Fu-Mei & Tsu-Min Tsai Research Fund

It is with a heavy heart that the Tsai family announces that Fu-Mei Chiu Tsai passed away peacefully on June 29, 2020.  She was 80.  Her family was the most important thing to her.  She married Dr. Tsu-Min Tsai in 1961 in Taipei, Taiwan, and helped him establish his medical practice.  She also supported his research into microsurgery techniques.  To further his research into microsurgery, in 1976 she gave up her life in Taiwan and moved to Louisville with him and their three kids. This move helped jumpstart the microsurgery wave at Kleinert & Kutz Hand Care Center/Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, which has gone on to benefit over 1000 hand surgery fellows.

In honor of her and her husband, we are establishing the Fu-Mei & Tsu-Min Tsai Research Fund, which will help fund research efforts at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute (CMKI) for Hand and Microsurgery. We respectfully ask for donations to this fund in order to continue their mission of innovation and knowledge in the field.

You can donate via this Gofundme or by check addressed to Fu-Mei & Tsu-Min Tsai Research Fund and mailed to 225 Abraham Flexner Way Suite #800, Louisville, Kentucky 40202. We plan to make this fund an ongoing and lasting effort.

I (Huey Tien) am the son-in-law of Fu-Mei Tsai and Tsu-Min Tsai. Dr. Tsai and I are both physicians at the Kleinert & Kutz Hand Care Center and faculty at CMKI. The funds raised from this campaign will be placed into an account under CMKI, and will be used for research-related expenses such as lab equipment and fees for publication submissions.