Daniel S. Tsze, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatrics
Treats Children
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Overview

Dr. Daniel Tsze is a board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physician and Associate Professor of Pediatrics (in Emergency Medicine) at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.  He currently practices in the Pediatric Emergency Department at the NYP-Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Tsze conducts research that aims to improve and optimize the treatment of pain and distress and provision of procedural sedation for children in the emergency department.  His specific areas of interest include intranasal analgesics and sedatives, the psychometric properties and clinical interpretation of self-report and observational measure of pain in children, integrative strategies for treating pain and distress, and the evaluation and treatment of headaches in children.  He is involved nationally in the Society for Pediatric Sedation as Chair of the Research Committee and a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He is currently the Principal Investigator of the PECARN HEADACHE study (Headache Assessment of Children for Emergent Intracranial Abnormalities), an NINDS R01 that aims to prospectively derive and internally validate a risk stratification model for identifying the risk of emergent intracranial abnormalities in children presenting with headaches to one of 18 emergency departments in PECARN. 

Dr. Tsze received his MD from the University of British Columbia and his MPH from Brown University. He completed his Pediatric residency training at BC Children’s Hospital and his Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at Hasbro Children’s Hospital.  

 

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics (in Emergency Medicine) at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester

Languages

  • Mandarin

Gender

  • Male

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Insurance Accepted

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

UnitedHealthcare

  • Columbia University Employee Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (Canada)
  • Residency: British Columbia Children's Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hasbro Children's Hospital

Committees, Societies, Councils

Society for Pediatric Sedation: Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium, Chair

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Research

Dr. Tsze's research aims to improve and optimize the treatment of pain and provision of procedural sedation for children in the emergency department. His areas of interest include intranasal analgesics and sedatives, the psychometric properties and clinical interpretation of self-report and observational measures of pain in children, and integrative strategies for treating pain and distress.

Dr. Tsze is the PI for the HEADACHE study (Headache Assessment of Children for Emergent Intracranial Abnormalities). The HEADACHE study is an NINDS R01 that aims to derive and internally validate a risk stratification model for identifying the risk of emergent intracranial abnormalities in children presenting with headaches to one of 18 emergency departments in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN).

Research Interests

  • Headache evaluation and treatment in the emergency department
  • Intranasal analgesics and sedatives
  • Pediatric pain management and procedural sedation in the emergency department
  • Self-report and observational measures of pain in children

Clinical Trials

NCT02358681 Intranasal Ketorolac Versus Intravenous Ketorolac for Treatment of Migraine Headaches in Children

NCT03054844 PREMIX vs PREMED Intranasal Lidocaine and Midazolam

NCT03220880 Intranasal Dexmedetomidine Sedation in Children for Non-Painful Procedures

NCT02437669 Intranasal Hydromorphone for the Treatment of Acute Pain in Children: A Pilot Study

NCT01891812 Nitrous Oxide for Analgesia in Sickle Cell Vaso-occlusive Crisis

NCT03004456 Distraction for Reduction of Pain Associated With Venipuncture in the Pediatric Post-Transplant Population