Che-Kai Tsao, MD
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology
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Specialties
Internal Medicine, Cancer (Oncology)
Research Topics
Cancer, Cancer Genetics, Clinical Genomics, Genomics, Immunology, Kidney, Prostate, Translational Research
Genitourinary Cancers
Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder Cancer, and Testicular Cancer.

MD, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University - College of Medicine

MS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Residency, Internal Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Fellowship, Hematology & Oncology, Mount Sinai Hospital

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

2023

Solid Tumor Faculty Teaching Award

Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital

2012

Merit Award

American Society of Clinical Oncology

2012

GU Cancers Merit Award

American Society of Clinical Oncology

2012

Physician of the Year, Fellow Award

Mount Sinai Hospital

2011

Workshop on Methods in Clinical Cancer Research

ASCO/AACR

2011

Oncology Trainee Travel Award

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Tsao during 2023 and/or 2024. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Guardant Health, Inc.
  • Eisai, Inc.
  • Sanofi Aventis

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.