Allison Leigh Tsao - Faculty Biosketch

Allison Leigh Tsao, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Department: Medicine

Contact information

West Roxbury VA Medical Center
1400 VFW Parkway
West Roxbury, MA 02132

Education:
BS (Biomedical Engineering/ Materials Science & Engineering)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2011.

Post-Graduate Training
Residency, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2011-2014.
Research Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2012-2013.
Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2014-2015.
Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2016-2018.
Chief Fellow, Cardiovascular Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2017-2018.
Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2018-2019.
Fellowship, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2019-2021.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2014.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 2018.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, 2019.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Adult Congenital Cardiology, 2021.

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Selected Publications

Tsao AL, Shapeton AD: Requiem for Routine Self-Expanding TAVR Valves? A Commentary on the Comparative Analysis of Evolut PRO Versus Sapien Ultra Valves for Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Registry (OPERA-TAVI). J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 37(6): 849-851, Jun 2023.

Tsao AL, Boden WE: Chronic Total Occlusion PCI and Optimal Medical Therapy: Are We Still Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 16(3): e009604, Mar 2023.

Kazmi MA, Spitzmueller C, Yu J, Madera JM, Tsao AS, Dawson JF, Pavlidis I.: Search committee diversity and applicant pool representation of women and underrepresented minorities: A quasi-experimental field study. J Appl Psychol 107(8): 1414-1427, Aug 2022.

Aguilar M, Tsao AL, Croce KJ, Sauer W, Morrow DA, Tedrow UB: Percutaneous right ventricular assist device-supported ventricular tachycardia ablation in a patient with severe right ventricular dysfunction. HeartRhythm Case Rep 6(2): 72-76, Feb 2022.

Ganzer PD, Loeian MS, Roof SR, Teng B, Lin L, Friedenberg DA, Baumgart IW, Meyers EC, Chun KS, Rich A, Tsao AL, Muir WW, Weber DJ, Hamlin RL.: Dynamic detection and reversal of myocardial ischemia using an artificially intelligent bioelectronic medicine. Sci Adv 8(1): eabj5473, Jan 2022.

Tsao AL, Sperati CJ.: Cystic Kidneys in a Patient with Craniofacial Abnormalities. Kidney360 1(8): 882-883, Aug 2020.

Tsao AL, Faxon DP.: Fractional Flow Reserve: Does Sex Matter? JACC Cardiovasc Interv 12: 2047-2049, Oct 2019.

Atri DS*, Tsao AL*, Yu PB, Berry NC: ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Due to Right Coronary Artery Compression by Cardiac Synovial Sarcoma. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 12(17): e145-e147, Sep 2019.

Yoon K, Lee W, Chen E, Lee JE, Croce P, Cammalleri A, Foley L, Tsao AL, Yoo SS.: Localized Blood-Brain Barrier Opening in Ovine Model Using Image-Guided Transcranial Focused Ultrasound. Ultrasound Med Biol 45(9): 2391-2404, Sep 2019.

DeFilippis EM, Tsao AL, Loscalzo J.: Dyspnea and Edema in a Woman With Antiphospholipid Syndrome. JAMA Cardiol 3(11): 1123-1124, Nov 2018.