Sara R. Avalos Hernandez, MD

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP
Call 800-789-7366
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

My education and training

  • Medical School: National Autonomous University of Honduras Faculty of Medical Sciences
  • Residency: USA Health University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Stony Brook University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Moffitt Cancer Center

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Avalos Hernandez is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Avalos Hernandez, S., Hu, T., Dumoff, K., Vickery, J., Bleiweiss, I., Nayak, A. Clinicopathologic Spectrum of Cystic Hypersecretory Breast Lesions and Ki-67 Index Analysis , Laboratory Investigation, 106: 2026

Tondi Resta, I., Hu, t., Dumoff, k., Vickery, J., Avalos Hernandez, S., Bleiweiss, I., Nayak, A. Tubulopapillary Carcinomas of the Breast: Histopathologic Features, Immunohistochemical Staining with p16, p53, and SOX10, and Molecular Finding , Laboratory Investigation, 105(Issue 3): 2025

Avalos Hernandez, S., Hu, T., Dumoff, K., Vickery, J., Bleiweiss, I., Nayak, A. Invasive Lobular Carcinoma with Extracellular Mucin (ILCEM) Presenting at Distant Metastases and Recurrences May Exhibit Triple Negative Phenotype , Laboratory Investigation, 105(Issue 3): 2025

Avalos Hernandez S, Liu L, Truskinovsky A Ki-67 Index Counting: A New Semiautomated Method , Laboratory Investigation, 103: 2023

Knowles KJ, Avalos SR, Shi M, Parwani A, Holloway AR, Keel CE. Rhabdomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder in an adult: Case report and review of the literature , Urol Case Rep, 45(no issue): 2022,102169

Avalos HS, Manci E, Mulekar M, Finnegan A, Barui S, Galliani C, Kelly D, Herrera GA. Congenital granular cell epulis: 24 new cases with more differences than similarities to granular cell tumor , Ultrastruct Pathol, 46(4): 2022,388-400

Avalos Hernandez S, Smelley C, Turbat-Herrera E, Ramirez-Alcantara V, Ozcelik Y, Campbell Moore P, Herrera G, Wei E, del Pozo-Yauner L Studying p53 Aggregation in Breast cancer with Conformation-Sensitive Antibodies , Mod Pathol, 35(Supplement 2): 2022,85

Sandoval C, Araujo G, Sosa W, Avalos S, Silveira F, Corbett C, Zúniga C, Laurenti M. In situ cellular immune response in non-ulcerated skin lesions due to Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi infection , J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis, 27(no issue): 2021,e20200149

Avalos SR, Anderson SA, Dal Zotto VL Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Colitis: A Case Series , Am J Clin Pathol , 154(Supplement_1): 2020,S63-S64

Fnu S, Liu SS, Avalos SR, Elkadi O Basal Ganglia Intracranial Mixed Germ Cell Tumor With Predominance of Yolk Sac Component , Am J Clin Pathol, 154(Supplement_1): 2020,S46–S47