Fetal surgery firsts
The first open fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF in the early 1980s.

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.
University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, 1975
Royal Children Hospital, Pediatrics, 1981
Fetal surgery firsts