Dr. Penichet recently joined APMG and has been the Laboratory Medical Director at communities Alta Hospitals (LACH, SCHH, Norwalk) for the past 8 years. She received her medical degree from La Habana Medical Sciences Institute, Cuba in 1990. She is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, with subspecialty board certification in Cytopathology. Dr. Penichet completed AP/CP residency and surgical pathology fellowship at Harbor-UCLA (2006); and Cytopathology fellowship at UCLA (2007). Her areas of interest include cytology, breast and gastrointestinal pathology. Dr. Penichet now serves as a staff pathologist at Alta hospitals and Southern California hospital at Culver City and SCH-Hollywood.