Patrika M. Tsai, M.D.

Pediatric gastroenterologist

Dr. Patrika M. Tsai is a pediatric specialist in gastroenterology, nutrition and obesity at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. She is certified by the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists and has a research interest in hormonal changes that occur in childhood obesity and the effects on appetite.

She earned a medical degree at the University of Tennesee and completed a pediatrics internship and residency at Emory University in Atlanta. Through a fellowship at Harvard Medical School, she completed training in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Children's Hospital Boston and Massachusetts General Hospital. She also earned a master's degree in public health at Harvard University. She is an assistant professor of pediatrics at UCSF.

Endoscopy Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-0136
Phone: (415) 353-2813

Gastroenterology and Liver
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2813

IBD Program
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2813

ValleyCare Specialty Clinic
5565 West Las Positas Blvd.
Pleasanton, CA 94588-4000
Phone: (925) 598-3500

Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave, Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-7337

• Liver Transplant

• Obesity