Jaclyn Watkins, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
Pathology Residency Program Director
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Specialties
Pathology
Pathology - Gynecologic
Pathology - Obstetric
Department
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Clinical Interests
Dr. Jaclyn Watkins is a surgical pathologist with sub-specialty expertise in gynecological and obstetrical pathology. She takes a special clinical and research interest in lesions of the lower female genital tract, particularly those of the vulva. Dr. Watkins also serves as the Residency Program Director of the UC Davis pathology residency program.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Watkins' research interests include benign, pre-neoplastic, and neoplastic diseases of the female genital tract, with particular interests in vulvar pathology, benign ovarian pathology, and endometriosis.
Division
Anatomic Pathology
Undergraduate School
B.S., Biological Sciences, Cornell, 2008
Medical School
M.D., UCSF, 2013
Other School
M.S., Health and Medical, UC Berkeley, 2011
Residency
Anatomic Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2013-2016
Fellowship
Women's and Perinatal Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2015-2016
Fellowship
Surgical Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2016-2017
Parra-Herran C, Nucci MR, Singh N, Rakislova N, Howitt BE, Hoang L, Gilks CB, Bosse T, Watkins JC. HPV-independent, p53-wild-type vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia: a review of nomenclature and the journey to characterize verruciform and acanthotic precursor lesions of the vulva. Mod Pathol. 2022 Oct;35(10):1317-1326.
Watkins JC, Young RH. Müllerian Mucinous Cystadenomas of the Ovary: A Report of 25 Cases of an Unheralded Benign Ovarian Neoplasm Often Associated With Endometriosis and a Brief Consideration of Neoplasms Arising From theLatter. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2022 Jan 1;41(1):68-75.
Boyraz B, Tajiri R, Alwaqfi RR, Paula ADC, Ye Q, Nielsen GP, Hung YP, Oliva E, Weigelt B, Hisaoka M, Watkins JC. Vulvar angiomyofibroblastoma is molecularly defined by recurrent MTG1-CYP2E1 fusions. Histopathology. 2022 Dec;81 (6):841-846.
Watkins JC, Torous VF, Roberts DJ. Defining Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Placentitis. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2021 Nov 1;145(11):1341-1349.
Hirsch MS, Watkins J. A Comprehensive Review of Biomarker Use in the Gynecologic Tract Including Differential Diagnoses and Diagnostic Pitfalls. Adv Anat Pathol. 2020 May;27(3):164-192.
Hirsch MS, Watkins J. A Comprehensive Review of Biomarker Use in the Gynecologic Tract Including Differential Diagnoses and Diagnostic Pitfalls. Adv Anat Pathol. 2020 May;27(3):164-192.
Watkins JC, Howitt BE, Horowitz NS, Ritterhouse LL, Dong F, MacConaill LE, Garcia E, Lindeman NI, Lee LJ, Berkowitz RS, Nucci MR, Crum CP. Differentiated exophytic vulvar intraepithelial lesions are genetically distinct from keratinizing squamous cell carcinomas and contain mutations in PIK3CA. Mod Pathol. 2017 Mar;30(3):448-458.