ThomasChen-ChiaTsaiMD

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Senior Policy Advisor for the COVID-19 Response on the White House COVID-19 Response Team | Surgeon and Director of Clinical Care Redesign, Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Assistant Professor of Surgery , Harvard Medical School | Assistant Professor in Health Policy and Management, Harvard Chan School of Public Health

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Office
1153 Centre Street
Boston, MA 02130
Phone+1 617-983-4887

Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2012
Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2018 - 2019
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2011 - 2018
Brigham and Women's HospitalInternship, Surgery, 2010 - 2011
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 2010
Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, Health Policy and Management, 2008 - 2009

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2012 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Redistribution of Residency Slots After Hospital Closures.
Tarun Ramesh, Kushal T Kadakia, Thomas C Tsai
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2025-01-06
Defining the Role of Machine Learning in Optimizing Surgical Outcomes.
Thomas H Shin, Stanley W Ashley, Thomas C Tsai
JAMA Surgery. 2024-12-01
Clinical outcomes and profitability following rural hospital mergers and acquisitions.
Thomas C Tsai, Ciara E Duggan, Jie Zheng, E John Orav, Arnold M Epstein
The Journal of Rural Health. 2024-11-07

Journal Articles

Maximizing the US Department of Veterans Affairs' Reserve Role in National Health Care Emergency Preparedness—the Fourth Mission
Nader N Massarweh, Thomas C Tsai, JAMA Surgery

Authored Content

Maximizing the US Department of Veterans Affairs' Reserve Role in National Health Care Emergency Preparedness—the Fourth MissionAugust 2020

Press Mentions

Bariatric Surgeons Being Put Out of Work by GLP-1 DrugsDecember 23rd, 2024
Obesity and Weight Loss News DigestDecember 11th, 2024
Numbers of Bariatric Surgery Declining with Rise in GLP-1 Drugs for Treatment of Obesity: JAMAOctober 29th, 2024
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