Dr. Leon Tsai is a board-certified gastroenterologist who cared for Tucson patients at Arizona Gastroenterology from 2002 until his retirement in 2026. His clinical interests included hemorrhoid treatment.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, and raised in New Orleans, Dr. Tsai earned a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Louisiana State University and studied French at Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III in France. He received his medical degree from the LSU School of Medicine and completed a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics from 1984 to 1988. From 1995 to 1997 he served as an Area Peace Corps Medical Officer in Dakar, Senegal. He completed his gastroenterology fellowship at Louisiana State University Medical Center in 2002.
Dr. Tsai lives in Tucson with his wife and daughter and enjoys reading, playing the ukulele, Argentine tango and cooking.