George Sawaya, MD
Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

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.

• Avoiding Low-Value Care and Patient Financial Harm in Cervical Cancer Screening.
  Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2023 Sawaya GF, Dorismond VG
• The association between YouTube use and knowledge of human papillomavirus-related cancers.
  PEC innovation 2023 Dorismond VG, Boscardin WJ, Sawaya GF
• Mediation of Racial and Ethnic Inequities in the Diagnosis of Advanced-Stage Cervical Cancer by Insurance Status.
  JAMA network open 2023 Holt HK, Peterson CE, MacLaughlan David S, Abdelaziz A, Sawaya GF, Guadamuz JS, Calip GS
• Accelerating Cervical Cancer Screening With Human Papillomavirus Genotyping.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2023 Sawaya GF, Saraiya M, Soman A, Gopalani SV, Kenney K, Miller J
• Identifying Value Factors in Institutional Leaders' Perspectives on Investing in Health Professions Educators.
  JAMA network open 2023 Poncelet A, Collins S, Fiore D, Rosenbluth G, Loeser H, Sawaya GF, Teherani A, Chang A
• Use Trends and Recent Expenditures for Cervical Cancer Screening-Associated Services in Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries Older Than 65 Years.
  JAMA internal medicine 2023 Qin J, Holt HK, Richards TB, Saraiya M, Sawaya GF
• Emergency department visits and emergency-to-inpatient admissions for abnormal uterine bleeding in the USA nationwide.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2022 Grubman J, Hawkins M, Whetstone S, Autry M, Lazar A, Sawaya GF, Jacoby V
• Changing Preferences for a Cervical Cancer Screening Strategy: Moving Away from Annual Testing.
  Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) 2022 Schrier E, Holt HK, Kuppermann M, Sawaya GF
• The Swinging Pendulum: Elective Oophorectomy at the Time of Hysterectomy.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2022 Jacoby VL, Sawaya G
• Computable Guidelines and Clinical Decision Support for Cervical Cancer Screening and Management to Improve Outcomes and Health Equity.
  Journal of women's health (2002) 2022 Saraiya M, Colbert J, Bhat GL, Almonte R, Winters DW, Sebastian S, O'Hanlon M, Meadows G, Nosal MR, Richards TB, Michaels M, Townsend JS, Miller JW, Perkins RB, Sawaya GF, Wentzensen N, White MC, …
• Erratum: 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines for Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors.
  Journal of lower genital tract disease 2021 Perkins RB, Guido RS, Castle PE, Chelmow D, Einstein MH, Garcia F, Huh WK, Kim JJ, Moscicki AB, Nayar R, Saraiya M, Sawaya GF, Wentzensen N, Schiffman M, 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus …
• Trends in the use of cervical cancer screening tests in a large medical claims database, United States, 2013-2019.
  Gynecologic oncology 2021 Qin J, Shahangian S, Saraiya M, Holt H, Gagnon M, Sawaya GF
• Prioritizing cervical cancer screening services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Response of an academic medical center and a public safety net hospital in California.
  Preventive medicine 2021 Sawaya GF, Holt HK, Lamar R, Perron-Burdick M, Smith-McCune K
• Effect of 2 Interventions on Cervical Cancer Screening Guideline Adherence.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2021 Moscicki AB, Chang C, Vangala S, Zhou X, Elashoff DA, Dehlendorf C, Sawaya GF, Kuppermann M, Duron Y, Wyand FL, Navarro SK, Thiel de Bocanegra H
• In Reply.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2021 LaCoursiere DY, Scott JR, Chelmow D, Young AE, Sawaya GF, DeLancey J, Learman LA
• Summary of Current Guidelines for Cervical Cancer Screening and Management of Abnormal Test Results: 2016-2020.
  Journal of women's health (2002) 2021 Perkins RB, Guido RL, Saraiya M, Sawaya GF, Wentzensen N, Schiffman M, Feldman S
• Delayed Visits for Contraception Due to Concerns Regarding Pelvic Examination Among Women with History of Intimate Partner Violence.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2020 Holt HK, Sawaya GF, El Ayadi AM, Henderson JT, Rocca CH, Westhoff CL, Harper CC
• Contributions, Aspirations, and Challenges of Academic Specialist Divisions in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2020 LaCoursiere DY, Scott JR, Chelmow D, Young AE, Sawaya GF, Delancey J, Learman LA
• Managing Minimally Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Test Results.
  JAMA 2020 Sawaya GF, Lamar R, Perkins RB
• Response to Letter to the Editor Regarding: 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines for Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors.
  Journal of lower genital tract disease 2020 Perkins RB, Guido RL, Castle PE, Chelmow D, Einstein MH, Garcia F, Huh WK, Kim JJ, Moscicki AB, Nayar R, Saraiya M, Sawaya G, Wentzensen N, Schiffman M
• Discussing Cervical Cancer Screening Options: Outcomes to Guide Conversations Between Patients and Providers.
  MDM policy & practice 2020 Holt HK, Kulasingam S, Sanstead EC, Alarid-Escudero F, Smith-McCune K, Gregorich SE, Silverberg MJ, Huchko MJ, Kuppermann M, Sawaya GF
• Effectiveness of 'catch-up' human papillomavirus vaccination to prevent cervical neoplasia in immunosuppressed and non-immunosuppressed women.
  Vaccine 2020 Silverberg MJ, Leyden WA, Lam JO, Chao CR, Gregorich SE, Huchko MJ, Kulasingam S, Kuppermann M, Smith-McCune KK, Sawaya GF
• 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines for Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors.
  Journal of lower genital tract disease 2020 Perkins RB, Guido RS, Castle PE, Chelmow D, Einstein MH, Garcia F, Huh WK, Kim JJ, Moscicki AB, Nayar R, Saraiya M, Sawaya GF, Wentzensen N, Schiffman M, 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus …
• Prevalence of Potentially Unnecessary Bimanual Pelvic Examinations and Papanicolaou Tests Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15-20 Years in the United States.
  JAMA internal medicine 2020 Qin J, Saraiya M, Martinez G, Sawaya GF
• Social Media as a Tool to Promote Health Awareness: Results from an Online Cervical Cancer Prevention Study.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2019 Lyson HC, Le GM, Zhang J, Rivadeneira N, Lyles C, Radcliffe K, Pasick RJ, Sawaya G, Sarkar U, Centola D
• Effect of cost exposure on medical students' preferred mammography screening strategies: A randomized comparison.
  Medical teacher 2019 Nguyen C, Sawaya GF, Hoffman A
• Estimated Quality of Life and Economic Outcomes Associated With 12 Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis.
  JAMA internal medicine 2019 Sawaya GF, Sanstead E, Alarid-Escudero F, Smith-McCune K, Gregorich SE, Silverberg MJ, Leyden W, Huchko MJ, Kuppermann M, Kulasingam S
• 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.
  Preventive medicine 2019 Zhang J, Le G, Larochelle D, Pasick R, Sawaya GF, Sarkar U, Centola D
• Receipt of Pelvic Examinations Among Women Aged 15-44 in the United States, 1988-2017.
  NCHS data brief 2019 Martinez GM, Qin J, Saraiya M, Sawaya GF
• Cervical Cancer Screening: More Choices in 2019.
  JAMA 2019 Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune K, Kuppermann M
• Perceptions of cervical cancer prevention on Twitter uncovered by different sampling strategies.
  PloS one 2019 Le GM, Radcliffe K, Lyles C, Lyson HC, Wallace B, Sawaya G, Pasick R, Centola D, Sarkar U
• Hot flushes, coronary heart disease, and hormone therapy in postmenopausal women.
  Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2018 Huang AJ, Sawaya GF, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Grady D
• Cervical Cancer Screening-Moving From the Value of Evidence to the Evidence of Value.
  JAMA internal medicine 2018 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.
  The Lancet. Child & adolescent health 2018 Silverberg MJ, Leyden WA, Lam JO, Gregorich SE, Huchko MJ, Kulasingam S, Kuppermann M, Smith-McCune KK, Sawaya GF
• Equal Management of Equal Risks: What Should be Used as the Standard for Cervical Cancer Prevention?
  Journal of lower genital tract disease 2018 Kinney WK, Perkins RB, Sawaya GF
• Recent intrauterine device use and the risk of precancerous cervical lesions and cervical cancer.
  Contraception 2018 Averbach S, Silverberg MJ, Leyden W, Smith-McCune K, Raine-Bennett T, Sawaya GF
• Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force.
  JAMA 2018 Henderson JT, Webber EM, Sawaya GF
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)- and Non-HIV-Associated Immunosuppression and Risk of Cervical Neoplasia.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2018 Silverberg MJ, Leyden WA, Chi A, Gregorich S, Huchko MJ, Kulasingam S, Kuppermann M, Seto A, Smith-McCune KK, Sawaya GF
• Effect of professional society recommendations on women's desire for a routine pelvic examination.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2017 Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune KK, Gregorich SE, Moghadassi M, Kuppermann M
• Cervical Cancer Screening.
  The Medical clinics of North America 2017 Sawaya GF, Huchko MJ
• Screening Pelvic Examinations: The Emperor's New Clothes, Now in 3 Sizes?
  JAMA internal medicine 2017 Sawaya GF
• Women's beliefs about the purpose and value of routine pelvic examinations.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2016 Norrell LL, Kuppermann M, Moghadassi MN, Sawaya GF
• Cervical cancer screening in women over 65. CON: Reasons for uncertainty.
  Gynecologic oncology 2016 Sawaya GF
• Population-based screening for cancer: hope and hype.
  Nature reviews. Clinical oncology 2016 Shieh Y, Eklund M, Sawaya GF, Black WC, Kramer BS, Esserman LJ
• Cervical Cancer Screening.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2016 Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune K
• Obstetrician-Gynecologist Practices and Beliefs Regarding External Genitalia Inspection and Speculum Examinations in Healthy Older Asymptomatic Women.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 Hsu A, Henderson JT, Harper CC, Sawaya GF
• Re-envisioning the Annual Well-Woman Visit: The Task Forward.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Sawaya GF
• Obstetrician-gynecologists' beliefs about performing less cervical cancer screening: the pendulum swings.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Schneider A, Henderson JT, Harper CC, Hsu A, Saraiya M, Sawaya GF
• Acceptable and Preferred Cervical Cancer Screening Intervals Among U.S. Women.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2015 Cooper CP, Saraiya M, Sawaya GF
• Cervical Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Women: Best Practice Advice From the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians.
  Annals of internal medicine 2015 Sawaya GF, Kulasingam S, Denberg TD, Qaseem A, Clinical Guidelines Committee of American College of Physicians
• A randomized trial comparing the diagnostic accuracy of visual inspection with acetic acid to Visual Inspection with Lugol's Iodine for cervical cancer screening in HIV-infected women.
  PloS one 2015 Huchko MJ, Sneden J, Zakaras JM, Smith-McCune K, Sawaya G, Maloba M, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR
• Defining competencies for education in health care value: recommendations from the University of California, San Francisco Center for Healthcare Value Training Initiative.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2015 Moriates C, Dohan D, Spetz J, Sawaya GF
• Identifying a "range of reasonable options" for cervical cancer screening.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Sawaya GF, Kuppermann M
• Shared decision-making: easy to evoke, challenging to implement.
  JAMA internal medicine 2015 Kuppermann M, Sawaya GF
• Women's clinical preventive services in the United States: who is doing what?
  JAMA internal medicine 2014 Stormo AR, Saraiya M, Hing E, Henderson JT, Sawaya GF
• Screening pelvic examinations: right, wrong, or rite?
  Annals of internal medicine 2014 Sawaya GF, Jacoby V
• Obstetrician-gynecologists' beliefs on the importance of pelvic examinations in assessing hormonal contraception eligibility.
  Contraception 2014 Yu JM, Henderson JT, Harper CC, Sawaya GF
• Accuracy of visual inspection with acetic acid to detect cervical cancer precursors among HIV-infected women in Kenya.
  International journal of cancer 2014 Huchko MJ, Sneden J, Sawaya G, Smith-McCune K, Maloba M, Abdulrahim N, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR
• Type-specific HPV and Pap test results among low-income, underserved women: providing insights into management strategies.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2014 Saraiya M, Benard VB, Greek AA, Steinau M, Patel S, Massad LS, Sawaya GF, Unger ER
• U.S. clinicians' perspectives on less frequent routine gynecologic examinations.
  Preventive medicine 2014 Henderson JT, Yu JM, Harper CC, Sawaya GF
• Is there an association between HIV-1 genital shedding and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3 among women on antiretroviral therapy?
  Journal of lower genital tract disease 2013 Huchko MJ, Woo V, Liegler T, Leddy A, Smith-McCune K, Sawaya GF, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR
• Cervical cancer screening intervals, 2006 to 2009: moving beyond annual testing.
  JAMA internal medicine 2013 Berkowitz Z, Saraiya M, Sawaya GF
• Association of cervical biopsy with HIV type 1 genital shedding among women on highly active antiretroviral therapy.
  AIDS research and human retroviruses 2013 Woo VG, Liegler T, Cohen CR, Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune K, Bukusi EA, Huchko MJ
• Impact of loop electrosurgical excision procedure for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia on HIV-1 genital shedding: a prospective cohort study.
  BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2013 Huchko MJ, Woo VG, Liegler T, Leslie H, Smith-McCune K, Sawaya GF, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR
• Receipt of cervical cancer screening in female veterans: impact of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2013 Weitlauf JC, Jones S, Xu X, Finney JW, Moos RH, Sawaya GF, Frayne SM
• New guidelines: it's complicated.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2013 Sawaya GF
• NIH consensus development conference: diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus.
  NIH consensus and state-of-the-science statements 2013 Vandorsten JP, Dodson WC, Espeland MA, Grobman WA, Guise JM, Mercer BM, Minkoff HL, Poindexter B, Prosser LA, Sawaya GF, Scott JR, Silver RM, Smith L, Thomas A, Tita AT
• Treatment patterns for cervical carcinoma in situ in Michigan, 1998-2003.
  Journal of registry management 2013 Patel DA, Saraiya M, Copeland G, Cote ML, Datta SD, Sawaya GF
• Routine bimanual pelvic examinations: practices and beliefs of US obstetrician-gynecologists.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Henderson JT, Harper CC, Gutin S, Saraiya M, Chapman J, Sawaya GF
• Changes to cervical cancer prevention guidelines: effects on screening among U.S. women ages 15-29.
  Preventive medicine 2012 Henderson JT, Saraiya M, Martinez G, Harper CC, Sawaya GF
• Evidence at the point of practice change: lung cancer screening.
  Archives of internal medicine 2012 Sawaya GF, Tice JA
• Colorectal cancer screening: what do women from diverse ethnic groups want?
  Journal of general internal medicine 2012 Walsh JM, Kim SE, Sawaya G, Kaplan CP, Wong ST, Gregorich SE, Pérez-Stable EJ
• Willingness to use tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer among diverse women.
  Breast cancer research and treatment 2012 Kaplan CP, Kim SE, Wong ST, Sawaya GF, Walsh JM, Pérez-Stable EJ
• Using visual displays to communicate risk of cancer to women from diverse race/ethnic backgrounds.
  Patient education and counseling 2012 Wong ST, Pérez-Stable EJ, Kim SE, Gregorich SE, Sawaya GF, Walsh JM, Washington AE, Kaplan CP
• Pelvic examinations in asymptomatic women: tipping a sacred cow.
  Archives of internal medicine 2011 Sawaya GF
• Investigating Potential Associations between Cervical Procedures and HIV Acquisition.
  ISRN obstetrics and gynecology 2011 Diouf K, Sawaya GF, Shiboski S, Magure T, Makunike-Mutasa R, Darragh TM, Tuveson J, Chipato T, Palefsky JM, Moscicki AB, Chirenje M, Smith-McCune K
• Performance of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' ovarian tumor referral guidelines with a multivariate index assay.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2011 Sawaya GF, Jacoby V
• Reconsidering the criteria for evaluating proposed screening programs: reflections from 4 current and former members of the U.S. Preventive services task force.
  Epidemiologic reviews 2011 Harris R, Sawaya GF, Moyer VA, Calonge N
• Pelvic examinations and access to oral hormonal contraception.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2010 Henderson JT, Sawaya GF, Blum M, Stratton L, Harper CC
• Updated recommendations for breast cancer screening.
  Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology 2010 Gregory KD, Sawaya GF
• Surveillance after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: outcomes, costs, and cost-effectiveness.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2010 Melnikow J, Kulasingam S, Slee C, Helms LJ, Kuppermann M, Birch S, McGahan CE, Coldman A, Chan BK, Sawaya GF
• The new mammographic screening guidelines: what were they thinking?
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2010 Sawaya GF, Gregory KD
• Preferences for surveillance strategies for women treated for high-grade precancerous cervical lesions.
  Gynecologic oncology 2010 Kuppermann M, Melnikow J, Slee C, Tancredi DJ, Kulasingam S, Birch S, Helms LJ, Bayoumi AM, Sawaya GF
• Rightsizing cervical cancer screening: comment on "Cervical cancer screening with both human papillomavirus and Papanicolaou testing vs Papanicolaou testing alone".
  Archives of internal medicine 2010 Sawaya GF
• Type-specific cervico-vaginal human papillomavirus infection increases risk of HIV acquisition independent of other sexually transmitted infections.
  PloS one 2010 Smith-McCune KK, Shiboski S, Chirenje MZ, Magure T, Tuveson J, Ma Y, Da Costa M, Moscicki AB, Palefsky JM, Makunike-Mutasa R, Chipato T, van der Straten A, Sawaya GF
• Cervical-cancer screening--new guidelines and the balance between benefits and harms.
  The New England journal of medicine 2009 Sawaya GF
• Hot flushes, coronary heart disease, and hormone therapy in postmenopausal women.
  Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2009 Huang AJ, Sawaya GF, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Grady D
• Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia outcomes after treatment: long-term follow-up from the British Columbia Cohort Study.
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2009 Melnikow J, McGahan C, Sawaya GF, Ehlen T, Coldman A
• Cervical human papillomavirus incidence and persistence in a cohort of HIV-negative women in Zimbabwe.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2009 Fukuchi E, Sawaya GF, Chirenje M, Magure T, Tuveson J, Ma Y, Shiboski S, Da Costa M, Palefsky J, Moscicki AB, Makunike-Mutasa R, Chipato T, Smith-McCune KK
• MF101, a selective estrogen receptor beta modulator for the treatment of menopausal hot flushes: a phase II clinical trial.
  Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2009 Grady D, Sawaya GF, Johnson KC, Koltun W, Hess R, Vittinghoff E, Kristof M, Tagliaferri M, Cohen I, Ensrud KE
• Frequency and severity of hot flashes and sleep disturbance in postmenopausal women with hot flashes.
  Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2009 Ensrud KE, Stone KL, Blackwell TL, Sawaya GF, Tagliaferri M, Diem SJ, Grady D
• Update on the methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: insufficient evidence.
  Annals of internal medicine 2009 Petitti DB, Teutsch SM, Barton MB, Sawaya GF, Ockene JK, DeWitt T, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
• Posttreatment human papillomavirus testing for recurrent cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: a systematic review.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2009 Chan BK, Melnikow J, Slee CA, Arellanes R, Sawaya GF
• Oophorectomy as a risk factor for coronary heart disease.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2008 Jacoby VL, Grady D, Sawaya GF
• Effect of diaphragm and lubricant gel provision on human papillomavirus infection among women provided with condoms: a randomized controlled trial.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2008 Sawaya GF, Chirenje MZ, Magure MT, Tuveson JL, Ma Y, Shiboski SC, Da Costa MM, Palefsky JM, Moscicki AB, Mutasa RM, Chipato T, Smith-McCune KK
• Ending cervical cancer screening: attitudes and beliefs from ethnically diverse older women.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2008 Sawaya GF, Iwaoka-Scott AY, Kim S, Wong ST, Huang AJ, Washington AE, Pérez-Stable EJ
• Preferences for human papillomavirus testing with routine cervical cancer screening in diverse older women.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2008 Huang AJ, Pérez-Stable EJ, Kim SE, Wong ST, Kaplan CP, Walsh JM, Iwaoka-Scott AY, Sawaya GF
• Persistent hot flushes in older postmenopausal women.
  Archives of internal medicine 2008 Huang AJ, Grady D, Jacoby VL, Blackwell TL, Bauer DC, Sawaya GF
• Association between cancer risk perception and screening behavior among diverse women.
  Archives of internal medicine 2008 Kim SE, Pérez-Stable EJ, Wong S, Gregorich S, Sawaya GF, Walsh JM, Kaplan CP
• Adding human papillomavirus testing to cytology for primary cervical cancer screening: shooting first and asking questions later.
  Annals of internal medicine 2008 Sawaya GF
• USPSTF recommendations for STI screening.
  American family physician 2008 Meyers D, Wolff T, Gregory K, Marion L, Moyer V, Nelson H, Petitti D, Sawaya GF, USPSTF
• Evidence-based medicine versus liquid-based cytology.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2008 Sawaya GF
• Update on the methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: estimating certainty and magnitude of net benefit.
  Annals of internal medicine 2007 Sawaya GF, Guirguis-Blake J, LeFevre M, Harris R, Petitti D, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
• Trials that matter: liquid-based cervical cytology: disadvantages seem to outweigh advantages.
  Annals of internal medicine 2007 Sawaya GF, Sox HC
• How to read the new recommendation statement: methods update from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
  Annals of internal medicine 2007 Barton MB, Miller T, Wolff T, Petitti D, LeFevre M, Sawaya G, Yawn B, Guirguis-Blake J, Calonge N, Harris R, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
• HPV vaccination--more answers, more questions.
  The New England journal of medicine 2007 Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune K
• Ineffectiveness of sertraline for treatment of menopausal hot flushes: a randomized controlled trial.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2007 Grady D, Cohen B, Tice J, Kristof M, Olyaie A, Sawaya GF
• Outcomes associated with cesarean section versus vaginal breech delivery at a university hospital.
  Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2006 Hopkins LM, Esakoff T, Noah MS, Moore DH, Sawaya GF, Laros RK
• Effect of Replens gel used with a diaphragm on tests for human papillomavirus and other lower genital tract infections.
  Journal of lower genital tract disease 2006 Smith-McCune KK, Tuveson JL, Rubin MM, Da Costa MM, Darragh TM, Shiboski SC, Van Der Pol B, Moscicki AB, Palefsky JM, Sawaya GF
• Cost-effectiveness of extending cervical cancer screening intervals among women with prior normal pap tests.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2006 Kulasingam SL, Myers ER, Lawson HW, McConnell KJ, Kerlikowske K, Melnikow J, Washington AE, Sawaya GF
• Discontinuation of postmenopausal hormone therapy.
  The American journal of medicine 2005 Grady D, Sawaya GF
• A 21-year-old woman with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance.
  JAMA 2005 Sawaya GF
• Cervical cancer screening continues to limit provision of contraception.
  Contraception 2005 Schwarz EB, Saint M, Gildengorin G, Weitz TA, Stewart FH, Sawaya GF
• Cervical cancer after multiple negative cytologic tests in long-term members of a prepaid health plan.
  Acta cytologica 2005 Sawaya GF, Sung HY, Kinney W, Kearney KA, Miller MG, Hiatt RA
• Current cervical neoplasia screening practices of obstetrician/gynecologists in the US.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2005 Saint M, Gildengorin G, Sawaya GF
• Papanicolaou testing: when does more become less?
  The American journal of medicine 2005 Sawaya GF
• Cervical cancer screening among women without a cervix.
  JAMA 2004 Saraiya M, Sawaya GF
• Should routine screening Papanicolaou smears be done for women older than 65 years?
  Archives of internal medicine 2004 Sawaya GF
• Risk of cervical cancer associated with extending the interval between cervical-cancer screenings.
  The New England journal of medicine 2003 Sawaya GF, McConnell KJ, Kulasingam SL, Lawson HW, Kerlikowske K, Melnikow J, Lee NC, Gildengorin G, Myers ER, Washington AE
• Changes in cervical cancer incidence after three decades of screening US women less than 30 years old.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2003 Chan PG, Sung HY, Sawaya GF
• Stage at diagnosis and mortality in patients with adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix diagnosed as a consequence of cytologic screening.
  Acta cytologica 2003 Kinney W, Sawaya GF, Sung HY, Kearney KA, Miller M, Hiatt RA
• Screening interval and risk of invasive squamous cell cervical cancer.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2003 Miller MG, Sung HY, Sawaya GF, Kearney KA, Kinney W, Hiatt RA
• Testing for human papillomavirus in women with abnormal pap smear results.
  JAMA 2002 Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune K
• Advancing age and cervical cancer screening and prognosis.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2001 Sawaya GF, Sung HY, Kearney KA, Miller M, Kinney W, Hiatt RA, Mandelblatt J
• Clinical practice. Current approaches to cervical-cancer screening.
  The New England journal of medicine 2001 Sawaya GF, Brown AD, Washington AE, Garber AM
• Clinical breast and pelvic examination requirements for hormonal contraception: Current practice vs evidence.
  JAMA 2001 Stewart FH, Harper CC, Ellertson CE, Grimes DA, Sawaya GF, Trussell J
• Cervical neoplasia risk in women provided hormonal contraception without a Pap smear.
  Contraception 2001 Sawaya GF, Harper C, Balistreri E, Boggess J, Darney P
• The positive predictive value of cervical smears in previously screened postmenopausal women: the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS).
  Annals of internal medicine 2000 Sawaya GF, Grady D, Kerlikowske K, Valleur JL, Barnabei VM, Bass K, Snyder TE, Pickar JH, Agarwal SK, Mandelblatt J
• Hysterectomy and urinary incontinence: a systematic review.
  Lancet (London, England) 2000 Brown JS, Sawaya G, Thom DH, Grady D
• Frequency of cervical smear abnormalities within 3 years of normal cytology.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2000 Sawaya GF, Kerlikowske K, Lee NC, Gildengorin G, Washington AE
• Papanicolaou smear history and diagnosis of invasive cervical carcinoma among members of a large prepaid health plan.
  Cancer 2000 Sung HY, Kearney KA, Miller M, Kinney W, Sawaya GF, Hiatt RA
• Cervical cancer screening: which techniques should be used and why?
  Clinical obstetrics and gynecology 1999 Sawaya GF, Washington AE
• New technologies in cervical cytology screening: a word of caution.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 1999 Sawaya GF, Grimes DA
• Invasive cervical cancer in members of a prepaid health plan: the effect of menopausal status on disease characteristics.
  Journal of lower genital tract disease 1999 Sawaya G, Sung H, Kearney K, Miller M, Kinney W, Hiatt R
• Missed opportunities for cervical cancer screening of HMO members developing invasive cervical cancer (ICC).
  Gynecologic oncology 1998 Kinney W, Sung HY, Kearney KA, Miller M, Sawaya G, Hiatt RA
• Postmenopausal hormone therapy increases risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
  The American journal of medicine 1998 Grady D, Sawaya G
• Estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women: effects on cognitive function and dementia.
  JAMA 1998 Yaffe K, Sawaya G, Lieberburg I, Grady D
• Antibiotics at the time of induced abortion: the case for universal prophylaxis based on a meta-analysis.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 1996 Sawaya GF, Grady D, Kerlikowske K, Grimes DA
• Hepatotoxicity with the administration of nifedipine for treatment of preterm labor.
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