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Legendary Surgeon Maurice Galante Dies
Maurice Galante, M.D., a legendary master surgeon at UCSF and renaissance man, died on February 5, 2013. His career is memorialized by the Maurice Galante Lecture Program and Maurice Galante Distinguished Professorship.
Robert Foster, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Contact Information
BiographyEducation
- 1981-85, Vassar College, B.A. Biology
- 1986-90, Suny Health Science Center, M.D., Medicine
Residencies
- 1981-85, Vassar College, B.A. Biology
- 1986-90, Suny Health Science Center, M.D., Medicine
- 1990-91, New York Medical Col., Intern, General Surgery
- 1991-94, New York Medical Col., Resident General Surgery
- 1994-95, New York Medical Col., Chief Resident Surgery
- 1997-99, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Resident, Plastic Surgery
Postdoctoral Training
- 1997, University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, Surgery, Plastic
- 1997, Stanford University-UCSF, Postdoctoral Fellow, Surgery, Plastic
- 1999, University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, Surgery, Plastic
- 2000, University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, Surgery, Plastic
- 2003, University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, Surgery, Plastic
- 2004, University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, Surgery, Plastic
Board Certification
- American Board of Plastic Surgery, 2000
Clinical Expertise
- Abdominoplasty
- Body Contouring
- Body contouring following weight loss surgery
- Breast augmentation
- Breast lift
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast reduction
- Liposuction
- Post bariatric body contouring
Biography
Robert D. Foster, M.D., is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and currently holds the position as Chief, Plastic Surgery Service at Mount Zion Hospital and the UCSF Breast Reconstructive Service. A physician for the past 20 years, Dr. Foster received his plastic surgery training at UCSF, where he has worked since 1997. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
As Director of the breast reconstruction service at the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, UCSF Cancer Center, Dr. Foster performs more than 300 breast reconstructions each year. His clinical practice includes a broad range of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.
Dr. Foster's research interests include outcome studies to evaluate and optimize breast reconstruction techniques and developing improved methods to help patients through their decision making process at the time of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. He has also been recognized nationally and internationally for his basic science research in the area of transplantation tolerance and molecular biology, including funding through the NIH. He is the author of more than 75 publications and a guest reviewer for seven scientific journals. He has frequently been invited to lecture both in the United States and abroad. Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Foster was named to the list of U.S. News "Top Doctors," which denotes the top 10% of physicians within a region practicing a given specialty.
Selected Publications
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Anthony JP, Foster RD. Surgical and Non-Surgical Voice Restoration. Editor(s): Coleman JJ. Plastic Surgery: Indications, Operations, Outcomes: Mosby, Inc., St. Louis. 1343-53, 2000.
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Anthony JP, Foster RD, Mathes SJ. Long Term Prevention of Rejection and Combination Drug Therapy. Editor(s): Hewitt CW, Black K. Composite Tissue Transplantation: RG Landes Co., Austin. 239-46, 1999.
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Foster RD, Anthony JP. Clinical Future for Composite Tissue Transplantation. Editor(s): Hewitt CW, Black K. Composite Tissue Transplantation: RG Landes Co., Austin. 273-86, 1999.
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Foster RD. Pressure Sore Management. Editor(s): Mathes SJ, Hentz V. Plastic Surgery: W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. 2004.
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Mathes SJ, Foster RD. Pressure Sores. Editor(s): Mathes SJ, Nahai F. Reconstructive Surgery: Clinical Applications: Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis. 2005.
In the News
Twenty-Five Department of Surgery Faculty Named to U.S. News Top Doctors List
U.S. News - Mar 01, 2012In its most recent survey, U.S. News in collaboration with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. listed twenty-five (25) surgeons in the UCSF Department of Surgery, nearly one-third (1/3) of the clinical faculty, on the list of U.S. News "Top Doctors". The list, compiled from the opinion of colleagues, denotes the top 10% of physicians within a region practicing a given specialty. Fifteen of the 25 department surgeons were also named by their peers to the list of America's Top Doctors (ATD), a distinction reserved for the top 1% of physicians in the nation for that specialty. The listings are published online at U.S. News. The group rankings are intended to guide patients in selecting a doctor and physicians in making specialty referrals.
