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

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

Gastroenterology
Specialties
Gastroenterology, more

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Gastroenterology and Hepatology at David H. Koch Center

1283 York Avenue
9th Floor
New York, NY 10065
US
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About Cynthia Tsay, M.D., M.P.H

Dr. Cynthia Tsay is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine 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.


Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
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Expertise

  • Abdominal Bloating

  • Abdominal Pain

  • Anemia

  • Cancer of Colon

  • Capsule Endoscopy

  • Colitis

  • Colon Cancer Screening

  • Colonoscopy

  • Constipation

  • Diarrhea

  • Diverticulitis

  • Diverticulosis

  • Dyspepsia (Indigestion)

  • Endoscopy

  • 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

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Education

  • Degrees: Harvard School of Public Health

  • Degrees: University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

  • Degrees: Yale University

  • Degrees: Yale University School of Medicine

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Languages

  • English
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Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Physician

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine

Education

  • Degrees: Yale University
  • Degrees: University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
  • Degrees: Yale University School of Medicine
  • Degrees: Harvard School of Public Health

Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Physician
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

Languages Spoken

  • English