Lewis Tsai, MD, CAQSM

EXCITING NEWS!

Dr. Lewis Tsai is joining Texas Orthopedics November 2nd, 2026!

Dr. Lewis Tsai is a board-certified, fellowship-trained Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician dedicated to the evaluation, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal conditions and injuries affecting athletes and active individuals of all ages and abilities, as well as general health conditions and illnesses that affect athletes/active individuals that are non-musculoskeletal related. His clinical interests include non-surgical sports medicine, general health and conditions that affect athletes, concussion management, Orthobiologics, and the broader medical aspects of an active lifestyle, including exercise physiology, nutrition, and anatomy.

Dr. Tsai earned his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin with honors, and his Doctor of Medicine from Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. Following graduation, he completed his Family Medicine Residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. He then expanded his medical focus and completed a Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at the UT Dell Medical School in Austin, an additional year of specialized training in sports medicine, with an emphasis on preventing, evaluating, and treating conditions and injuries related to sports and physical activity.

Areas of Interest

Dr. Tsai’s extensive training and experience as a non-surgical Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician covers a broad range of conditions, injuries and comprehensive care. Dr. Tsai’s specialties include but are not limited to:

• Musculoskeletal conditions: Evaluation and management of the torso and pelvis, muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, bones, and extremity injuries, including strains, fractures, dislocations, stress injuries, and overuse conditions.
• Sports related conditions / illnesses: Diagnosis and management of other non-musculoskeletal organ systems/systemic conditions as they relate to athletes and active individuals. This includes but is not limited to cardiovascular, pulmonary, orthopedic, gastrointestinal, dermatologic, hematologic, iron deficiency, anemia, endocrine disorders in sports, allergy/immunologic conditions pertaining to sports.
• Sports concussion: Sports concussion evaluation and management, return-to-play/activity decisions, and interpretation of concussion-related testing.
• Exercise and performance: Exercise prescription, conditioning, nutrition, exercise physiology, biomechanics, performance optimization, pre-participation evaluations, and the role of exercise in maintaining health and treating chronic disease.
• Injury prevention and rehabilitation: Individualized treatment and rehabilitation plans designed to restore function and safely return patients to sport, work, exercise, and daily activities.

Click here to visit Dr. Tsai’s website for a comprehensive list of the conditions that he treats, and the non-operative procedures that he performs.

Dr. Tsai knows that every athlete is different and that the conditions that affect them, as well as their goals, can vary widely. His aim is to help every patient participate in the activities they enjoy, at the level they are able to perform, while promoting lifelong health, function, and physical activity.

A six-time Ironman triathlete and Boston Marathon qualifier, Dr. Tsai brings over a decade’s worth of experience in endurance sports and innumerable races/events to help guide his practice. His firsthand knowledge of the demands that training and competition place on the body, as well as interplay between them and your overall health, means that he doesn’t just treat athletes — he is one. As medicine, sport, and the relationship between them continue to evolve, he strives to stay up to date and continues to train for and race endurance events.

In addition to seeing patients in clinic, Dr. Tsai serves as a Team physician for the Texas Stars, as well as Team physician for the Austin Huns Rugby Club, and Hendrickson High School. He also serves as clinical faculty for the medical school and sports medicine fellowship program at the UT Dell Medical School, helping train the next generation of physicians.

Dr. Tsai sees patients at our Northwest Austin, Round Rock and Leander offices. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Tsai, please call (512) 485-0504 or schedule an appointment online.