 | Dr. James C. Tsai |
Dr. James C. Tsai, newly appointed as the Robert R. Young Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, is an authority on glaucoma and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the Yale School of Medicine. He is also chief of the Ophthalmology Service at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Tsai's research has concentrated on three areas important in glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in which increasing pressure inside the eyeball causes progressive damage to the optic nerve. He is engaged in the search for molecules with the potential to protect the optic nerve from damage directly, without lowering intraocular pressure; is evaluating surgical outcomes in glaucoma patients; and is working on the development of advanced techniques of vision testing. In particular, Tsai's laboratory is exploring the neuroprotective value of erythropoietin, a hormone made by the kidney that aids in red blood cell formation and which is often used to treat anemia.
He has authored a wide range of scientific articles, abstracts and book chapters on glaucoma and co-authored the textbook "Medical Management of Glaucoma."
Tsai came to Yale last fall from the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He earned his undergraduate degree at Amherst College and his medical degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He completed glaucoma fellowships at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami and at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Institute of Ophthalmology in London. He also holds an M.B.A. from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.
Tsai is a panel consultant for the Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is a committee member of the National Eye Health Education Program Planning Committee of the National Institutes of Health. A member of the board of directors of the Glaucoma Foundation, Tsai also chairs its Medical Advisory Committee. He serves on the editorial boards of Highlights of Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Today and is an editorial panel member of Academy Express.
Tsai has been recognized with numerous awards, including an Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Orbis Medical Faculty Award. He is listed in "Who's Who in America," "Who's Who in the World," and "Best Doctors in America."
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Tsai is designated as Robert Young Professor
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