Thomas Tsang, M.D., M.P.H.

Thomas Tsang, M.D., M.P.H., is Chief Medical Officer at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center. He is committed to promoting community-based primary care and reducing minority health disparities. His interests include hepatitis B prevention, information technology and health services research.

Dr. Tsang received his B.S. from the City College of New York, his M.D. from SUNY Stony Brook, School of Medicine and his M.P.H. from Columbia University.

As Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Tsang is actively engaged in community-based participatory research, focusing on Asian American health issues, including hepatitis B clinical research. He is also Director of the Health Disparities Training Program at the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health; in this Project EXPORT grant from the National Institutes of Health, he directs a research training program modeled on the community-based participatory model.

He spearheaded the implementation of electronic health records and advocated for the use of clinical informatics in the area of chronic disease management at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center. An active participant in two regional health information organizations in New York City to increase the use of clinical informatics to improve the quality of care, he is working with visiting nurse services and other community health centers on their activities involving electronic health records.

He is a co-principal investigator in the Asian American Hepatitis B Program sponsored by the City Council of New York, a comprehensive program for education, screening, vaccination, and treatment of patients at high risk of hepatitis B infection. He was recently awarded a multiyear Centers for Disease Control grant to initiate a Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Disparities for Hepatitis B as a co-principal investigator. He serves on several scientific advisory boards, including the Board of Health for the City of New York.