DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
Center for Weight and Eating Disorders

Adam Gilden Tsai, M.D., M.S.

Adam Gilden Tsai, MD, MS, is Instructor of Medicine in Psychiatry at the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders. He serves as the medical director for the program. Dr. Tsai received his MD in 1999 and completed an internal medicine residency in 2002, both at the University of Pennsylvania. From 2002 to 2004, he pursued his MS in clinical epidemiology, also at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Tsai's research interests include treatment of obesity in primary health care settings, obesity among minority and low-income patients, and
the economics of obesity, including insurance coverage for obesity therapy.

Dr. Tsai can be contacted at: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market St, Room 3022, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Email: gildena@mail.med.upenn.edu.

Recent publications include:

Tsai AG, Wadden TA, Sarwer DB, et al. Metabolic syndrome and health-related quality of life in obese individuals seeking weight reduction. Obesity. 2008;16:59-63.

Tsai AG, Wadden TA, Rogers MA, et al. A primary care intervention for weight management. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2007:22:S13.

Tsai AG, Asch DA, Wadden TA. Insurance coverage for obesity treatment. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2006;106:1651-1655.

Tsai AG, Fabricatore AN. Obesity: psychological and behavioral considerations. American Family Physician. 2006;74:867-868.

Tsai AG, Wadden TA. The Evolution of Very-Low-Calorie Diets: An Update and Meta-Analysis. Obesity. 2006;14:1283-1293.