Dr. Tsai graduated from National Taiwan University, Republic of China, in 1961. He received post-graduate training at both National Taiwan University Hospital and the University of Louisville Hospital. Dr. Tsai served as a Christine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow in 1976.

He is now clinical professor of othopaedic surgery at the University of Louisville. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, holds memberships in the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery and the International Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, and is an active member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Dr. Tsai has more than 90 publications to his credit and is actively engaged in research at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery.