Michaela L. Tsai, MD
Seattle, WA 98104
True Family Women's Cancer Center - 5th Floor
1221 Madison Street, Floor 5, Seattle, WA 98104
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About Michaela L. Tsai
**Only accepting Breast Medical Oncology Patients** Dr. Michaela Tsai is a board certified medical oncologist and hematologist who has been caring for patients with cancer and blood disorders for nearly 20 years. At Duke University, Dr. Tsai studied chemistry and religion. During her medical training at Harvard, she discovered that the field of oncology allowed her to stay actively engaged in both areas. The health and well-being of her patients is her primary concern. She believes in the essential balance between the intellectual and the emotional, the scientific and the spiritual, and incorporates these elements into her daily practice and the care of her patients.
University of Minnesota
2005
University of Minnesota
2002
Harvard Medical School
1995
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
Swedish
Dr. Tsai grew up in Maine and has always loved running, biking, hiking, skiing and spending time outdoors. She is excited to explore these activities with her family here in the Pacific Northwest. When she is not at work, you can find her traveling across the globe with her husband, two children and two dogs seeking out new adventures.
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Dr. Tsai is an exceptional provider and I feel lucky to be in her care.
Swedish Patient
Dr Tsai is very thorough with her exam, explains matters well and has a very calming way of treating her patients.
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Dr. Tsai is an excellent doctor. I appreciate her expertise, candor and compassion.
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My experiences are all excellent
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Dr. Tsai is so detailed, caring and warm-hearted. I feel happy to have found an excellent provider!
Swedish Patient
This was the one-year check up from last year's cancer surgery. This oncologist was knowledgeable and considerate. I felt comfortable with the exam and explanations and the care shown to me.
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Easy to get appointment. Courteous staff and doctor
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Excellent
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She is very easy to talk to. Explained in detail about my health issue. Made me feel at ease. I'm very happy with the care I have received.
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I'm glad to be in Dr. Tsai's care. She understands my concerns about longevity and still being able to travel/enjoy life.
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I feel I am so fortunate to have Dr. Tsai as my oncologist, she is knowledgeable, kind and thorough.
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It was a very good visit.
Swedish Patient
Dr Tsai and her staff have all been exceptional to work with. They are always very friendly, kind, helpful and very knowledgeable. A very enjoyable experience.
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Dr Tsai always makes me feel comfortable and l trust her knowledge.
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Always very professional and does actually listen. I appreciate the care I get.
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I appreciate calls and messages regarding wait time for a video visit. I am VERY grateful for the opportunity to have video visits
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Dr. Tsai is an excellent physician. Always an excellent and caring provider.
Swedish Patient
I am so happy with the care I receive at Swedish. Everyone I have had contact with has been wonderful. I love all my doctors.
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Friendly , respectful and professional service
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Staff and doctor are always punctual and courteous
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My appointments with Dr. Tsai and her team have always been informative and pleasant. Excellent bedside manners from the clinical team.
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Good listener, anticipates issues, shares future plans of diagnosis and interventions
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Dr Tsai and her team have always been amazing.
Swedish Patient
I wouldn't recommend anyone to see Dr. Tsai, because I don't wish anyone to have breast cancer, but if they had cancer, Dr. Tsai is a wonderful doctor.
Swedish Patient
Everything went as smoothly as possible. All I came in contact with were friendly, helpful and efficient.
Swedish Patient
Dr Tsai is one of the most humanly engaged care providers I have ever had. I feel that I am seen, respected, appreciated, and remembered. All of that means a great deal and builds a quality of trust that allows for more open discourse from the patient about, whatever issues might be present that might be related, but qualifying as beyond the immediate presenting Cause.
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I feel lucky to have found Dr Tsai. When my friends needed an oncologist I recommended her and they all love her as well. We feel that our needs are being met and she makes things less scary. Which is saying a lot when you find out you have cancer.
Swedish Patient
The best doctor I can ask for she is caring and loving understanding. Thank you Dr. Sai.
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Everyone is Always positive and extremely supportive
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I've always had a great relationship with my doctors and staff here.
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Good...no problems
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I really like Dr. Tsai, she is honest with me about my treatment plan and prognosis.
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Dr. Tsai was very thorough and patient in answering questions or asking questions. I am pleased with her guidance.
Swedish Patient
Dr. Tsai is amazing, and I couldn't ask for a better provider. She is caring, considerate, and intuitive with my care and I am so grateful for her.
Swedish Patient
I am so very blessed to have Dr. Tsai leading my treatment team. She monitors my care and tests very closely and makes very informed decisions based on the tests and how I'm doing. We're starting a new cadence of IV Infusions based on the aforementioned, which was preceded by a Tx break since I was so exhausted and my body was so very tired.The break has made a tremendous difference in my physical, mental, and spiritual health. I so needed this break and am so grateful I have been stable for so long to allow this break. She is absolutely brilliant, exceedingly compassionate, super supportive, a fantastic listener, and a true asset to SCI True Center (pun intended). She deserves a big raise!!
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Dr. Tsai Is an excellent oncologist, kind, patient and exceptional in every way.
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Great team!!
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My experience was excellent!
Swedish Patient
I appreciate Swedish medical team always treat me as one human being rather than a cancer patient. Thank you!
Swedish Patient
Always exceptional care.
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My doctor and her nurse could not have been more helpful, professional and friendly
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Dr. Tsai is excellent in every way. Truly.
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Good experience and listens well.
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Dr Tsai and her staff are wonderful!!!
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Dr. Tsai, her nurse and the receptionist (all I've seen before at previous appointments) are really wonderful. I have always had good experiences throughout my appointment. I'm really thankful for Dr. Tsai, she's the best and I'm pretty sure she's the smartest.
Swedish Patient
I am grateful that Dr. Tsai is my oncologist. I could not imagine any physician more caring, knowledgeable, and wise.
Swedish Patient
The weight was awful, but the doctor is amazing. I love her.
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I am always treated with sensitivity and respect.
Swedish Patient
It is my good fortune to have Dr. Tsai as my physician. She is so generous explaining and sharing information about my issues in such a caring and professional manner. I am very grateful and consider her a blessing In my life.
Swedish Patient
Dr. Tsai is extraordinarily caring and thoughtful. She answered my questions, knew my history well and gave me excellent advice that helped me decide on a course for my cancer treatment. I'm very grateful to her.
Swedish Patient
Dr Tsai is a brilliant oncologist and her bedside and compassion for her patients is amazing. I'm lucky to be in her care.
Swedish Patient
Everyone on my care team has been excellent- Friendly, informative, respectful and more.
Swedish Patient
She is very compassionate and when expected lab results had not come in yet, she offered a virtual visit which is much easier when no physical exam or labs are needed.
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I am very grateful the Dr Tsai is my oncologist. She and her team have given me wonderful care.
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Dr Tsai, is the best!!
Swedish Patient
I am blessed to have Dr. Tsai leading and monitoring my treatment. In addition to being brilliant, she is compassionate, kind, understanding, and I always look forward to my appointment with her. She deserves a big raise!! Do you really send this feedback to her and other providers who I have been asked to complete surveys?
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Professional, understandable
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Dr Tsai is the best! But I wished they would drop the stupid mask mandate as it makes it difficult for me to hear and understand everyone as I am deaf and hard of hearing and require lip reading.
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Thank you, truly grateful.
Swedish Patient
I had a very good experience with Dr. Tsai. It was my first time seeing her. She went over my lab results in detail and explained anything that I had questions about or did not understand. Thank You
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Dr. Tsai is amazing. She is kind, respectful, and extremely knowledgeable.
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Dr. Tsai was very thorough and patient in explaining the treatment plans and the approach we will be taking. She addressed all of my concerns well and confidently.
Swedish Patient
This doctor is excellent she is very knowledgeable a caring and kind person. Takes time is very thorough in her examination. I come a long distance and will continue to to see her she I am 76 years old having had many physicians and she is the best.
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I am grateful for the medical care by Dr. Tsai.
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Attentive, knowledgeable, patient, caring
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Dr. Tsai has that rare quality of really listening and making you feel heard.
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Dr. Tsai is a very knowledgeable breast cancer oncologist and makes me feel well cared for.
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Dr. Tsai is great.
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Excellent care!
Swedish Patient
Dr. Tsai has always been a 10 Star plus provider , and her office and scheduling team have been great, showing how much they respect and enjoy being part of Dr. Tsai's team.
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I'm happy w Swedish for my breast cancer care
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Awesome doctor. Saved my life
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She is thorough and kind.
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The care team who helped me through my treatment was amazing. Dr. Tsai is the best.
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Overall very professional and helpful
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I feel Dr. Tsai is knowledgeable and competent. I appreciate great listening, to then address the question asked. I feel my current good health is due to her and her team.
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Very friendly, patient , knowledgeable and professional, really caring person
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Great care
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There is a great team assembled here that provides excellent care with the utmost respect and friendly attitude
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The appointment was very satisfactory.
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Very understanding of my concerns.
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Great doctor
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Dr. Tsai is a very knowledgeable and up to date. She is caring and respectful and works very hard to provide the very best treatment available to treat my cancer. I am very grateful to have Dr. Tsai as my oncologist.
Swedish Patient
All good
Swedish Patient
Dr Tsai and her staff are amazing. I always feel a little uneasy visiting a cancer center but they make it easier
Swedish Patient
I love Dr Tsai and her team. They are thoughtful and have a wonderful way of working with patients.
Swedish Patient
It's always pleasant having a health visit (or a test!) in the Swedish system. Kindest and most warmly attentive doctors and staff I have encountered in my 65 years :)
Swedish Patient
I feel my doctor is concerned and caring regarding my condition.
Swedish Patient
Dr. Tsai has taken excellent care of me since I was diagnosed with cancer. I am grateful she is my doctor because I never worry about the quality of my care. Everyone at Swedish Cancer Institute has been thoughtful and kind in their care.
Swedish Patient
Dr. Tsai and her team are the best! I travel all the way from Port Angeles to see her. I feel very well taken care of. Special kudos to the receptionist who always helps me schedule the appointments on the same day spaced apart exactly right. SCI Is a blessing in my life! Thank you.
Swedish Patient
Dr. Tsai is everything I want a doctor in her role to be. She has excellent knowledge and judgement, and clearly explains the reasons underlying her recommendations.
Swedish Patient
I see Dr Tsai for serious health care problem. She is extremely compassion, smart and thorough
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Dr. Tsai is wonderful! Very compassionate and knowledgeable. She has been amazing through my cancer journey. Would highline recommend her to anyone else I know!
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All good
Swedish Patient
She was kind thoughtful and answered all of my questions.
Swedish Patient
Dr. Tsai is a gifted medical professional and applies a multi discipline approach to cancer care.
Swedish Patient
Seems very knowledgeable and has always answered all my questions and has a very kind caring demeanor, a wonderful combination.
Swedish Patient
Dr. Tsai explained things to me thoroughly and gave me plenty of time and opportunity to ask questions. I did not feel rushed and felt genuinely focused on and cared for.
Swedish Patient
Dr Tsai spent a lot of time answering my questions and explaining test results and course of treatment. She does this making sure I understand without talking down to me. She speaks directly and honestly but in a calm and relaxed manner. I find this reassuring when evaluating my cancer and course of treatment. I have the utmost confidence in her.She is well informed of other Swedish services that do not relate to my visit. She directed me to the pharmacy in First Hill building for walk in Covid and RSV vaccine. Previously a Swedish neurologist suggested I try acupuncture but could give no recommendations of where to go. I have also asked my primary doctor about Integrative medicine at Swedish and told there was no one practicing at Swedish. Dr Tsai directed me to Swedish Pain Clinic. This was the information I needed 3 years ago and no other Swedish doctors I saw were aware of this. As a result I have received acupuncture elsewhere and the Integrative medicine appointment I've waited for at UW Is later this month.I am bracing myself for an unpleasant treatment but look forward to seeing Dr Tsai again.
Swedish Patient
Clinical Interests
- Abnormal Mammogram
- Adverse Effects To Anticoagulants
- Aids Related Malignancies
- Anaplastic Meningioma
- Anemia
- Aromatase Inhibitor
- Atypical Meningioma
- Bleeding Disorder
- Blood Cancer
- Blood Disorders
- Bone Cancer
- Bone Marrow Disorders
- Bone Marrow Transplant
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Chemotherapy
- Breast Cancer Follow Up
- Breast Cancer Genomics
- Cancer
- Cancer Chemotherapy
- Cancer Pain
- Cancer Related Anxiety Disorder
- Cancer Related Bereavement Disorder
- Cancer Related Depression
- Cancer Related Fatigue
- Cancer Related Psychiatric Disorder
- Cancer Related Stress Disorder
- Cancer Risk Assessment
- Cancer Survivor
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Breast
- Carcinoma Of Unknown Primary
- Chemoradiation
- Clear Cell Meningioma
- Clinical Trials
- Colorectal Cancer
- Crizotinib
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (Dcis)
- Dysplasia Of Breast
- Egfr Mutation
- Egfr Translocation
- Endocrine Complications Of Cancer Therapy
- Endometrial Cancer
- Epithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
- Er Positive Breast Cancer
- Erlotinib
- Family History Of Breast Cancer
- Fibrous Meningioma
- Germinoma
- Giant Cell Tumor Of The Bone
- Gynecologic Cancer Genomics
- Head And Neck Cancer
- Hellp Syndrome
- Hematologic Malignancies
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Her2neu Receptor
- Histiocytic Sarcoma
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
- Immature Teratoma
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Kidney Cancer
- Leukemia
- Leukopenia
- Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (Lcis)
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphedema Therapy
- Lymphoma
- Lymphopenia
- Male Breast Cancer
- Mammogram
- Melanoma
- Melanoma Of The Rectum
- Melanoma On Foot
- Melanoma On Leg
- Melanoma On Toe
- Melanoma On Trunk
- Melanoma Surgery
- Melanotic Schwannoma
- Meningeal Melanoma
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Metastatic Liver Cancer
- Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- Microcalcifications
- Mucosal Melanoma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Musculoskeletal Tumor
- Myelodysplasia
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome
- Myeloproliferative Diseases
- Neutropenia
- Non Germinomatous Germ Cell Tumor
- Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Oral Complications Of Cancer
- Oral Lesions
- Osteosarcoma
- Pancytopenia
- Petechiae
- Polycythemia
- Pulmonary Metastases
- Radiation Treatment For Breast Cancer
- Retroperitoneal Mass
- Sarcoma
- Secondary Polycythemia
- Sentinel Node Biopsy
- Side Effects Of Cancer Treatment
- Splenomegaly
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of The Head And Neck
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of The Tongue
- Stomach Cancer
- Submucosal Tumors
- Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor
- Sweat Gland Carcinoma
- Targeted Molecular Therapy
- Teratoma With Malignant Transformation
- Testicular Cancer
- Thalassemia
- Thoracic Cancer
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombophilia
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
- Thyroid Cancer
- Tracheal Cancer
- Unknown Primary Cancer
- Vaginal Melanoma
- Von Willebrand Disease
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Dr. Tsai has provided excellent care and support for the treatment I receive for my cancer diagnosis.
Swedish Patient