Katy Tsai, MD

Oncologist and melanoma specialist

Dr. Katy K. Tsai is a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of melanoma and other skin cancers. She was born in Taiwan and raised in Toronto, Canada.

In addition to caring for patients, Tsai conducts clinical trials with her colleagues in cutaneous oncology, Dr. Adil Daud and Dr. Alain Algazi, to develop new and better therapies for patients with advanced melanoma and head and neck cancers. She has a longstanding interest in quality of life and outcomes in patients receiving immunotherapy.

Tsai graduated with a degree in comparative literature from Brown University before receiving her medical degree, also from Brown University, in 2010. Subsequently, she completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, followed by a fellowship in medical oncology at UCSF, where she served as chief fellow and is now clinical instructor. Tsai is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program
1600 Divisadero St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-9900
Fax: (415) 885-3802

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.