Juan Vargas, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Medical Director, Obstetrics, San Francisco General Hospital
Director, Medical Student Clerkship, San Francisco General Hospital

Email: vargasj@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Biosketch:

Juan E. Vargas, MD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the School of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, and Medical Director of Obstetrics at San Francisco General Hospital.  He has a joint appointment in the department of Radiology at UCSF.  Dr. Vargas is a senior medical staff at the Prenatal Diagnosis Center at UCSF Medical Center and the Fetal Treatment Center.

Dr. Vargas received his medical degree from the University of Chile.  He is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and received his training at the Universidad Catolica de Chile and later at UCSF.  He also trained in medical genetics at Children’s Hospital, Boston.  He has served on the medical faculties at Universidad Catolica de Chile and UCSF.

Dr. Vargas is the author of over 30 scientific papers, scholarly reviews, and book chapters on obstetrics and reproductive genetics.  He currently participates in 6 clinical trials involving pregnant women, 5 of which are NIH funded.  Dr. Vargas has served as an expert consultant on lead and pregnancy for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and is an active member of the Perinatal Subcommittee for the Department of Health, State of California, and the Women’s Health Advisory Board for the City and County of San Francisco.   He has served as a visiting professor in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Chile.  He is a reviewer for the Journal of, Obstetrics and Gynecology, The American Journal of  Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, and the Journal of Reproductive Medicine.  Dr. Vargas has received numerous awards for his contributions in medical student and residency education.

Areas of Interest:

Clinical Interests:

• High risk obstetrics
• Prenatal diagnosis
• Ultrasound in obstetrics
• International Reproductive Health

Research Interests:

• Maternal exposures and pregnancy outcome
• Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
• Ultrasound
• Maternal Obesity

Publications on PubMed


Updated February 2009