In 2017, the Department of Medicine launched a new series — Fireside Chats. These events will consist of DOM Chair Bob Wachter interviewing a prominent UCSF faculty member (or visiting professor) about her/his life in medicine. All chats will be videotaped and shown later on UCTV. 

In our next Fireside Chat, Bob Wachter will interview Sam Hawgood, pediatrician, professor, and the 10th chancellor of the UCSF.

Sam Hawgood, MBBS, is the Chancellor and the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

Hawgood was dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs from 2009-2014, after assuming the role of interim dean in December of 2007. His distinguished career at UCSF includes serving as chair of the Department of Pediatrics and associate director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute.

Hawgood joined UCSF as a research fellow in 1982 and was active in research until 2015. His focus on the proteins associated with pulmonary surfactant gained him an international reputation in neonatology research. 

Past Fireside Chats, including interviews with Dean Talmadge King and the late Holly Smith, can be seen here.