Shawn Tsuda, M.D., is a Minimally Invasive and Robotic Bariatric and General Surgeon in Vegas, NV. Dr. Tsuda graduated from the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii and completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Nevada. Following specialty training in minimally invasive surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, he returned to Nevada, where he practiced, taught, and performed research at the University of Nevada School of Medicine.
Dr. Tsuda has served as chair of the technology committee for the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, authored more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, served as head editor of two major textbooks on robotic surgery and surgical skills training, and has taught hundreds of surgeons in techniques of minimally invasive surgery. He currently practices full time in Las Vegas, while studying for his MBA at the UNLV Lee Business School and spending his free time with his family.