Biography

Dr. Irma Oliva is a Texas native who pursued an undergraduate degree at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, prior to attending medical school at the University of Texas in Houston. She continued her combined anatomic and clinical pathology training at Emory University in Atlanta. She continued her training at University of California, Los Angeles, and completed a Cytopathology fellowship followed by a second fellowship in Surgical pathology with emphasis in gastrointestinal and liver pathology. Dr. Oliva is triple board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology as well as Cytopathology and began her practice at Ochsner in 2013.

Education and Training

Medical School

McGovern Medical School
Field of Study: medicine
Year Completed: 2007

University of Texas, Houston
Year Completed: 2007

Residency

Emory University
Field of Study: Anatomic/Clinical Pathology
Year Completed: 2011

Emory University
Year Completed: 2011

Fellowship

UCLA Medical Center
Field of Study: Surgical Pathology
Year Completed: 2013

UCLA Medical Center
Field of Study: Cytopathology
Year Completed: 2012

University of California - Los Angeles
Field of Study: Surgical Pathology
Year Completed: 2013

Certifications

American Board of Pathology - Pathology