Patricia Aoun,

M.D., M.P.H.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology

Location: City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center - Duarte
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010

Specialties: Hematologic Oncology; Pathology

Education

Medical school:

Board Certifications

American Board of Pathology — Hematology
American Board of Pathology — Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Degrees

1992, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY, M.P.H.
1985, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, M.D.
1981, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, B.A., Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude

Fellowship

1997–1999, Fellowship: Hematopathology, Department of Pathology and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Residency

1993–1997, Department of Pathology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Internship

1985–1987, Intern and Assistant Resident, Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Professional Experience

2025-present, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2012–2025, Clinical Professor and Chief, Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2010–2012, Professor with Tenure, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
2006–2011, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
1999–2006, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
1998–1999, Assistant Instructor (Special), Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

About Me

Patricia Aoun, M.D. M.P.H., is professor emeritus in the Department of Pathology and is a member of the Toni Stephenson Lymphoma Center. A board-certified pathologist, Dr. Aoun came to City of Hope from the University of Nebraska in Omaha, where she was a tenured professor in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology.

Dr. Aoun graduated magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry and received her medical doctorate from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She went on to earn a Master of Public Health degree from the Columbia University School of Public Health in New York. Dr. Aoun then completed an internship in anatomic pathology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C, where she was honored by selection as chief resident. Dr. Aoun then went on to complete a fellowship in hematopathology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Board certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic and clinical pathology and hematopathology, Dr. Aoun has written numerous peer-reviewed publications and has presented her work at numerous national and international meetings. She’s also spent considerable time and effort teaching and mentoring, including as course director for numerous national courses in hematopathology sponsored by the Society of Hematopathology, the American Society for Clinical Pathology and others.

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