Research Summary
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 and UCSF. 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 Director of 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.
Research Funding
March 8, 2013 - February 28, 2017 - Using comparative effectiveness analyses to optimize cervical cancer screening, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NCI, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA169093
December 1, 1974 - September 29, 2006 - General Clinical Research Center, Co-Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NCRR, Sponsor Award ID: M01RR000079
August 8, 1997 - July 31, 2002 - CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN OLDER WOMEN, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NCI, Sponsor Award ID: K08CA074973
March 8, 2013 - February 28, 2017 - Using comparative effectiveness analyses to optimize cervical cancer screening, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NCI, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA169093
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