FernandoKawaiMD

Geriatrics • Flushing, NY

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Instructor, Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

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Office
5645 Main St
Flushing, NY 11355
Phone+1 718-670-2413

Fax+1 718-670-2456
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Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2011 - 2012
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2008 - 2009
Westchester Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2008
Universidade de Sao Paulo Faculty of MedicineClass of 1998

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2010 - Present
NY State Medical License 2008 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2008 - 2011
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Medicine - The Grey Bridge Between Life and Death.
Fernando Kawai> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2023 Sep 13
2 citations
Can Orthodox Jewish Patients Undergo Palliative Extubation? A Challenging Ethics Case Study.
Cynthia X. Pan, Bruno Almeida Costa, Elina Yushuvayev, Liam Gross, Fernando Kawai> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2020 Dec 1
1 citations
Do Hispanics prefer to be full code at the end of life? The impact of palliative care consults on clarifying code status preferences and hospice referrals in Spanish-s...
Fernando Kawai, Cynthia X. Pan, John Zaravinos, Min Min Maw, Gary Lee> ;Palliative & Supportive Care. 2021 Apr 1
6 citations
To Code or Not To Code: Teaching Multidisciplinary Clinicians to Conduct Code Status Discussions.
Brigit C. Palathra, Fernando Kawai, Clara Oromendia, Archana Bushan, Yera Patel, Jane Morris, Cynthia X. Pan> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2019 May 7
24 citations
A bioethical framework to guide the decision-making process in the care of seriously ill patients.
Daniel Neves Forte, Fernando Kawai, Claudio Cohen> ;BMC Medical Ethics. 2018 Aug 20
2 citations
Palliative Care in New York State Nursing Homes: A Descriptive Study:
Paula E. Lester, Fernando Kawai, Lucan Rodrigues, James Lolis, Diana Martins-Welch, Alexander Shalshin, Melissa J. Fazzari, Cynthia X. Pan> ;The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2018 Feb 1
6 citations
How Long Does (S)He Have? Retrospective Analysis of Outcomes After Palliative Extubation in Elderly, Chronically Critically Ill Patients.
Cynthia X. Pan, Min Min Maw, Jane Morris, Simcha Pollack, Fernando Kawai, Platis, D., Dimitris Platis> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2016 Jun 1
1 citations
Your postop patient is confused and agitated--next steps?
Jackson Ng, Cynthia X. Pan, Aleksander Geube, Christopher B. Tan, Fernando Kawai, Mitchell Chorost> ;The Journal of Family Practice. 2015 Jun 1
15 citations
Cognitive changes after surgery in the elderly: does minimally invasive surgery influence the incidence of postoperative cognitive changes compared to open colon surgery?
Christopher B. Tan, Jackson Ng, Rajkumar Jeganathan, Fernando Kawai, Cynthia X. Pan, Simcha Pollock, James W. Turner, Steven R. Cohen, Mitchell Chorost> ;Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2015 Jan 1
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Hospital Affiliations

New York-Presbyterian QueensFlushing, New York