Fetal surgery firsts
The first open fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF in the early 1980s.
Sam Hawgood
MBBS
Neonatologist
Dr. Sam Hawgood is a neonatologist, an expert in caring for newborns, and chancellor of UCSF. He has served as physician-in-chief of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, chief of neonatology, chair of pediatrics and dean of the UCSF School of Medicine.
As a researcher, Hawgood has directed several studies to better understand the mechanisms and disorders of lung growth and stability. He has a special interest in the biology of surfactant apoproteins, which play an important role in respiration.
Hawgood earned his medical degree at the University of Queensland in Australia and completed a residency in pediatrics at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. He joined UCSF in 1981.
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Education
University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, 1975
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Residencies
Royal Children Hospital, Pediatrics, 1981