Kenneth Furukawa, M.D.
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
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Locations and Contact
Patient Support Services Building
Patient Support Services Building
4150 V St.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 916-734-5031
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Clinical Interests
Dr. Furukawa specializes in pediatric anesthesiology, acute pain management including the perioperative period, and pediatric and adult chronic pain management. An area of interest is anesthesia and pain management of burned patients.
Division
Pediatric Anesthesiology
General Anesthesiology
Undergraduate School
B.A., Pomona College, Claremont CA 1981
Medical School
M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston TX 1985
Internship
Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX 1985-1986
Residency
General Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX 1986-1987
Residency
Anesthesiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC 1989-1992
Fellowship
Pediatric Anesthesiology 6mo, Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC 1991
Top Doctor, Sacramento Magazine, 2019
Department Mentoring Director Award, UC Davis Health Mentoring Academy, 2017, 2018
Top Doctor, Pain Medicine, Sacramento Magazine, 2017
Outstanding Unit, 349th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, 2015 Tri-annual Unit Effectiveness Inspection, US Air Force, 2015
Keller BA, Kabagambe SK, Becker JC, Chen YJ, Goodman LF, Clark-Wronski JM, Furukawa K, Stark RA, Rahm AL, Hirose S, Raff GW. Intercostal nerve cryoablation versus thoracic epidural catheters for postoperative analgesia following pectus excavatum repair: Preliminary outcomes in twenty-six cryoablation patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Dec;51(12):2033-2038. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.09.034. Epub 2016 Sep 28. PMID:27745867.
De Mesa C, Chu I, Furukawa K, Sheth S. Use of Continuous Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Catheters to Facilitate a Multidisciplinary Inpatient-Based Rehabilitation Plan in a Child with Lower Extremity Type 1 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 Nov;94(11):e114-5. doi:10.1097/PHM.0000000000000348. PMID:26098930.
Faucher L, Furukawa K. Practice guidelines for the management of pain. J Burn Care Res. 2006 Sep-Oct;27(5):659-68. doi:10.1097/01.BCR.0000238117.41490.00. PMID:16998398.
DeVera HV, Furukawa KT, Matson MD, Scavone JA, James MA. Regional techniques as an adjunct to general anesthesia for pediatric extremity and spine surgery. J Pediatr Orthop. 2006 Nov-Dec;26(6):801-4. doi:10.1097/01.bpo.0000235392.26666.6b. PMID:17065951.