Ho Chie  Tsai, MD

1771 Highland Place #208    ~    Berkeley, CA  94709    ~    (510) 704-4080   ~    hochie@hochie.net

 
EMPLOYMENT
02/2006-present Attending, Hospitalist, Summit Unit, Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland, California
  • Providing general hospitalist services, evaluations, overnight on-site call, and supervising Children's Hospital residents
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    09/2005-present Attending, Emergency Department Urgent Care, Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland, California
  • Providing routine urgent care evaluation, and supervising Children's Hospital residents
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    09/2005-present Pediatrician, Night Owl Pediatrics Urgent Care, Pleasant Hill, California
  • Providing emergency care, including laceration repair, on-site radiographic evaluation, stabilizing orthopedic care, and phlebotomy services
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    08/2001-06/2002 Extern, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
  • Obtained H&P's and assisted on-call Anesthesiology resident during deliveries
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    08/1997-07/2002 Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago, Biomedical Imaging Lab
  • Investigated the utility of Laplacian ECG and EEG mapping in clinical practice 
  • Served as lab coordinator and supervised undergraduate research assistants
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    08/1997-05/1998 Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of EECS
  • Instructed students, held office hours and graded programming projects for computer-based pattern recognition course
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    11/1994-07/1997 Laboratory Technologist, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicine
  • Performed anti-microbial susceptibility studies, ELISA, and antibiotic bioassays
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    SERVICE
    07/2005-present Core Organizer, North American Taiwanese Medical Association 2G, San Francisco, California
     
    08/2003-present Camp Physician, Taiwanese American Foundation Summer Leadership Conference, Manchester, Indiana
     
    06/2003-06/2005 Camp Physician & Medical Staff, Bearskin Meadow Camp, Diabetic Youth Foundation, Concord, California
     
    08/2003 Medical Staff, Camp Okizu Summer Camp for pediatric oncology patients, Okizu Foundation, Novato, California
     
    05/1999-05/2000 President, Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School
     
    07/1999 Medical Student Volunteer, Summer Camp for the American Diabetes Association, Chicago, Illinois
     
    07/1999 Counselor, Summer Camp for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
     
    EDUCATION
    07/2002-06/2005 Resident in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Research Center of Oakland, California
     
    08/1998-06/2002 Doctor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
     
    08/1996-07/1998 Master of Science Degree in Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Grade Point Average:  5.0/5.0 index
     
    08/1989-05/1994 Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering option, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Grade Point Average:  4.5/5.0 index
     
    LICENSES
    2006 Board Certified, American Board of Pediatrics
    2004 California License #A84914 
     
    MEMBERSHIPS
    2006 Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
     
    CERTIFICATIONS
    2005 Neonatal Advanced Life Support
    2007 Pediatric Advanced Life Support
     
    HONORS & AWARDS  
    2001 Prizewinner: Body Electric Medical Literary Arts Journal
    1996 Trainee Investigator Award for Excellence in Clinical Research
     
    RESEARCH
    Tsai H. “Imaging Abnormal Cardiac Conduction by Means of Body Surface Laplacian Mapping.”  Masters Thesis Publication. submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998.
     
    Primary Tsai H, Ceccoli H, Avitall B, and He B. Body Surface Laplacian Mapping of Anterior Myocardial Infarction in Man. Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago. Journal of Electromagnetics. Accepted for publication.
     
    Tsai H, Ceccoli H, Avitall B, Ono K, Hosaka H, and He B. “Clinical application of body surface Laplacian Mapping in Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction.” Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Proc. of the Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 48-50. 1998.
     
    Tsai H, Ceccoli H, Avitall B, Ono K, Hosaka H, and He B.  “Body Surface Laplacian Mapping of Chronic Myocardial Infarction.”  Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Proc. of the Annual International Conference of Electromagnetics in Medicine. 1997.
     
    Tsai H, Pitrak DL, Mullane KM, Bilek M, and Moxon D. “Accelerated Neutrophil Apoptosis in Advanced HIV Infection.” Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago; Westside V.A. Medical Center. Journal of Investigative Medicine. Volume 43. Supplement 2. American Federation for Clinical Research. 1995.
     
    Tsai H, Pitrak DL, Mullane KM, Sutton, SH, Pau AK, and Stevens P. “Accelerated Neutrophil Apoptosis in AIDS:  Partial Reversal with r-met-HuG-CSF.” Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago; Westside V.A. Medical Center. 1995.
     
    Secondary Lian J, Srinivasan S, Tsai H, Wu D, and He B. “Evaluation of the Noise Level and SNR in Laplacian ECG during Ventricular Depolarization.” Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Proc. of IEEE-EMBS Asia-Pacific Conference on Biomedical Engineering. 757-758. 2000.
     
    Wu DN, Tsai H, Wu D, Srinivasan S, Lian J, Krumdick G, Ceccoli H, Avitall B, and He B. “Noninvasive Localization of Chronic Myocardial Infarction by Means of Iso-Integral Laplacian Maps.” Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Proc. of IEEE-EMBS Asia-Pacific Conference on Biomedical Engineering. 296-297. 2000.
     
    Srinivasan S, Tsai H, Wu DN, Wu D, Lian J, Ceccoli H, Avitall B, and He B. “Noninvasive Mapping of Paced Cardiac Activities by Means Of Body Surface Laplacian ECG Mapping.” Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Proc. of IEEE-EMBS Asia-Pacific Conference on Biomedical Engineering. 294-295. 2000.
     
    Srinivasan S, Lian J, Tsai H, and He B. “On the Estimation of Noise Level of Laplacian ECG during Ventricular Depolarization.” Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Proc. of World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. CD-ROM, 2000.
     
    Wu D, Tsai H, and He B. “On the Estimation of the Laplacian Electrocardiogram during Ventricular Activation.” Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. Volume 27. 731-745. 1999.
     
    Wu D, Tsai H, Srinivasan S, Lian J, and He B. “Noninvasive Mapping of Cardiac Electrical Activity during Ventricular Excitation.” Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Proc. of European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference. 1622. 1999.
     
    Nakagawa M, Tsai H, and He B. “3D-EEG Rhythm Mapping During Flash Stimulation Using Zero-Crossings Analysis.” Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Proc. of the Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 1536-1539. 1997.
     
    Tamburrino T, Nakagawa M, Tsai H, Li Y, and He B. “Development of a Matlab-based Brain Mapping Software System.” Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Proc. of the Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 1182-1183. 1997.
     
    Nakagawa M, Tsai H, and He B. “Brain Mapping Based on Zero-Crossings Analysis.” Bioengineering Program & EECS Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. Proc. of the Annual International Conference of Electromagnetics in Medicine. 1997.
     
    Pitrak D, Tsai H, Mullane K., Sutton S, and Stevens P.  “Accelerated Neutrophil Apoptosis in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.” Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago; Westside V.A. Medical Center.  Journal of Clinical Investigation. Volume 98. Number 12. 2714-2719. December 1996.