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

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. 2024-10-01
4 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. 2021-04-01
3 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. 2020-12-01