Amy Tsou, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatric Gastroenterology

About
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Nutrition
Expertise
- Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Crohns Disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
Personal Statement
Specializing in pediatric gastroenterology has allowed me to do the things I find most rewarding: touching the lives of individual children through clinical care and pursuing research that advances our understanding of the mechanisms of gastrointestinal diseases, thereby leading to improvements in existing treatment options and development of novel therapeutics. I was drawn to Weill Cornell Medicine because of its focus on high quality patient- and family-oriented clinical care and to the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) because it is at the forefront of basic and translational research in IBD. I strongly believe that close collaborations between clinicians and researchers are crucial to advancing impactful biomedical research and ultimately, improving the lives of our patients.
Biography
Dr. Amy Tsou is an Instructor in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Pediatrician at New York-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is also affiliated with the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
After receiving a B.S. in Bioengineering at Rice University, Dr. Tsou earned her MD and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Her thesis research was in the field of microbiology, and she studied the intestinal pathogen, Vibrio cholerae. She then trained in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center and completed the Harvard Medical School Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Boston Children’s Hospital.
While Dr. Tsou cares for children with a wide range of gastrointestinal disorders, she has a specific interest in IBD from both a clinical and research perspective. The goal of her current research program is to understand how the community of bacteria in our intestines, also known as the gut microbiota, protects against or contributes to the development of intestinal disease. Her research utilizes both mouse models and patient samples, and she is collaborating with other institutions both within the US and abroad to study patients with very-early-onset IBD and primary immunodeficiencies.
Research
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
2000 |
Samuel T. Sikes, Jr. Scholarship in Engineering |
Rice University |
2000 |
Louis J. Walsh Scholarship |
Rice University |
2004 |
Tau Beta Pi |
Rice University |
2004 |
Phi Beta Kappa |
Rice University |
2004 |
Dr. and Mrs. David M. Mumford Health Professions Leadership Award |
Rice University |
2004 |
Rice Department of Bioengineering Outstanding Senior |
Rice University |
2011 |
Richard K. Root Prize for Infectious Disease Research |
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
2011 |
Stuart Mudd Award in Microbiology |
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
2012 |
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Teaching and Tomorrow Travel Grant |
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
2013 |
Fred Lovejoy House-staff Research and Education Award |
Boston Children’s Hospital |
2014 |
Von L. Meyer Traveling Fellowship Award |
Boston Children’s Hospital |
2017 |
AGA-GRG Fellow Abstract Prize |
American Gastroenterological Association |
2017 |
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Research Fellowship Award |
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation |
Credentials
Board Certifications
- Pediatrics
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Attending Pediatrician - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Instructor in Pediatrics - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2011
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2010
- B.S., Rice University, 2004
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna - Weill Cornell - POS
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Fidelis Care
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- WellCare of NY