Biography
Robert D. Foster, M.D., is currently a Professor of Surgery 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 over 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.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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SUNY, Downstate | M.D. | School of Medicine | 1990 |
University of California, San Francisco | Clinical Fellowship |
Board Certifications
- 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
Publications
- ASO Visual Abstract: Oncologic Safety of Immediate Oncoplastic Surgery Compared to Standard Breast Conserving Surgery for Patients with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.| | View in PubMed
- Oncologic Safety of Immediate Oncoplastic Surgery Compared with Standard Breast-Conserving Surgery for Patients with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.| | View in PubMed
- Long-Term Outcomes in Prepectoral versus Subpectoral Two-Stage Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction after Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy.| | View in PubMed
- Evaluation of Dual-port versus Single-port Tissue Expanders in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction.| | View in PubMed
- Breast Conservation and Negative Margins in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: The Impact of Oncoplastic Surgery and Shave Margins in 358 Patients.| | View in PubMed
- Brief Report: Interleukin-17A-Dependent Asymmetric Stem Cell Divisions Are Increased in Human Psoriasis: A Mechanism Underlying Benign Hyperproliferation.| | View in PubMed
- An Innovative Risk-Reducing Approach to Postmastectomy Radiation Delivery after Autologous Breast Reconstruction.| | View in PubMed
- Acute esophageal injury and strictures following corrosive ingestions in a 27year cohort.| | View in PubMed
- Dose-dependent inhibition of uterine contractility by nitric oxide: A potential mechanism underlying persistent breeding-induced endometritis in the mare.| | View in PubMed
- The Impact of Radiation Therapy, Lymph Node Dissection, and Hormonal Therapy on Outcomes of Tissue Expander-Implant Exchange in Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction.| | View in PubMed
- Tissue Expander Reconstruction After Total Skin-Sparing Mastectomy: Defining the Effects of Coverage Technique on Nipple/Areola Preservation.| | View in PubMed
- Negative Genetic Testing Does Not Deter Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Younger Patients with Greater Family Histories of Breast Cancer.| | View in PubMed
- Expanding the Indications for Total Skin-Sparing Mastectomy: Is It Safe for Patients with Locally Advanced Disease?| | View in PubMed
- Comparison of Mammographic Findings Following Oncoplastic Mammoplasty and Lumpectomy Without Reconstruction.| | View in PubMed
- Rates of Reconstruction Failure in Patients Undergoing Immediate Reconstruction With Tissue Expanders and/or Implants and Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy.| | View in PubMed
- The impact of breast mass on outcomes of total skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate tissue expander-based breast reconstruction.| | View in PubMed
- Perineal flap reconstruction following oncologic anorectal extirpation: an outcomes assessment.| | View in PubMed
- Immediate implant-based breast reconstruction following total skin-sparing mastectomy: defining the risk of preoperative and postoperative radiation therapy for surgical outcomes.| | View in PubMed
- Impact of total skin-sparing mastectomy incision type on reconstructive complications following radiation therapy.| | View in PubMed
- Total skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction: an evolution of technique and assessment of outcomes.| | View in PubMed
- Immediate implant-based breast reconstruction following total skin-sparing mastectomy in women with a history of augmentation mammaplasty: assessing the safety profile.| | View in PubMed
- Oncoplastic mammoplasty as a strategy for reducing reconstructive complications associated with postmastectomy radiation therapy.| | View in PubMed
- Patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction after total skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate expander-implant reconstruction.| | View in PubMed
- Abstract 124: outcomes of total skin-sparing mastectomy and reconstruction in 924 breasts over 11 years.| | View in PubMed
- Clinical outcomes of percutaneous drainage of breast fluid collections after mastectomy with expander-based breast reconstruction.| | View in PubMed
- Feasibility of Performing Total Skin-Sparing Mastectomy in Patients With Prior Circumareolar Mastopexy or Reduction Mammoplasty Incisions.| | View in PubMed
- Total skin-sparing mastectomy: a systematic review of oncologic outcomes and postoperative complications.| | View in PubMed
- Increasing the time to expander-implant exchange after postmastectomy radiation therapy reduces expander-implant failure.| | View in PubMed
- Evaluating the feasibility of extended partial mastectomy and immediate reduction mammoplasty reconstruction as an alternative to mastectomy.| | View in PubMed
- The effects of acellular dermal matrix in expander-implant breast reconstruction after total skin-sparing mastectomy: results of a prospective practice improvement study.| | View in PubMed
- Outcomes after total skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction in 657 breasts.| | View in PubMed
- Long-term reconstructive outcomes after expander-implant breast reconstruction with serious infectious or wound-healing complications.| | View in PubMed
- Breast reconstruction using the lateral femoral circumflex artery perforator flap.| | View in PubMed
- Ten-year retrospective analysis of incisional herniorrhaphy following renal transplantation.| | View in PubMed
- Impact of chemotherapy on postoperative complications after mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction.| | View in PubMed
- Total skin-sparing mastectomy: complications and local recurrence rates in 2 cohorts of patients.| | View in PubMed
- The longitudinal gracilis myocutaneous flap: broadening options in breast reconstruction.| | View in PubMed
- Optimizing the total skin-sparing mastectomy.| | View in PubMed
- Superficial temporal artery and vein as recipient vessels for facial and scalp microsurgical reconstruction.| | View in PubMed
- Surgery for palliation and treatment of advanced breast cancer.| | View in PubMed
- Autologous tissue reconstruction of ventral hernias in morbidly obese patients.| | View in PubMed
- Genetic deletion of placenta growth factor in mice alters uterine NK cells.| | View in PubMed
- Targeted lymphoid homing of dendritic cells is required for prolongation of allograft survival.| | View in PubMed
- Safety of immediate transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous breast reconstruction for patients with locally advanced disease.| | View in PubMed
- Long-term acceptance of composite tissue allografts through mixed chimerism and CD28 blockade.| | View in PubMed
- Orthotopic hindlimb transplantation in the mouse.| | View in PubMed
- Skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction: a prospective cohort study for the treatment of advanced stages of breast carcinoma.| | View in PubMed