Professor, Obstetrics/Gynecology and Reproductive Science, UCSF School of Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. George F. Sawaya, MD
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George Sawaya works in the field of Obstetrics & Gynecology. He went to medical school at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He received 2 awards: "Fellow (FACOG)" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Doctor George F. Sawaya, MD is also a published doctor. He has 80 paper published. The most recent paper is: Missed opportunities for cervical cancer screening of HMO members developing invasive cervical cancer (ICC).
Publications
- Obstetrician-gynecologists' beliefs about performing less Cervical cancer screening: the pendulum swings.
- Identifying a "range of reasonable options" for Cervical cancer screening.
- Shared Decision-Making: Easy to Evoke, Challenging to Implement.
- Obstetrician-gynecologists' beliefs on the importance of pelvic examinations in assessing hormonal contraception eligibility.
- Women's Clinical Preventive Services in the United States: Who Is Doing What?
- Accuracy of visual inspection with acetic acid to detect Cervical cancer precursors among HIV-infected women in Kenya.
- U.S. clinicians' perspectives on less frequent routine gynecologic examinations.
- New Guidelines: It's Complicated.
- Association of Cervical biopsy with HIV-1 genital shedding among women on highly active antiretroviral therapy.
- Is There an Association Between HIV-1 Genital Shedding and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 2/3 Among Women on Antiretroviral Therapy?
- Colorectal cancer screening: what do women from diverse ethnic groups want?
- Routine bimanual pelvic examinations: practices and beliefs of US obstetrician-gynecologists.
- Changes to Cervical cancer prevention guidelines: Effects on screening among U.S. women ages 15-29.
- Using visual displays to communicate risk of cancer to women from diverse race/ethnic backgrounds.
- Pelvic examinations in asymptomatic women: tipping a sacred cow: comment on "the pelvic examination as a screening tool".
- Reconsidering the Criteria for Evaluating Proposed Screening Programs: Reflections From 4 Current and Former Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
- Investigating Potential Associations between Cervical Procedures and HIV Acquisition.
- Pelvic examinations and access to oral hormonal contraception.
- The new mammographic screening guidelines: what were they thinking?
- Surveillance after treatment for Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: outcomes, costs, and cost-effectiveness.
- Rightsizing Cervical cancer screening: comment on "Cervical cancer screening with both human papillomavirus and Papanicolaou testing vs Papanicolaou testing alone...
- Type-specific cervico-vaginal Human papillomavirus infection increases risk of HIV acquisition independent of other sexually transmitted infections.
- Cervical-cancer screening--new guidelines and the balance between benefits and harms.
- Update on quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination and Pregnancy outcomes: is contraception advisable?
- Hot flushes, coronary heart disease, and hormone therapy in postmenopausal women.
- Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia outcomes after treatment: long-term follow-up from the British Columbia Cohort Study.
- Cervical human papillomavirus incidence and persistence in a cohort of HIV-negative women in Zimbabwe.
- MF101, a selective estrogen receptor beta modulator for the treatment of menopausal hot flushes: a phase II clinical trial.
- Posttreatment human papillomavirus testing for recurrent Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: a systematic review.
- Frequency and severity of hot flashes and sleep disturbance in postmenopausal women With hot flashes.
- Oophorectomy as a risk factor for coronary heart disease.
- Ending Cervical cancer screening: attitudes and beliefs from ethnically diverse older women.
- Effect of diaphragm and lubricant gel provision on human papillomavirus infection among women provided With condoms: a randomized controlled trial.
- Preferences for human papillomavirus testing with routine Cervical cancer screening in diverse older women.
- Persistent hot flushes in older postmenopausal women.
- Association between cancer risk perception and screening behavior among diverse women.
- Adding human papillomavirus testing to cytology for primary Cervical cancer screening: shooting first and asking questions later.
- Evidence-based medicine versus liquid-based cytology.
- Trials that matter: liquid-based Cervical cytology: disadvantages seem to outweigh advantages.
- HPV vaccination--more answers, more questions.
- Ineffectiveness of sertraline for treatment of menopausal hot flushes: a randomized controlled trial.
- Effect of Replens gel used With a diaphragm on tests for human papillomavirus and other lower genital tract infections.
- Cost-effectiveness of extending Cervical cancer screening intervals among women with prior normal pap tests.
- Discontinuation of postmenopausal hormone therapy.
- A 21-year-old woman With atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance.
- Cervical cancer screening continues to limit provision of contraception.
- Cervical cancer after multiple negative cytologic tests in long-term members of a prepaid health plan.
- Current Cervical neoplasia screening practices of obstetrician/gynecologists in the US.
- Papanicolaou testing: when does more become less?
- Should routine screening Papanicolaou Smears be done for women older than 65 years?
- Risk of Cervical cancer associated with extending the interval between Cervical-cancer screenings.
- Changes in Cervical cancer incidence after three decades of screening US women less than 30 years old.
- Stage at diagnosis and mortality in patients With adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix diagnosed as a consequence of cytologic screening.
- Screening interval and risk of invasive squamous cell Cervical cancer.
- Testing for human papillomavirus in women With abnormal pap smear results.
- Updated recommendations for breast cancer screening.
- Update on the methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: insufficient evidence.
- USPSTF recommendations for STI screening.
- Update on the methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: estimating certainty and magnitude of net benefit.
- Hepatotoxicity With the administration of nifedipine for treatment of preterm labor.
- Outcomes Associated with cesarean section versus vaginal breech delivery at a university hospital.
- The positive predictive value of Cervical smears in previously screened postmenopausal women: the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS).
- Cervical neoplasia risk in women provided hormonal contraception without a Pap smear.
- Clinical breast and pelvic examination requirements for hormonal contraception: Current practice vs evidence.
- Clinical practice. Current approaches to Cervical-cancer screening.
- Advancing age and Cervical cancer screening and prognosis.
- Antibiotics at the time of induced abortion: the case for universal prophylaxis based on a meta-analysis.
- New technologies in Cervical cytology screening: a word of caution.
- Cervical cancer screening: which techniques should be used and why?
- Papanicolaou smear history and diagnosis of invasive Cervical carcinoma among members of a large prepaid health plan.
- Frequency of Cervical smear abnormalities within 3 years of normal cytology.
- Preferences for surveillance strategies for women treated for high-grade precancerous Cervical lesions.
- Hysterectomy and urinary incontinence: a systematic review.
- Estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women: effects on cognitive function and dementia.
- Postmenopausal hormone therapy increases risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
- Missed opportunities for Cervical cancer screening of HMO members developing invasive Cervical cancer (ICC).
- How to read the new recommendation statement: methods update from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
- Receipt of Cervical cancer screening in female veterans: impact of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression.
- Obstetrician-Gynecologist Practices and Beliefs Regarding External Genitalia Inspection and Speculum Examinations in Healthy Older Asymptomatic Women.
Schools
Vanderbilt Univ Sch Of Med
University Ca Sf Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Colposcopy
- EndoCervical Curettage
- Gynecologic Cancer Screening
- Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
Conditions Treated
- Cervical Polyps
- Hematologic Abnormalities Associated With Pregnancy
- HPV (Human Papillomavirus)
- Maternal Anemia
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Doctors Specialties
- Obstetrics
- Gynecology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACOG)
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Education
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UCSF Medical Center -
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Hospital
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UCSF Medical Center
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