George F. Sawaya, MD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF
Cancer Center Program Memberships
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Dr George Sawaya is an obstetrician-gynecologist and a professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF. His main research interest is in cervical cancer screening with particular interest in patient-centered and economic effects of various screening strategies. He has served as an invited expert to CDC and the American Cancer Society.
He is the director of the Colposcopy and Cervical Dysplasia Clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. He has taught the core curriculum in clinical decision making, evidence-based medicine and value-based decision-making at the UCSF School of Medicine for over a decade. He has received the Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award and is a member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators. He served as the inaugural Director of the Pathways to Discovery Program in Clinical and Translational Research and currently serves as the Educational Lead for the UCSF Center for Healthcare Value.
Dr Sawaya earned a medical degree at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at UCSF and a fellowship in UCSF's Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. He is a former member of the US Preventive Services Task Force.
Education
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
Professional Experience
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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
Honors & Awards
- 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
Selected Publications
- Lyson HC, Le GM, Zhang J, Rivadeneira N, Lyles C, Radcliffe K, Pasick RJ, Sawaya G, Sarkar U, Centola D. Social Media as a Tool to Promote Health Awareness: Results from an Online Cervical Cancer Prevention Study. J Cancer Educ. 2019 Aug; 34(4):819-822.
View on PubMed - Nguyen C, Sawaya GF, Hoffman A. Effect of cost exposure on medical students' preferred mammography screening strategies: A randomized comparison. Med Teach. 2019 Jul 24; 1-5.
View on PubMed - Zhang J, Le G, Larochelle D, Pasick R, Sawaya GF, Sarkar U, Centola D. Facts or stories? How to use social media for cervical cancer prevention: A multi-method study of the effects of sender type and content type on increased message sharing. Prev Med. 2019 Jun 18; 105751.
View on PubMed - Martinez GM, Qin J, Saraiya M, Sawaya GF. Receipt of Pelvic Examinations Among Women Aged 15-44 in the United States, 1988-2017. NCHS Data Brief. 2019 Jun; (339):1-8.
View on PubMed - Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune K, Kuppermann M. Cervical Cancer Screening: More Choices in 2019. JAMA. 2019 May 28; 321(20):2018-2019.
View on PubMed - Sawaya GF, Sanstead E, Alarid-Escudero F, Smith-McCune K, Gregorich SE, Silverberg MJ, Leyden W, Huchko MJ, Kuppermann M, Kulasingam S. Estimated Quality of Life and Economic Outcomes Associated With 12 Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 May 13.
View on PubMed - Le GM, Radcliffe K, Lyles C, Lyson HC, Wallace B, Sawaya G, Pasick R, Centola D, Sarkar U. Perceptions of cervical cancer prevention on Twitter uncovered by different sampling strategies. PLoS One. 2019; 14(2):e0211931.
View on PubMed - Huang AJ, Sawaya GF, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Grady D. Hot flushes, coronary heart disease, and hormone therapy in postmenopausal women. Menopause. 2018 Nov; 25(11):1286-1290.
View on PubMed - Sawaya GF. Cervical Cancer Screening-Moving From the Value of Evidence to the Evidence of Value. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Oct 01; 178(10):1293-1295.
View on PubMed - Silverberg MJ, Leyden WA, Lam JO, Gregorich SE, Huchko MJ, Kulasingam S, Kuppermann M, Smith-McCune KK, Sawaya GF. Effectiveness of catch-up human papillomavirus vaccination on incident cervical neoplasia in a US health-care setting: a population-based case-control study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2018 Oct; 2(10):707-714.
View on PubMed - Kinney WK, Perkins RB, Sawaya GF. Equal Management of Equal Risks: What Should be Used as the Standard for Cervical Cancer Prevention? J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2018 Jul; 22(3):237-241.
View on PubMed - Averbach S, Silverberg MJ, Leyden W, Smith-McCune K, Raine-Bennett T, Sawaya GF. Recent intrauterine device use and the risk of precancerous cervical lesions and cervical cancer. Contraception. 2018 Apr 17.
View on PubMed - Henderson JT, Webber EM, Sawaya GF. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. 2018 02 13; 319(6):595-606.
View on PubMed - Silverberg MJ, Leyden WA, Chi A, Gregorich S, Huchko MJ, Kulasingam S, Kuppermann M, Seto A, Smith-McCune KK, Sawaya GF. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)- and Non-HIV-Associated Immunosuppression and Risk of Cervical Neoplasia. Obstet Gynecol. 2018 01; 131(1):47-55.
View on PubMed - Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune KK, Gregorich SE, Moghadassi M, Kuppermann M. Effect of professional society recommendations on women's desire for a routine pelvic examination. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 09; 217(3):338.e1-338.e7.
View on PubMed - Sawaya GF, Huchko MJ. Cervical Cancer Screening. Med Clin North Am. 2017 Jul; 101(4):743-753.
View on PubMed - Sawaya GF. Screening Pelvic Examinations: The Emperor's New Clothes, Now in 3 Sizes? JAMA Intern Med. 2017 04 01; 177(4):467-468.
View on PubMed - Norrell LL, Kuppermann M, Moghadassi MN, Sawaya GF. Women's beliefs about the purpose and value of routine pelvic examinations. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 07; 217(1):86.e1-86.e6.
View on PubMed - Sawaya GF. Cervical cancer screening in women over 65. CON: Reasons for uncertainty. Gynecol Oncol. 2016 09; 142(3):383-4.
View on PubMed - Shieh Y, Eklund M, Sawaya GF, Black WC, Kramer BS, Esserman LJ. Population-based screening for cancer: hope and hype. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2016 09; 13(9):550-65.
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