C. Stephen Foster

C. Stephen Foster is an American ophthalmologist, known for his research and treatment of ocular inflammatory disease (OID) with immunomodulatory therapy.[3] He has published over 700 peer reviewed journal articles and authored 3 textbooks in his field.

C. Stephen Foster
Born
West Virginia[1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationOphthalmologist
Years active1977-current
Known forFounder/CEO, Massachusetts Eye Research & Surgery Institution[2]

Education

Foster was born and raised in West Virginia. He completed his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry at Duke University, with Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa in 1965, and received his Doctor of Medicine Degree at Duke University Medical Center, in 1969, being elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. In 1975, he completed his residency at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis followed by fellowships in Cornea and External Diseases and ocular immunology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) in Boston, Massachusetts in 1977.[1]

Career

After his fellowship, Foster joined the full-time faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, serving as the director of the residency training program at MEEI.[1] In 1980, he created its first ocular immunology service, and created the Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Fellowship to train ophthalmologists in 1984.[4]

In 2005, he formed his own eye care facility, Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI), and a foundation, the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation (OIUF)[1]

Foster developed the "step ladder approach to care" for treating patients with ocular inflammatory disease. This standard of care in treating uveitis/OID was published in July 2015 as the preferred practice patterns in the Journal of Survey of Ophthalmology.[5][6][7]

Awards and achievements

Foster has received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Award in 1983, the Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award in 1995, and Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology in 2005.[8][9] He received a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Ophthalmology in 2007.[10]

In 2016, Foster was named as one of America's top doctors in ophthalmology for the 15th consecutive year.[11]

He has been featured in two Mystery Diagnosis episodes, The Sickest Patient in the Hospital and Behcet’s Disease on Discovery Health television network. Foster is a member of the American Ophthalmology Society and American Uveitis Society. As of Spring 2016, his work had been cited over 21,000 times.[12]

References
  1. "C.Stephen Foster, MD, FACS". Healthy Women. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. Denise Grady (May 7, 2015). "They Mystery Behind an Eye That Changed Color". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. Foster, Charles Stephen; Vitale, Albert T. (1 January 2002). Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis. W.B. Saunders. ISBN 9780721663388 – via Google Books.
  4. "Executive Profile C. Stephen Foster". Bloomberg. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  5. Zierhut, Manfred; Pavesio, Carlos; Ohno, Shigeaki; Oréfice, Fernando; Rao, Narsing A. (12 January 2016). Intraocular Inflammation. Springer. ISBN 9783540753872 – via Google Books.
  6. "Dr. C. Stephen Foster Creates Preferred Practice Patterns of Uveitis Management".
  7. C.Stephen Foster; Srishti Kothari; Stephen D. Anesi; Albert T. Vitale; Jamie Lynne Metzinger; Olga Ceron (February 2016). "The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation Preferred Practice Patterns of Uveitis Management". Survey of Ophthalmology. pp. 1–17. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  8. "Foster Outlines Therapeutic Implications for OCP in Weisenfeld Lecture". Ophthalmology Times. 3 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  9. "Awards For Excellence in Ophthalmic Research Announced at ARVO". Healio. 10 May 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  10. "Foster receives Special Award". Wicked Local Weston. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  11. "Founder of Waltham-based Eye-care Center Makes Top Doc List". Wiked Local Waltham. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  12. "C. Stephen Foster - Stats".
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