MichaelLekawaMD(He/Him)
General Surgery • Orange, CATrauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Professor, Surgery, University of California, Irvine College of Medicine
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Office
Uci Medical Center
101 The City Drive South
Orange, CA 92868Phone+1 714-456-8978
Summary
- Dr. Michael Lekawa is a general surgeon in Orange, CA and is affiliated with UCI Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Jefferson (Sidney Kimmel) Medical College and completed his surgical training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He has been in practice 25 years since completing his fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at UC Irvine. He specializes in trauma surgery, acute care surgery & surgical critical care As well as elective general surgery.
Education & Training
University of California (Irvine)Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1995 - 1996
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1990 - 1995
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1992 - 2026- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Use of Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy for Evaluation of the Trauma/Critically Care Patients Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
- Controlled Trial of ABELADRUG200 in Closed, Severe Head Injury Start of enrollment: 2010 Oct 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsComparative Outcomes for Trauma Patients in Prison and the General Population.A B Christian, A Grigorian, J Mo, E O Yeates, M Dolich
The American Surgeon. 2022-08-01 - 15 citationsPressure Ulcer in Trauma Patients: A Higher Spinal Cord Injury Level Leads to Higher RiskAreg Grigorian, Megumi Sugimoto, Victor Joe, Sebastian D. Schubl, Michael Lekawa
The Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists. 2017-01-01 - 9 citationsIncreased risk of head injury in pediatric patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorderAreg Grigorian, Jeffry Nahmias, Matthew Dolich, Cristobal Barrios, Sebastian D. Schubl
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. 2019-07-21
Press Mentions
Doctors Reattach Teen’s Mangled Arm in Laguna AccidentAugust 9th, 2018
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