Shirling Tsai, MD

Positions and Employment

• Vascular Surgery, VA North Texas and UT Southwestern

• Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Education

• 1999-2003: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

• 2003-2010: New York Presbyterian Hospital, General Surgery Residency

• 2006- 2008: Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Science, Research Fellowship

• 2010-2012: Massachusetts General Hospital, Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Honors and Awards

• D Magazine Best Doctor 2022

Research Interests:

• Genetics of abdominal aortic aneurysms

• Lipoprotein Receptor Signaling Mechanisms in Aortic Aneurysm

• Parthenogenesis

Professional Associations and Affiliations

• Dallas VA Institutional Review Board (IRB)

• American College of Surgeons

• Society for Vascular Surgery

• Association for Academic Surgery

• American Heart Association

• Association of VA Surgeons

• Reviewer for the Journal of Vascular Surgery and the Annals of Vascular Surgery