
Dr. Shawn Kaku
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
14445 Olive View Dr Sylmar CA, 91342About
Dr. Shawn Kaku is a critical care surgeon practicing in Sylmar, CA. Dr. Kaku specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Kaku has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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