis of 1028 Aspirates. Am J Clin Pathol Sept 2003;120:15

• Assistant Clinical Professor
• Pathology

Specialty Area

Cytopathology

Contact Information

• gioia.iezza@ucsf.edu
• Phone: 415-353-7336

• 1600 Divisadero Street, Room R200
• San Francisco, CA 94115