KarenTsaiMD

Thyroid

Endocrinologist

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Office
Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
Phone+1 626-256-4673

Fax+1 626-218-9470

I am a current Endocrinology physician at City of Hope. I specialize in treating thyroid disorders. She is especially interested in thyroid diseases, thyroid cancers, endocrine disorders from cancer immunotherapy and targeted therapy treatments, bone disorders, and diabetes.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 2020 - 2022
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2017 - 2020
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 2017, MD, Gold Humanism Honor Society
University of Southern CaliforniaBA, Biological Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Magna Cum Laude, 2009 - 2013

Mazda Hero Mazda USA, 2020
Internal Medicine Resident of the Year LAC+USC, 2020
Presenter for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series during the 72nd Emmy Awards. Emmys, 2020

PubMed

1 citations
The Effect of Apalutamide on Thyroid Function in Prostate Cancer Patients.
Clare Moffatt, Melissa G Lechner, Trevor E Angell, John Shen, Alexandra Drakaki
Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2024-05-23
4 citations
The Combined Effect of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors on Thyroid Function.
Karen Tsai, Huiyan Ma, Tom Z Liang, Yan Xing, Samuel Chung
Thyroid. 2024-02-01
2 citations
Safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitor cancer therapy in patients with preexisting type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Robin Hilder, Karen Tsai, Zoe Quandt, Dayna Isaacs, Alexandra Drakaki
Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2023-01-01

Journal Articles

Optimal imaging modality for diagnosis of parathyroid adenoma: Case report and review of the literature
Karen Tsai, MD, Tom Zhe Liang, Edward G. Grant, Mark S. Swanson, Braden Barnett, Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology: Case Reports, 6/26/2020
10 Hypoglycemic Episodes Predict Length of Stay in Patients with Acute Burns
Christopher H Pham, MD, Sebastian Q Vrouwe, MD, Karen Tsai, MD, Zachary J Collier, MD, Andrea C Grote, BSc, Trevor E Angell, MD, Warren L Garner, MD, Justin Gillenwate..., Journal of Burn Care & Research, 3/3/2020

Abstracts/Posters

Potential Pitfall in Grading Prostate Cancer in Patients on Chronic Testosterone Supplementation - Case Report
Tom Zhe Liang, MD, Karen Tsai, MD, Andy E. Sherrod, MD, Shivani Kandukuri, MD, College of American Pathologists 2020, Las Vegas, NV (cancelled due to COVID-19), 10/2020
A Case of Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis and the Importance of Medication Reconciliation in End-Stage Renal Disease
Karen Tsai, MD, Weihuang Vivian Ning, MD, Braden Barnett, MD, Eugene Lin, MD, MS, ENDO 2020, San Francisco, CA (cancelled due to COVID-19), 3/28/2020
Utility of Preoperative Thyroglobulin in Papillary Thyroid Patients in Predicting Response Outcomes and Tumor Pathology
Karen Tsai, MD, Edward Cho, MD, Alyssa Lampe, MD, Jonathan LoPresti, MD, PhD, Trevor Angell, MD, American Thyroid Association 2019, Chicago, IL, 11/2/2019
Late Diagnosis of Complete Androgen Insensitivity
Karen Tsai, MD, Tom Liang, MD, Braden Barnett, MD, Jonathan LoPresti, MD, PhD, ENDO 2019, New Orleans, LA, 3/23/2019
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The Puzzling Thyroid Panel: Answers to Tough QuestionsNovember 7th, 2024
Abnormal TSH: Forget It or Fret It?September 25th, 2024
Pandemic-Era Heroes: Dr. Karen Tsai Co-Founded DonatePPE.org, Which Grew into Giant Support SystemDecember 26th, 2020
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