DR. DAVID TSAY, M.D., PH.D.
Osteopathic Medicine at Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY

Housestaff - Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Fellow at Science and Technology Ventures, Columbia University

Medical Practice

New York Presbyterian Hospital since Jun 2009 - Housestaff - Internal Medicine Science and Technology Ventures, Columbia University since 2008 - Fellow Columbia University Oct 2008 - May 2009 - Postdoctoral Fellow Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Aug 2001 - Oct 2008 - MD/PhD Columbia University Sep 1998 - May 2003 - Research Student Possible Worlds, Inc. Jun 1998 - Oct 1998 - Consultant

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 2001 - 2008
MD, PhD, Neurobiology and BehaviorCompleted USMLE Step I - 254 (99%) Dissertation: "HCN1 constrains dendritic calcium spikes in CA1 hippocampal neurons" Columbia University in the City of New York 1997 - 2001
BA, Physics, Computer ScienceSumma Cum Laude, GPA 3.9 Phillips Exeter Academy 1994 - 1997
Early Cum Laude

Neuroscience, Cellular Electrophysiology, Multiphoton and Confocal Imaging Microscopy, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Computer Programming (Java, C++, MySQL, AJAX, Perl)

Squash, Snowboarding

Publications, Tsay D, Dudman JT, Siegelbaum SA. HCN1 Channels Constrain Synaptically Evoked Ca2+-Spikes in Distal Dendrites of CA1 Pyramidal Neurons. Neuron. 2007 Dec 20;56(6):1076-89. , Dudman JT, Tsay D, Siegelbaum SA. A role for synaptic inputs at distal dendrites: instructive signals for hippocampal long-term plasticity. Neuron. 2007 Dec 6;56(5):866-79., Tsay D., Yuste, R. On the electrical functions of spines. Trends In, Neuroscience. 2004 Feb 27(2):77-83, Holthoff K., Tsay D. Calcium dynamics in spines: link to synaptic, plasticity. Experimental Physiology. 2002 Nov 87(6):725-31., Tsay D., Yuste R. Role of dendritic spines in action potential, backpropagation: a numerical simulation study. Journal of , Neurophysiology. 2002 Nov 88(5):2834-45., Holthoff K., Tsay D., Yuste R. Calcium dynamics of spines depend on, their dendritic location. Neuron. 2002 Jan 31 33(3):425-37.

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Consultant Department of Internal Medicine
Physician Housestaff Columbia University Technology Ventures
Fellow/Consultant

College of Physicians and Surgeons - New York, NY
M.D. in Medicine Columbia University - New York, NY
Ph.D. in Neurobiology Columbia University - College of Arts and Sciences - New York, NY
B.A. in Physics Phillips Exeter Academy - Exeter, NH
High School Diploma

Medicine, Electrophysiology, Computer Programming, C++, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, HTML, PHP