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Cynthia Tsay, M.D., M.P.H

Gastroenterology

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Biographical Info

Dr. Cynthia Tsay is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå°æ and New York-Presbyterian Hospital and a general gastroenterologist with a clinical and research interest in early gastric cancer, gastric intestinal metaplasia, and other conditions involving the stomach. She is interested in the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the risk stratification and early detection of premalignant lesions in high risk populations, as well as the role of the microbiome in these conditions and ways in which medications alter the gastrointestinal microbiome. She has published in Gastroenterology, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics and the American Journal of Gastroenterology. 

 

She obtained her B.A. in the History of Science and the History of Medicine at Yale College and her M. Phil in the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science, Medicine, and Technology at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Tsay returned to New Haven where she earned her M.D. at the Yale School of Medicine and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. She also has a M.P.H in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She completed her fellowship training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital where she served as chief fellow during her last two years. 

 

Dr. Tsay is also passionate about medical education and the experience of trainees, having served as president of the Yale Resident and Fellow Senate and the chair of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Fellows Council. 

Honors and Awards

2018 American College of Physicians- Connecticut Best Original Research

2020 American Association for the Study of Liver Disease Emerging Liver Scholar

2021 Yale Research in Residency Award

2023 American Gastroenterological Association Fellow Abstract Award

2023 American College of Gastroenterology North American Conference of GI Fellows Conference Participant

2023 American College of Gastroenterology Emerging Leaders Program Participant 

Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Expertise
Abdominal Pain
Abdominal Bloating
Anemia
Cancer of Colon
Colon Cancer Screening
Colonoscopy
Constipation
Diarrhea
Diverticulitis
Diverticulosis
Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
Endoscopy
Colitis
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Gastrointestinal Intolerance to Foods
General Gastroenterology
Hemorrhoids
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Nausea and Vomiting
Positive Cologuard
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
Surveillance For Colorectal Cancer
Capsule Endoscopy
Languages
English
Research
Education 
  • M.P.H.
    Harvard School of Public Health
    2023
  • M.D.
    Yale University School of Medicine
    2018
  • M.Phil.
    University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
    2014
  • B.A.
    Yale University
    2013
Appointments 
  • Assistant Attending Physician
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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