Frances Tse

Dr. Frances Tse is an Associate Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology at McMaster University. Dr. Tse grew up in Hong Kong and came to Canada in 1990. She undertook her undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at the University of Calgary, Alberta. She received her medical degree (M.D.) from the University of Calgary in 1998 and trained in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at McMaster University. She then completed a two-year clinical and research fellowship in advanced therapeutic endoscopy including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) at McGill University under the mentorship of Dr. Alan Barkun, Dr. Josee Parent and Dr. Pascal Burtin. She joined the Division of Gastroenterology at McMaster University in 2005. She became the Director of the Adult GI Training Program at McMaster University in 2009. She is an editor for the Cochrane Upper Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Diseases Group and the Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology. She has been involved in developing international guidelines for managing non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding, acute pancreatitis, and inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Tse’s clinical interests are Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), endoscopic mucosal resection, and therapeutic endoscopy. Her research interests are in endoscopy training and the evaluation of endoscopic technologies. She attended the Joint Advisory Group (JAG) Training the Colonoscopy Trainers courses in the UK in 2011 and has been involved in many CAG SEE™ Training courses since then.