Thomas C Tsai, MD

I'm a native of Southern California who made my way to Taiwan, my parents' birthplace, following college. I fell in love with the island's people and stayed to study medicine, kicking off a decade-long journey that allowed me to experience the world in a way I never imagined I would.Despite having been educated initially with the mindset of an engineer and a natural proclivity for the technical minutia in healthcare, I quickly gravitated to the human experiences in primary care.Currently, I am a third-year internal medicine resident at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, Massachusetts.I am interested in furthering all aspects of cardiometabolic prevention, and intend to pursue further training in lipidology upon completion of internal medicine training. I am also interested in leveraging emerging technologies to enhance long-term patient monitoring and continuity of care.Previously, I was with the research team at the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where I was involved a wide variety of research studies --- ranging from quality improvement to multi-center randomized control trials.In our free time, my wife Marie and I enjoy our daily dose of caffeine and taking in new sights, landscapes, and foods with our two young daughters around New England and beyond.I'm also a self-confessed audiophile with a penchant for taking photos, and occasionally mix in a swim, hike, or basketball game here and there.

EDUCATION & CLINICAL TRAINING

Education
MD, National Taiwan University College of Medicine
BS, California Institute of TechnologyClinical Training
PGY-3 Resident Physician, Department of Medicine, MetroWest Medical Center
Postgraduate Year Resident, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei Branch
Intern, National Taiwan University HospitalWork Experience
Clinical Research Assistant II, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Visiting Physician Scholar, Division of Gastroenterology, UC San Diego Health

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The bulk of my recent research focus involves epidemic surveillance of dengue fever. With funding supported by Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant #105-2815-C-002-059-B), I work closely with Prof. CC King's lab at the Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine within the NTU School of Public Health to derive early clinical surveillance methods for severity stratification on undifferentiated dengue fever within an aging Taiwanese population. Using data gathered from our observational studies, our group further leveraged machine learning using a synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE) to predict severe cases of dengue fever in the elderly based on initial clinical presentation.

PREVIOUS RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT

In the past, I've assisted in research involving methods in helical radiotherapy, novel submillimeter microscopy, and neural correlates of amygdala activation.

PHYSIOLOGICAL DEVICE & AUDIO CONSULTING

The advent of consumer wearable devices has launched a technological renaissance in the realm of remote and wireless health monitoring. The nexus of thought involving wearables is moving from the wrist to the ear. I consult hearing device companies on the following:

Photography has been a longtime hobby of mine; to me, it is the perfect medium to blend the honesty of an image with the context of the moment. I've been fortunate to have had experience with both photojournalism and commercial photography and continue to hone the craft during my personal time.