Dr Kenneth Y Tsai, MD, PhD

Dr. Tsai is a board-certified dermatologist and dermatopathologist and completed his training in both specialties at the Harvard Medical School Combined Programs in Boston, MA. Prior to joining Moffitt, Tsai was an associate professor in the Departments of Dermatology and Translational Molecular Pathology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. His research has been funded by the NCI and CPRIT, and he has served on multiple NIH study sections as well as the editorial boards for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and Cancer Research. Dr. Tsai serves as the section head of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Research and Treatment and treatment in the Donald A. Adam Melanoma and Skin Cancer Center of Excellence. Utilizing his clinical and science expertise, his research focuses on understanding the genomic changes that drive the development of non-melanoma skin cancers, such as basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, and how they evade the immune system.