Dr. Macario Ruiz Vazquez, MD

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Get to know Pathologist Dr. Macario Ruiz Vazquez, who serves patients in Pine Grove, California.

A seasoned pathologist specializing in addiction medicine and opioid addiction, Dr. Vazquez sees patients at Integrative Medical Solutions in Pine Grove, California.

Before embarking on his professional journey, he earned his medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in 1983. He then went on to complete his residency in anatomic & clinical pathology at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 1986.

Pathology is a branch of medicine that involves the study and diagnosis of diseases through direct gross and microscopic tissue analyses (e.g. of biopsies). Pathologists also analyze various body fluids (e.g. blood) and whole bodies (autopsies). Pathologists are physicians who specialize in the diagnosis of diseases using laboratory methods.

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