Dr. Akemi L Kawaguchi MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
4650 W Sunset Blvd # 100 Childrens Hospital L Los Angeles CA, 90027About
Dr. Akemi Kawaguchi practices Pediatric Surgery in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Kawaguchi treats children who have an illness, injury, or disease that requires surgery. Some of the surgical problems seen by pediatric surgeons are often quite different from those commonly seen by adult or general surgeons. Dr. Kawaguchidiagnoses, treats, and manages childrens surgical needs such as abnormalities of the groin in childhood and, surgical repair of birth defects, surgical care of tumors, transplantation operations, and endoscopic procedures.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Functional and morphologic changes of the ileal mucosa after ileoanal pouch procedure.
- Elastic stay hooks and self-retaining retractor technique for mastectomy skin flaps.
- The impact of cardiac risk factors on short-term outcomes for children undergoing a Ladd procedure.
- Management of peritoneal dialysis-induced hydrothorax in children.
- In vivo growth of transplanted genetically altered intestinal stem cells.
- Glucose uptake in dilated small intestine.
Treatments
- Cancer, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Professional Memberships
- Member American College of Surgeons
- Member American Association of Pediatrics, application in process
- Member MemorialCare Physician Society
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