Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Dr. Adam G. Tsai, MD
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Adam Tsai works in the field of Internal Medicine. He graduated from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He received awards:"Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program" and "Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program". Adam Tsai is a published MD. He has 47 papers published. The most current publication "Comparing tissue PO2 measurements by recessed microelectrode and phosphorescence quenching."
Publications
- Text Message Support for Weight Loss in Patients With Prediabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Treating obesity seriously: when recommendations for lifestyle change confront biological adaptations.
- Behavioral treatment of obesity in patients encountered in primary care settings: a systematic review.
- Six Month Outcomes of a Primary Care-Based Weight Loss Trial Using a Lay-Trained Counselor.
- Readiness redefined: A behavioral task during screening predicted 1-year weight loss in the look AHEAD study.
- Frequency of laboratory testing among gastric bypass patients.
- Cost-effectiveness of a primary care intervention to treat obesity.
- Managing obesity in primary care practice: an overview with perspective from the POWER-UP study.
- Capsule Commentary on Weinstock et al., Weight Loss Success in Metabolic Syndrome by Telephone Interventions: Results from the SHINE Study.
- Weight Change in Pediatric TennCare Recipients Referred to a Commercial Weight Loss Program.
- Managing obesity in primary care practice: a narrative review.
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of making Weight Watchers available to Tennessee Medicaid (TennCare) recipients.
- A pilot randomized trial comparing a commercial weight loss program with a clinic-based intervention for weight loss.
- A Two-Year Randomized Trial of Obesity Treatment in Primary Care Practice.
- One-Year Results of the Think Health! Study of Weight Management in Primary Care Practices.
- The Time Burden of Overweight and Obesity in Primary Care.
- A Randomized Pilot Trial of a Full Subsidy vs. a Partial Subsidy for Obesity Treatment.
- Determining the Effectiveness of Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), a nationally available nonprofit weight loss program.
- Design, recruitment and start up of a primary care weight loss trial targeting African American and Hispanic adults.
- A quality-adjusted life year of prevention: the cost-effectiveness of nutrition counseling.
- A primary care intervention for weight loss: results of a randomized controlled pilot study.
- Treatment of obesity in primary care practice in the United States: a systematic review.
- Disparities by ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the use of weight loss treatments.
- Metabolic syndrome and health-related quality of life in obese individuals seeking weight reduction.
- Childhood obesity and cosmetic surgery.
- Medical student, medicine resident, and attending physician knowledge of the Medicare Prescription Drug Modernization and Improvement Act of 2003.
- Insurance coverage for obesity treatment.
- Obesity: psychological and behavioral considerations.
- The evolution of very-low-calorie diets: an update and meta-analysis.
- Bariatric surgery: crossing a body mass index threshold.
- Change in forced expiratory time and spirometric performance during a single pulmonary function testing session.
- Cost-effectiveness of a low-carbohydrate diet and a standard diet in severe obesity.
- Surgery decreases long-term mortality, morbidity, and health care use in morbidly obese patients.
- Iyengar yoga for treating symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knees: a pilot study.
- Commercial and self-help programs for weight control.
- Systematic review: an evaluation of major commercial weight loss programs in the United States.
- Quality of life instrument and retinal diseases.
- The association between profit levels and quality of care in California nursing homes.
- Availability of nutrition services for Medicaid recipients in the northeastern United States: lack of uniformity and the positive effect of managed care.
- Comparing tissue PO2 measurements by recessed microelectrode and phosphorescence quenching.
- Interpreting weight losses from lifestyle modification trials: using categorical data.
- Relation of health-related quality of life to metabolic syndrome, obesity, depression, and comorbid illness.
- Direct medical cost of overweight and obesity in the USA: a quantitative systematic review.
- Relation of health-related quality of life to metabolic syndrome, obesity, depression and comorbid illnesses.
- Randomised controlled trial: Liraglutide for weight loss: more research is needed.
- Tesofensine and weight loss.
Doctors Specialties
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
- CHAMPVA
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
Awards
- Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program
Education
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University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital
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University of Colorado Hospital -
Denver Health
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