George F. Sawaya, MD

Hendrix College, Conway, AR, BA, 1985, Organic Chemistry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, MD, 1990, Medicine
University of California San Francisco, Fellow, 1994-96, Clinical Research Methods and Biostatistics

• 1990-1994
  Resident, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
• 1994-1996
  Fellow, Clinical Research Training Program, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
• 1996-1997
  Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
• 1997-2003
  Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
• 2003-2005
  Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
• 2005-2009
  Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
• 2010-present
  Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco

• 2003
  Exceptional Education Contributions Award, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF
• 2007
  Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award, UCSF
• 2005-2009
  Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, UCSF
• 2010
  Essential Core Teaching Award: Commitment to Teaching, UCSF Class of 2012

• Sung HY, Kearney KA, Miller M, Kinney W, Sawaya GF, Hiatt RA: Pap smear history and diagnosis of invasive cervical cancer among members of a large prepaid health plan. Cancer 2000;88:2283-9.
• Sawaya GF, Grady D, Kerlikowske K, La Valleur J, Barnabei VM, Bass K, Snyder TE, Pickar JH, Agarwal S, Mandelblatt J: The positive predictive value of cervical smears in previously-screened postmenopausal women: the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS). Ann Intern Med 2000;133:942-950.
• Sawaya GF, Brown AD, Washington AE, Garber AM: Current approaches to cervical-cancer screening. N Engl J Med 2001;344:1603-1607.
• Sawaya, GF, McConnell KJ, Kulasingam SL, Myers ER, Kerlikowske K, Gildengorin G, Melnikow J, Lawson HW, Washington AE. Risk of cervical cancer associated with extending the interval between cervical-cancer screenings. N Engl J Med 2003:349;1501-9.
• Chan P, Sung H, Sawaya GF: Changes in cervical cancer incidence after 3 decades of screening U.S. women under age 30 years. Obstet Gynecol 2003;102:765-73.
• Sawaya GF. A 21-year-old woman with Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance Clinical Crossroads Series JAMA 2005 Nov 2;294(17):2210-8.
• Kulasingam SL, Myers ER, McConnell KJ, Kerlikowske K, Melnikow J, Lawson HW, Washington AE, Sawaya GF: Cost-effectiveness of extending cervical cancer screening intervals among women with prior normal Pap tests. Obstet Gynecol 2006 Feb;107(2):321-328.
• Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune K. HPV vaccination--more answers, more questions. N Engl J Med 2007 356;(19):1991-93.
• Huang AJ, Perez-Stable EJ, Kim SE, Wong S, Walsh JME, Kaplan CP, Iwaoka-Scott AY, Sawaya GF. Preferences for HPV testing with routine cervical cancer screening among diverse older women J Gen Intern Med 2008 May 28.
• Sawaya GF, Huang AJ, Perez-Stable EJ, Kim SE, Wong S, Iwaoka-Scott AY, Washington AE: Ending cervical cancer screening: attitudes and beliefs from ethnically diverse older women. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Jan;200(1):40.e1-7.
• Sawaya GF, Chirenje ZM, Magure TM, Tuveson JL, Ma Y, Shiboski SC, Da Costa MM, Palefsky JM, Moscicki AB, Mutasa RM, Chipato T, Smith-McCune KK: Effect of diaphragm and lubricant gel provision on human papillomavirus infection among women provided condoms. Obstet Gynecol 2008 112(5):990-997.
• Chan BKS, Melnikow J, Slee CA, Arellanes R, Sawaya GF: Post-treatment human papillomavirus testing for recurrent cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: a systematic review. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Jan 22.
• Fukuchi E, Sawaya GF, Chirenje M, Magure T, Tuveson J, Ma Y, Shiboski S, Da Costa M, Palefsky J, Moscicki AB, Makunike-Mutasa R, Chipato T, Smith-McCune KK Cervical human papillomavirus incidence and persistence in a cohort of HIV-negative women in Zimbabwe. Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Mar 17.
• Melnikow J, McGahan C, Sawaya GF, Ehlen T, Coldman A. Outcomes following treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: long-term follow-up from the British Columbia cohort study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2009 May 20;101(10):721-8.
• Sawaya GF. Cervical-cancer screening--new guidelines and the balance between benefits and harms. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 24;361(26):2503-5. Epub 2009 Nov 2