Biography Dr. Sakura Kinjo is an anesthesiologist who specializes in regional anesthesia (injections to relieve or prevent pain in a specific part of the body) and acute pain management. She has served as the UCSF Orthopaedic Institute's anesthesia medical director since it opened in 2009. In her research, Kinjo is particularly interested in pain management. For the past several years, she has focused on the relationship between perioperative pain (pain experienced immediately before, during and immediately after a surgical procedure) and cognitive dysfunction in older adult patients. Her studies include perioperative cognitive changes experienced by patients who have sleep apnea. She is collaborating with her colleagues at UCSF to implement a care pathway for surgical patients with sleep apnea, including by using cutting-edge technology in the perioperative setting. Kinjo earned her medical degree at the University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine in Japan. She completed a residency in anesthesia at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and a fellowship in pain medicine at the University of California, Davis Medical Center. She joined UCSF in 2005. Role Faculty Location UCSF at Mission Bay UCSF at Mount Zion UCSF at Parnassus Category Clinical Research Specialties Pain Medicine Education M.D., 1994 - School of Medicine, University of Ryukyus Publications Extended reality in anesthesia: a narrative review. Han SH, Kiroff KL, Kinjo S The Role of Antiepileptics for Postoperative Pain Management. Junyong In, Kevin Huynh, Jennifer Luong, Dillon Sooknanan, Sakura Kinjo A new and simplified extraoral approach for inferior alveolar nerve block: a cadaveric study and clinical case reports. Watanabe K, Tokumine J, Nagase M, Matsumura G, Sawada R, Kinjo S, Yorozu T Postoperative neurocognitive disorders in ambulatory surgery: a narrative review. In J, Chen B, Bae H, Kinjo S Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy and Vocal Cord Paralysis After Pulmonary Lobectomy: A Case Report. Saito Y, Motoyasu A, Tokumine J, Kinjo S, Nakazawa H, Moriyama K, Yorozu T Advances in regional anesthesia for ambulatory surgery. Kinjo S, Chernin T, Siegmueller C, Sharrow CM, Shilling A Assessment of Perioperative Sleep Characteristics Using Subjective and Objective Methods: A Secondary Analysis of Prospective Cohort Study. In J, Lim E, Kinjo S The effects of microbiome-targeted therapy on cognitive impairment and postoperative cognitive dysfunction-A systematic review. Sugita S, Tahir P, Kinjo S Orthopedic sleep and novel analgesia pathway: a prospective randomized controlled trial to advance recovery after shoulder arthroplasty. Cheah JW, Freshman RD, Mah CD, Kinjo S, Lansdown DA, Feeley BT, Zhang AL, Ma CB Rescue Pericapsular Nerve Group Block for Hip Arthroscopy: A Report of 3 Cases. Kinjo S, Zhang AL Preoperative Pregabalin Prolongs Spinal Anesthesia in Total Knee Arthroplasty - A Retrospective Analysis Oguz D, Savli S, Kaya M, Kinjo S, Unver S. "The use of bilateral continuous erector spinae plane blocks for postoperative analgesia after right-sided living donor hepatectomy: A feasibility study". Adelmann D, Khorashadi M, Zhou G, Kinjo S, Braun HJ, Ascher NL, Braehler MR Virtual reality may reduce anxiety and enhance surgical experience during wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet surgery: A report of two cases. Krish G, Immerman I, Kinjo S Extraplexus versus intraplexus ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block for ambulatory arthroscopic shoulder surgery: A randomized controlled trial. Harbell MW, Kolodzie K, Behrends M, Ma CB, Kinjo S, Yap E, Braehler MR, Aleshi P Improved Polyethylene Terephthalate shield and the mitigation of COVID-19 aerosols during airway manipulation Sakai N, Yoshida J, Kinjo S Modified Wake Forest Type Protective Shield for an Asymptomatic, COVID-19 Nonconfirmed Patient for Intubation Undergoing Urgent Surgery. Kinjo S, Dudley M, Sakai N Education and Training: Staff and Facility. Catherine Chiu, Sakura Kinjo [Continuous lumbar erector spinae plane block for postoperative pain management in revision hip surgery: a case report]. Kinjo S, Schultz A Continuous lumbar erector spinae plane block for postoperative pain management in revision hip surgery: a report of two cases. Sakura Kinjo, Alison Schultz The effects of transmuscular quadratus lumborum blocks on postoperative pain in arthroscopic hip surgery: a cohort analysis. Kinjo S, Kolodzie K, Dong K, Zhang AL Preoperative Fascia Iliaca Block Does Not Improve Analgesia after Arthroscopic Hip Surgery, but Causes Quadriceps Muscles Weakness: A Randomized, Double-blind Trial. Behrends M, Yap EN, Zhang AL, Kolodzie K, Kinjo S, Harbell MW, Aleshi P Volatile anaesthetics and postoperative delirium in older surgical patients-A secondary analysis of prospective cohort studies. Kinjo S, Lim E, Magsaysay MV, Sands LP, Leung JM, Perioperative Medicine Research Group Exacerbation of chronic pain after dental extractions in a patient with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. Lim S, Kinjo S Perioperative Gabapentin Does Not Reduce Postoperative Delirium in Older Surgical Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Leung JM, Sands LP, Chen N, Ames C, Berven S, Bozic K, Burch S, Chou D, Covinsky K, Deviren V, Kinjo S, Kramer JH, Ries M, Tay B, Vail T, Weinstein P, Chang S, Meckler G, Newman S, Tsai T, Voss V, Youngblom E, Perioperative Medicine Research Group Combined preoperative femoral and sciatic nerve blockade improves analgesia after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a randomized controlled clinical trial. Harbell MW, Cohen JM, Kolodzie K, Behrends M, Braehler MR, Kinjo S, Feeley BT, Aleshi P Do Postoperative Pain Management Techniques Influence Postoperative Delirium?. Xiaoguang Zhang, Sakura Kinjo A survey of education and confidence level among graduating anesthesia residents with regard to selected peripheral nerve blocks. Moon TS, Lim E, Kinjo S Does preoperative risk for delirium moderate the effects of postoperative pain and opiate use on postoperative delirium? Leung JM, Sands LP, Lim E, Tsai TL, Kinjo S Does using a femoral nerve block for total knee replacement decrease postoperative delirium? Kinjo S, Lim E, Sands LP, Bozic KJ, Leung JM Prediction of postoperative pain using path analysis in older patients. Kinjo S, Sands LP, Lim E, Paul S, Leung JM Failure of supraclavicular block under ultrasound guidance: clinical relevance of anatomical variation of cervical vessels. Kinjo S, Frankel A Does postoperative delirium limit the use of patient-controlled analgesia in older surgical patients? Leung JM, Sands LP, Paul S, Joseph T, Kinjo S, Tsai T Unexpected hemodynamic deterioration and mitral regurgitation due to a tissue stabilizer during left anterior descending coronary anastomosis in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Kinjo S, Tokumine J, Sugahara K, Kakinohana M, Iha K, Matsuda H, Akasaki M, Yamashiro S Intrathecal morphine, but not buprenorphine or pentazocine, can induce spastic paraparesis after a noninjurious interval of spinal cord ischemia in the rat. Nakamura S, Kakinohana M, Sugahara K, Kinjo S, Miyata Y
