Leo Tsai
Appointment:
Resident in Radiology, Class of 2013
Undergraduate Education:
Williams College, magna cum laude
Medical Education:
Harvard Medical School & The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST)
Other Graduate Education:
Ph.D. in Biophysics, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
M.Sc. Medical Imaging, Cambridge University, Great Britain
Internship:
Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellowship:
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (2000-Present)
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (2004-2006)
Awards:
- Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center (2004)
- Harold T. White Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Harvard Physics Department (2004)
- Cambridge Science Foundation International Travel Award, Cambridge, MA (2004)
- Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference Travel Award (2005)
- Resident Tutor of the Year Award, Dunster House, Harvard College (2002)
- Williams College Class of 1960 Scholar in Chemistry and Physics (1997)
- Burnaby Music Award, Emmanuel College, Cambridge University (1999)
- Instrumental Awards, Cambridge University (1998, 1999, 2000)
- Kleinhandler Prize in Music, Williams College (1998)
- Willem Willike Memorial Scholarships in Music (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
- Winner, Berkshire Symphony Soloist Competition (1996)
Patents:
- R. Mair, M. Rosen, L. Tsai, and R. Walsworth. System and Method for Providing Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Substantial Freedom of Subject Positioning. Submitted 2006, US Patent pending.
Original Articles:
- L.L. Tsai, R.W. Mair, M.S. Rosen, S. Patz, and R.L. Walsworth. Posture-Dependent Human 3He Lung Imaging in a Novel, Open Access MRI System: Initial Results. Acad Rad, 15, 728-739, 2008.
- L.L. Tsai, R.W. Mair, M.S. Rosen, S. Patz, and R.L. Walsworth. An Optimized Low-Field 3He MRI System for Studies of Posture-Dependence in Pulmonary Function, J Mag Res, 193, 274-285, 2008.
- I.C. Ruset, L.L. Tsai, R.W. Mair, J. Ng, M.S. Rosen, F.W. Hersmann, R.L. Walsworth. A System for Open-access, Orientational-dependent 3He Human Lung Imaging at Very Low Fields. Conc. Mag. Res. B, 29B, 210-221, 2006.
- M. Klein, L.L. Tsai, M.S. Rosen, T. Pavlin, R. Walsworth. Interstitial Gas and Density-segregation in Vertically-vibrated Granular Media. Physical Review E, 74, 010301(R), 2006.
- R.W. Mair, M.I. Hrovat, S. Patz, M.S. Rosen, I.C. Ruset, G.P. Topulos, L.L. Tsai, F.W. Hersman, R.L. Walsworth. 3He Lung Imaging in an Open Access, Very-Low-Field Human MRI System. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 53, 745-749, 2005.
- L.L. Tsai, Geoffrey I. Hutchison, Enrique Peacock-Lopez. Turing Patterns in a Self-replicating Mechanism with a Self-complementary Template. Journal of Chemical Physics, 113:5, 2003-2006, 2000.
- P.K. Majumder and Leo L. Tsai. Measurement of the 6P-1/2 to 6P-3/2 Electric Quadrupole Transition in Atomic Thallium. Physical Review A, 60:1, 267-272, 1999.
Proceedings of Meetings:
- L.L. Tsai, M.S. Rosen, R.W. Mair, R.L. Walsworth. Human Lung Imaging in Supine vs Upright Positions with a 6.5 mT Open-Access 3He MRI System: Initial Results. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Berlin, Germany, 2007, p. 943.
- L.L. Tsai, R.W. Mair, M.S. Rosen, and R.L. Walsworth. Mapping Human Pulmonary Oxygen Partial Pressure in Supine and Vertical Orientations: Initial Results. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Berlin, Germany, 2007, p. 2776.
- L.L. Tsai, M.S. Rosen, R.W. Mair, and R.L. Walsworth. Design and Construction of an Optimized Open-Access Human-Scale MRI Magnet for Posture Dependent Lung Studies. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Seattle, WA, 2006, p. 1380.
- R.W. Mair, M.I. Hrovat, S. Patz, M.S. Rosen, I.C. Ruset, G.P. Topulos, L.L. Tsai, B. Hersman, R.L. Walsworth. Initial Orientational Lung Imaging in an Open-Access Human-Scale Low Field MRI System. Proceedings of the Twelfth Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, May 2004, p. 859.
- M.S. Rosen, L.L. Tsai, R.W. Mair, R.L. Walsworth. Design of an Optimized Open-Access Human-Scale MRI Magnet for Orientational Lung Study. Proceedings of the Twelfth Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, May 2004, p. 749.
- R.W. Mair, M.S. Rosen, L.L. Tsai, J. Ng, R.L. Walsworth, M. Hrovat, S. Patz, G. Topulos, F. Hersman, I Ruset. Demonstration of Human Lung Imaging in an Open-Access Low-Field MRI System. Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, American Physical Society, Tuscon, AZ , 2004.
- M. Klein, L.L. Tsai, M.S. Rosen, T. Pavlin, R. Walsworth. Fluidization in Vibrated Two-Species Granular Media. March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Montreal, Canada, 2004.
- R.W. Mair, M.S. Rosen, L.L. Tsai, J. Ng, R.L. Walsworth, M. Hrovat, S. Patz, G. Topulos, F. Hersman, I Ruset. Demonstration of Very-low-magnetic-field MRI of Human Lungs. March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Montreal, Canada, 2004.
- F.W. Hersman, M.I. Hrovat, R.W. Mair, I. Muradyan, S. Patz, M.S. Rosen, I. Ruset, L.L. Tsai, R.L. Walsworth. Design and Testing an Open, Human MRI System for Orientational Lung Study. Proceedings of the Eleventh Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, May 2003, p. 750.
- L.L. Tsai, M. Klein, M.S. Rosen, R.L. Walsworth. The role of interstitial gas in the segregation of granular media undergoing vertical vibration. Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Boulder, Colorado, May 2003.
- M. Klein, L.L. Tsai, M.S. Rosen, R.L. Walsworth. Studies of granular segregation in a mixed-grain vibrofluidized bed. March Meeting of the American Physics Society (APS), Austin, TX, 2003.
- G.P. Topulos, S.Patz, J.P. Butler, L.L. Tsai, R.W. Mair, M.S. Rosen, R.L. Walsworth. Accurate Quantification of Fractional Blood Volume in Lung Tissue. Proceedings of the Tenth Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Honolulu, HI, 2002, p. 1983
- R.W. Mair, M.S. Rosen, L.L. Tsai, R.L. Walsworth, D. Cory, R. Wang, D. Candela, F.W. Hersman. Applications of Laser-Polarized Noble Gas NMR. March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Montreal, Canada, 2004.
- P.K. Majumder and L.L. Tsai. Precise Measurement of the Electric Quadrupole Amplitude within the 1.28 µm line of Atomic Thallium. Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, American Physics Society, Santa Fe, NM, May 1998.
Reviews, Chapters, and Editorials:
- R.W. Mair, L.L. Tsai, M Barlow, R.N. Scheidegger, M.S. Rosen, S. Patz, and R.L. Walsworth. Towards Posture Dependent Human Pulmonary O2 Mapping Using Hyperpolarized Helium and an Open Access Very Low Field MRI System . In S. Codd J. Seymour (Ed), Magnetic Resonance Microscopy: Spatially Resolved NMR Techniques and Applications, Wiley-VCH, Berlin, Germany, p. 117-127.
Books, Monographs, and Text Books:
Contact:
ltsai1@bidmc.harvard.edu
