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Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS

(7 Ratings)

Specializes in: Adult Pulmonology

University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine (2007)

Professional interests include: lung transplant, pulmonary hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and more.

9500 Euclid Avenue Mail Code A90
Cleveland, OH 44195

(216) 444-2200

Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS is a pulmonologist in Cleveland, OH specializing in adult pulmonology. He graduated from University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine in 2007 and has 17 years of experience. Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS is affiliated with Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Main Campus.

Office Locations

Address:

9500 Euclid Avenue Mail Code A90
Cleveland, OH 44195

Some issues Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS can help you with:

Lung Transplant

Patients who have very severe lung disease may need a lung transplant. The diseased lung is entirely removed and replaced with a healthy lung, usually donated by a person who died. Either one or both lungs can be transplanted.

Contrary to popular belief, lung transplant is rarely used to treat lung cancer. It is a more common treatment for patients with other advanced lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Lung transplant is a serious operation and is generally used as a last resort for patients who have only a short time to live without surgery.

During a transplant, an incision is made on the side of the chest (for a single lung) or in the middle (for both lungs). Patients may be hooked up to a heart-lung bypass machine, which will do the work of moving blood and oxygen through the body during the procedure. After the diseased lung is cut away from the main airway and blood vessels, the donor lung is stitched into place. Surgery may take as long as twelve hours, and a hospital stay of two to three weeks after surgery is not uncommon. For the first hours or day after surgery, patients use a ventilator, or a machine to help them breathe. Tubes will be inserted into the chest to help drain excess air and fluid. During recovery, physical therapy and breathing exercises are used to help the new lung work as well as possible.

Lung capacity is carefully monitored for several months after surgery. Patients who have had a transplant will also have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives. These drugs stop the body's immune system from attacking the new lung. The main risks after a transplant are infection and rejection (when the immune system attacks the 'foreign' lung). A healthy lifestyle, including maintaining a diet high in vegetables and lean protein, not smoking, and getting enough exercise, is important to keeping the lungs functioning as well as possible. With proper care, many patients can live ten or even twenty years after a lung transplant.

In The News

“"This virus is impacting the entire population, and it's something the entire population should be responding to," Dr. Wayne Tsuang, a pulmonary and critical care physician at the Cleveland Clinic...”—"First known US youth coronavirus death: Minor dies after testing positive in Los Angeles County", Monte News, March 2020

bronchoscopy	25
diagnostic procedures	12
doctor visit	11
hospital care	135
inpatient care	135
minimally invasive procedures	12

**Gender**
Male	59
Female	29

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	64
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	35
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	36

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	70
Asthma	19
Osteoperosis	18
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	53
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	53
Diabetes	56
Dementia	0
Cancer	18

bronchoscopy	39
diagnostic procedures	18
doctor visit	96
hospital care	329
inpatient care	329
minimally invasive procedures	18

**Gender**
Male	133
Female	105

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	170
Black	54
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	96
From 75 to 84	33
85 and over	14
Less than 65	95

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	41
Chronic Kidney Disease	74
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	22
Atrial Fibrilation	28
Heart Failure	51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	61
Diabetes	53
Dementia	10
Cancer	8

**Gender**
Male	246
Female	142

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	310
Black	48
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	180
From 75 to 84	50
85 and over	22
Less than 65	136

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	59
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	27
Osteoperosis	20
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	49
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	54
Diabetes	58
Dementia	12
Cancer	12

bronchoscopy	41
diagnostic procedures	20
doctor visit	96
hospital care	232
inpatient care	232
minimally invasive procedures	20

**Gender**
Male	138
Female	80

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	167
Black	40
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	108
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	73

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	64
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	51
Osteoperosis	21
Atrial Fibrilation	32
Heart Failure	52
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	60
Diabetes	59
Dementia	17
Cancer	13

bronchoscopy	75
diagnostic procedures	35
doctor visit	128
hospital care	183
inpatient care	183
minimally invasive procedures	35

**Gender**
Male	141
Female	106

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	193
Black	38
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	137
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	71

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	65
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	23
Atrial Fibrilation	26
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	59
Diabetes	51
Dementia	21
Cancer	13

doctor visit	142
hospital care	226
inpatient care	226

**Gender**
Male	132
Female	103

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	183
Black	40
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	120
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	72

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	65
Depression	43
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	21
Atrial Fibrilation	32
Heart Failure	56
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	57
Diabetes	59
Dementia	22
Cancer	15

doctor visit	82
hospital care	41
inpatient care	41

**Gender**
Male	95
Female	66

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	130
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	86
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	36

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	67
Depression	46
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	18
Atrial Fibrilation	34
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	50
Diabetes	65
Dementia	28
Cancer	18

doctor visit	87

**Gender**
Male	74
Female	53

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	91
Black	22
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	69
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	30

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	68
Depression	40
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	35
Heart Failure	59
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	46
Diabetes	61
Dementia	35
Cancer	9

doctor visit	145
hospital care	266
inpatient care	266

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS treated as a pulmonologist in Cleveland, OH were hospital care, inpatient care, bronchoscopy and minimally invasive procedures.

aspiration	13
bronchoscopy	40
diagnostic procedures	19
doctor visit	100
hospital care	204
inpatient care	204
minimally invasive procedures	19
pleural drainage	13

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS.

**Gender**
Male	101
Female	68

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	24
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	130
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	8
85 and over	3
Less than 65	54
65 to 74	83

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS From 2013 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS treated were chronic kidney disease, hypertension, high cholesterol and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	59
Asthma	15
Osteoporosis	16
Heart Failure	43
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	44
Diabetes	46
Atrial Fibrillation	23
Cancer	10
Dementia	14

Education & Training

Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS graduated from University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine in 2007. He completed residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He is certified by the Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and has a state license in Ohio.

Medical School: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine (2007)

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2010)

Board Certification: Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease

Licensed In: Ohio

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 5.0 out of 5 stars based on 7 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Wayne Tsuang, MD, PhD, MHS from all over the web to help you find the right in Cleveland, OH.

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Biography

Dr. Wayne Tsuang practices adult pulmonology. Dr. Tsuang's clinical interests include emphysema, cystic fibrosis (CF), and pulmonary hypertension. He is professionally affiliated with Cleveland Clinic Main Campus. He attended the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine and then went on to complete his residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Tsuang has a 5.0 out of 5 star average patient rating.