Thomas Chen-Chia Tsai MD MPH

Summary

• Dr. Thomas C. Tsai is a minimally invasive gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor in Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His clinical interests include laparoscopic and robotic surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease and hiatal hernias; complex abdominal wall reconstruction; and bariatric and metabolic surgery. He leads the application of new technologies to gastrointestinal conditions including LINX (magnet sphincter augmentation) and near-infrared image-guided surgery.
  
  Dr. Tsai’s research focuses on evaluating health policy and systems-level interventions to improve the quality and value of surgical care. He is Co-Director of the Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Lab at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
  
  Dr. Tsai received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College, his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, and his MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed a general surgery residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an advanced minimally invasive gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital.