Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF
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sawayag@obgyn.ucsf.edu Box 0856, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0856 |
| EDUCATION | |
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Hendrix College, Conway, AR, BA, 1985, Organic Chemistry
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
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1990-1994 |
Resident, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco. |
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1994-1996 |
Fellow, Clinical Research Training Program, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco. |
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1996-1997 |
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco. |
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1997-2003 |
Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco. |
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2003-2005 |
Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco. |
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2005-present |
Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco. |
| HONORS & AWARDS | |
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1981-85 |
President's Medal, Hendrix College; Outstanding Senior Award, Hendrix College |
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1985-86 |
Thomas J. Watson Fellow (one year of post-graduate research in public health and tropical medicine - Europe and West Africa) |
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1989 |
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society, Vanderbilt University |
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1990-91 |
Julius R. Krevans Award for Clinical Excellence |
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1993 |
Outstanding Teaching Award for Medical Student Education |
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1994 |
Midwives' Consultant Award |
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1994 |
Association of Clinical Faculty Clinical Teaching Scholarship and Award |
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1994 |
James R. Green Memorial Award |
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1997 |
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists / Solvay Pharmaceuticals Research Award in Menopause |
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1997 |
The Rhoda Goldman Research Award, Mount Zion Health Systems |
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1998 |
Teaching Award, UCSF Medical School Class of 2000 "Excellence in Small Group Instruction" |
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2000 |
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Excellence in Teaching Award |
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2003 |
Exceptional Education Contributions Award, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF |
| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
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Kinney W, Sung H, Kearney K, Sawaya G, Miller M, Hiatt R: Missed opportunities for cervical cancer screening of HMO members developing invasive cervical cancer. Gynecologic Oncology 1998;71:428-30. | |
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Yaffe K, Sawaya G, Lieberburg I, Grady D. Estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women: effects on cognitive function and dementia. JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association 1998;279:688-95. | |
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Sawaya GF, Grimes D: New technologies in cervical cytology screening: a word of caution. Obstet Gynecol 1999; 94:307-10. | |
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Sawaya GF, Washington AE: ÒCervical cancer screening: which techniques should be used and why?Ó Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1999; 42:922-38 | |
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Brown J, Sawaya GF, Thom D, Grady D: Hysterectomy and urinary incontinence: a systematic review. Lancet 2000;356: 535-39. | |
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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. | |
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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 Int Med 2000;133:942-950. | |
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Sawaya GF, Kerlikowske K, Lee N, Gildengorin G, Washington AE: Frequency of cervical smear abnormalities within three years of normal cytology. Obstet Gynecol 2000;96:219-23. | |
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Sawaya GF, Sung H, Kearney K, Miller M, Kinney W, Mandelblatt J, Hiatt R: Advancing age and cervical cancer screening and prognosis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Soc 2001;49:1499-1504. | |
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Sawaya GF, Brown AD, Washington AE, Garber AM: Current approaches to cervical-cancer screening. New England Journal of Medicine 2001;344:1603-1607. | |
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Stewart F, Harper C, Ellertson C, Grimes DA, Sawaya GF, Trussell J: Clinical breast and pelvic examination requirements for hormonal contraception: current practice vs evidence. JAMA 2001;285:2232-2239. | |
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Sawaya GF, Harper C, Balistreri L, Boggess J, Darney P: Cervical neoplasia risk in women provided hormonal contraception without a Pap smear. Contraception 2001;63:57-60. | |
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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. New England Journal of Medicine 2003:349;1501-9. | |
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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. | |
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Kinney W, Sawaya GF, Sung H, Kearney K, Miller M, Hiatt R: Stage at diagnosis and mortality in patients diagnosed with adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma of the cervix as a consequence of cytologic screening. Acta Cytologica, 2003 Mar-Apr;47(2):167-71. | |
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Miller M, Sung H, Sawaya G, Kearney K, Kinney W, Hiatt R: Screening interval and risk of invasive squamous-cell cervical cancer: a case-control study among long-term members of a large prepaid health plan. Obstet Gynecol 2003;101;26-34. | |
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Sawaya GF. Should routine screening Pap smears be done on women over the age of 65? Archives of Internal Medicine. 2004;164:243-245. | |
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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. | |
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Saint M, Gildengorin G, Sawaya GF. Cervical cancer screening practices of United States physicians. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005;192/2:414-421. | |
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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. | |
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Smith-McCune KK, Tuveson JL, Rubin MM, Da Costa MM, Darragh TM, Shiboski SC, Van Der Pol B, Moscicki AB, Palefsky JM, Sawaya GF. Effect of Replens gel used with a diaphragm on tests for human papillomavirus and other lower genital tract infections. J Low Genit Tract Dis 2006 Oct;10(4):213-218. |
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1/25/07 |
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