Elena L Tsai, MD
Overview
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Digestive Disorder
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Gender
- Female
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Phone Appointments
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Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Capital District Physician Health Plan (CDPHP)
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- PPO
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Consumer Health Network (CHN)
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- MVP Health Care-HMO/EPO (Westchester Only)
- MVP Health Care-PPO (Westchester Only)
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- Medicare Managed Care
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- 2004 University of Mass. Medical School
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Gastroenterology
Research
Selected Publications
Li H, Fan X, Stoicov C, Liu J, Zubair S, Tsai E, Ste. Marie R, Wang TC, Lyle S, Kurt-Jones E, Houghton J. Human and mouse colon cancer utilizes CD95 signaling for local growth and metastatic spread to liver. Gastroenterology 2009; 137:934-44.
Garden GA, Budd SL, Tsai E, Hanson L, Kaul M, D'Emilia DM, Friedlander RM, Yuan J, Masliah E, Lipton SA. Caspase cascades in HIV-induced neurodegeneration. J Neurosci 2002; 22:4015-24.
Corbo JC, Deuel TA, Long JM, LaPorte P, Tsai E, Wynshaw-Boris A, Walsh CA. Doublecortin is required in mice for lamination of the hippocampus but not the neocortex. J Neurosci 2002; 22:7548-57.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
PillCam ESO for the detection of esophageal disease in patients presenting to the emergency department with noncardiac chest pain. American College of Gastroenterology, North American Conference of Gastroenterology Fellows, Orlando, FL; February 2010.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Schechter M, Sheikh I, Gorantla S, Briones FCP, Gupta A, Tsai E, Culpepper-Morgan J. Inaccuracy of patient recollection of prior colonoscopy in an inner-city population. Gastroenterology 2012; 142(S1): 407-8
Gupta A, SibaY, Gorantla S, Schechter M, Tsai E, Culpepper-Morgan A. Prevalence of eosinophilic esophagitis in African Americans and Hispanics presenting with dysphagia: A single center retrospective analysis. Gastroenterology 2012; 142(S1):437
Hyatt B, Finkelberg D, Tsai E, and Cave D. Clinical experience with the patency capsule: A single center retrospective review. Gastroenterology 2010; 138(S1):670.
Tsai E, Luckeroth P, Bhattacharya K, and Cave D. Management of multicentric small bowel carcinoid tumors: Use of video capsule and intraoperative endoscopy. Am J Gastroenterol 2009; 104(S3): 272
Tsai E and Patwardhan R. Relapsed follicular lymphoma manifesting as isolated colonic polyps. Am J Gastroenterol 2009; 104(S3):337.
Tsai E and Wassef W. Autoimmune pancreatitis mimicking a pancreatic neoplasm [abstract]. J Gen Intern Med 2006; 21(S4):224.
Sturrock P, Tsai E, Pitcher J, Yantiss R, Growney A, Jiang G, Tada H. Real-time RT-PCR analysis of primary and metastatic colon cancer for the presence of JC virus T-antigen. Annual Surgical Congress; February 2006, San Diego, CA.
Sturrock P, Tsai E, Pitcher J, Growney A, Tada H. Expression of JC virus T-antigen in primary colon cancers and synchronous metastases [abstract]. J Surg Res 2004; 121:328
Garden G, Tsai E, Hanson L, Singh S, Torelli R, Tun C, Guo W, Lipton S. Caspase inhibition prevents CNS injury in the HIV/gp120 transgenic mouse [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr 2001; 27:1746
Garden G, Tsai E, Budd S, Lishnak T, Lipton S. Caspase-3-like activity in HIV/gp120-induced apoptosis [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr 1999; 25:281