Franklin Tsai MD

Advanced Endoscopic Interventional, Esophagus Disease

Scripps Clinic

10666 N Torrey Pines RdLa Jolla, CA 92037
Phone+1 858-554-8069

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Education & Training

Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green HospitalFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2007 - 2010
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 2004

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2005 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification MEDSEEK Empower, SymphonyCare, LLC, 2012, 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Allscripts TouchWorks EHR, Allscripts, 2012, 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012, 2014-2017

Clinical Trials

trūFreeze® Spray Cryotherapy Patient Registry
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Spray Cryotherapy Esophageal Consortium Consensus Recommendations for Liquid Nitrogen Spray Cryotherapy in Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer Using a Modified D...
Tilak Shah, Zaid Ansari, Akram Ahmad, Walter Coyle, Bruce B Greenwald
The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2026-07-01
Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Esophagus Causing Pseudoachalasia.
Garrett Teskey, Alexander Prevallet, Rohit Khanna, Franklin Chung-Han Tsai, Walter James Coyle
ACG Case Reports Journal. 2025-04-01
10 citations
Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for eradication of dysplastic Barrett's esophagus: results from a multicenter prospective registry.
Swathi Eluri, Cary C Cotton, Vivek Kaul, Matthew McKinley, Douglas Pleskow
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2024-08-01

Journal Articles

The microbiome and obesity: is obesity linked to our gut flora?
Tsai F, Coyle W., Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2009

Authored Content

Tu1147 LIQUID NITROGEN SPRAY CRYOTHERAPY FOR PALLIATION OF INVASIVE ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA: RESULTS FROM A MULTICENTER U.S. REGISTRYMay 2018
Tu1147 LIQUID NITROGEN SPRAY CRYOTHERAPY FOR PALLIATION OF INVASIVE ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA: RESULTS FROM A MULTICENTER U.S. REGISTRYMay 2018