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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
A. EUGENE WASHINGTON, MD

Executive Vice Chancellor; Professor and Chair, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; and Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco

CONTACT

wash@chanoff.ucsf.edu
(415) 476-2564 (voice)
(415) 476-1811 (fax)

Box 0132, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0132

EDUCATION

Howard University, B.S., 1972, Zoology
University of California, Berkeley, M.P.H., 1975, Epidemiology
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, M.D., 1976, Medicine
Harvard University, M.Sc., 1978, Health Policy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1976-1977

Intern, Flexible Program, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Staten Island, NY

1977-1979

Resident, Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Harvard University

1981-1986

Assistant to Director, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

1983-1986

Policy Scholar, Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS), School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

1985-1987

Assistant Director, Clinical Epidemiology Program, IHPS and Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Medicine, UCSF

1986-1989

Resident, Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Stanford University

1989-1990

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, UCSF

1989-1993

Co-Director, Center for Reproductive Health Policy Research, IHPS and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF

1990-1994

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, UCSF

1993-present

Director, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, IHPS, School of Medicine, UCSF

1994-present

Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, UCSF

1994-1996

Chief, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center

1996-present

Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF

1997-present

Director, UCSF/Stanford Evidence-based Practice Center

2004-present

Executive Vice Chancellor, University of California, San Francisco

HONORS & AWARDS

1986

Outstanding Service Medal, U.S. Public Health Service, for distinguished research leading to the establishment of national prevention and control policy for Chlamydia trachomatis infections.

1988-1989

Outstanding Resident of the year, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Stanford University.

1993

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Alumnus Member, University of California, San Francisco.

1997

Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Washington AE, Browner WS, Korenbrot CC: Cost-effectiveness of combined treatment for endocervical gonorrhea: Considering co-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. JAMA 1987;257:2056-2060.

Arevalo JA, Washington AE: Cost-effectiveness of perinatal screening and immunization for Hepatitis B Virus. JAMA 1988;256:365-369.

Randolph AG, Washington AE: Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in Adolescent Males: A cost-based decision analysis. Am J Public Health 1990;80:545-550.

Washington AE, Katz P: Cost of and payment source for pelvic inflammatory disease. JAMA 1991;226:2565-2569.

Washington AE, Cates W, Wasserheit JN: Preventing pelvic inflammatory disease. JAMA 1991;226:2574-2580.

Washington AE, Aral SO, Wolner-Hanssen P, Grimes DA, Holmes KK: Assessing risk for pelvic inflammatory disease and its sequelae. JAMA 1991;226:2581-2586.

Shipp M, Croughan-Minihane MS, Petitti DB, Washington AE: Estimation of the break-even point for smoking cessation programs in pregnancy. Am J Public Health 1991;82:383-390.

Siegel D, Golden E, Washington AE, Dobbins JG, Morse SA, Fullilove MT, Catania JA, Marin B, Hully SB: Prevalence and correlates of herpes simplex infections: The population-based AIDS in multiethnic neighborhoods study. JAMA 1992;268:1702-1708.

Washington AE, Katz P: Ectopic pregnancy in the United States: Economic consequences and payment source trends. Obstet Gynecol 1993;81:287-292.

Randolph MA, Washington AE, Prober CG: Cesarean delivery for women presenting with genital herpes lesions: risks, efficacy, and costs. JAMA 1993;270:77-82.

Lieu TA, Cochi SL, Black SB, Halloran E, Shinefield HR, Holmes SJ, Wharton M, Washington AE: Cost-effectiveness of a routine varicella vaccination program for U.S. children. JAMA 1994;271:375-381.

Alexander M, Grumbach K, Selby J, Brown AF, Washington AE: Hospitalization for congestive heart failure: Explaining racial differences. JAMA 1995; 274:1037-1042.

Kuppermann M, Gates E, Washington AE: Racial-ethnic differences in prenatal diagnostic test use and outcomes: Preferences, socioeconomics, or patient knowledge? Obstet Gynecol 1996;87:675-682.

Randolph AG, Hartshorn RM, Washington AE: Acyclovir prophylaxis in late pregnancy to prevent neonatal herpes: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Obstet Gynecol 1996;88:603-610.

Grover C, Kuppermann M, Kahn JG, Washington AE: Incidental Hysterectomy: Benefits, risks and costs. Obstet Gynecol 1996;88:907-913

Brown AF, Perez-Stable EF, Whitaker E, Alexander M, Alexander, M, Gathe, J, Washington AE. Ethnic Differences in Hormone Replacement Prescribing Patterns. Journal of General Internal Medicine 1999; 14:663-669

Sawaya G, Kerlikowske K, Lee N, Gildengorin G, Washington AE. Frequency of Cervical Smear Abnormalities Within Three Years of a Normal Cytology. Obstet Gynecol; 2000; 96:219-223

Ostrove JM, Adler NE, Kuppermann M, Washington AE. Objective and Subjective Assessment of Socioeconomic Status and Their Relationship to Health in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Women. Health Psychology: 2000; 19(6):613ив618

Sawaya G, Brown AD, Washington AE, Garber AM. Current Approaches to Cervical-Cancer Screening. N Engl J Med; 345(21):1603-1607, 2001

Caughey AB, Kuppermann M, Norton ME, Washington AE. Nuchal Translucency and First Trimester Biochemical Markers for Down Syndrome Screening: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol;187(5):1239-1245, 2002.

Sawaya G, McConnell KJ, Kulasingam SL, Lawson HW, Kerlikowske K, Melnikow J, Lee NC, Gildengorin G, Myers ER, Washington AE, Extending Cervical-Cancer Screening Intervals: Excess Risk and Diagnostic Tests. N Eng J Med; 345(16);1501-1509, 2003.

Learman LA, Summitt RL, Varner RE, Washington AE. A Randomized Comparison of Total or Supracervical Hysterectomy: Surgical Complications and Clinical Outcomes. Obstet Gynecol;102(3):453-462, 2003.

Kuppermann M, Varner RE, Summit RL Jr, Washington, AE. The Effect of Hysterectomy Versus Medical Treatment on Health Related Quality of Life and Sexual Functioning: The Medicine or Surgery (MS) Randomized Trial. JAMA 2004; 291(12): 1447-1455

Showstack J, Kuppermann M, Lin F, Washington AE. Resource Use for Total and Supracervical Hysterectomies; Results of a Randomized Trial. Obstet Gynecol 2004; 103(5): 834-841

10/15/04

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