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Tsewang Tashi, MD

MDS Specialist

location_city University of Utah

Specialities: Myelofibrosis, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Spoken languages: English

Clinical Expertise

 

  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

About

Dr. Tsewang Tashi joined the University of Utah faculty after completing his hematology/oncology fellowship in 2015. He received his medical degree from Chang Gung University, Taiwan, and completed his internal medicine residency both in Taiwan, and in the US from Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE. Early in his career during fellowship, he has been involved in research with Dr. Josef Prchal on high altitude genetic adaptation, hypoxia signaling and molecular genetics of myeloproliferative neoplasms.

His research and clinical interest lies in myeloid malignancies and currently sees and manages patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms, including systemic mastocytosis, and acute leukemias, both at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and serving the veterans at the George E. Whalen VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City. He established and currently leads the Mastocytosis Program at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital, which has been designated as Mastocytosis Center of Excellence. He also runs several clinical trials as the principal investigator in polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, systemic mastocytosis and acute leukemia.

Location

University of Utah: 50 Medical Dr N, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA

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