 Dr.
Foster has now opened a new private Institute, the Massachusetts
Eye Research and Surgery Institute (MERSI), and
has formed a tax exempt research and education foundation,
the Ocular
Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, for the purpose
of research and education in ocular immunology and
ocular inflammatory diseases. Dr. Foster is Clinical
Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and a
Fellow in the American College of Rheumatology and
the American College of Surgery.
Dr. Foster was born and raised in West Virginia, received
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.
He trained in Internal Medicine at Duke University
Hospital from 1969-1970, and at the National Heart
and Lung Institute, at the National Institutes of Health
in Bethesda, Maryland, from 1970 to 1972, during which
time he also taught Internal Medicine, with appointment
as Instructor in Medicine at the George Washington
University Hospital in Washington, DC.
In 1972, Dr. Foster entered his Ophthalmology Residency
training program at Washington University (Barnes Hospital),
in St. Louis, Missouri, and having completed that in
1975, he then traveled to Boston to do two additional
Fellowship trainings in Cornea and External Diseases,
and in Ocular Immunology.
He completed this training in 1977 and was invited
to join the full-time faculty of the Department of
Ophthalmology of Harvard Medical School, where he was
a member of the Cornea Service and Director of the
Residency Training Program at the Massachusetts Eye
and Ear Infirmary. He began his independent research
in 1977, and was continuously funded by grants from
the National Institutes of Health until he chose to
focus primarily on Clinical Practice in 1990.
Dr. Foster created the Ocular Immunology Service at
the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1980, and
began the Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Fellowship
in 1984. Approximately 88 Ophthalmologists have successfully
completed this training program in uveitis and ocular
immunology, and most have contributed to the over 500
published books and papers that Dr. Foster has authored.
Dr. Foster sees and treats patients with cataract,
glaucoma, cornea and external ocular diseases, and
uveitis.
C. Stephen Foster, M.D.
5 Cambridge Center, 8th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
Appointments for clinical consultation
and surgery:
(617) 621 - 6377 (742-MERSI)
(866) 353 - 6377 (Toll free)
1- 617- 621 - 6377(International patients)
Fax: 617-494-1430
E-mail: c-stephen-foster@sclero.org |
A Patient Guide to Ocular Inflammatory Disease. This is an online guide, covering symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for inflammatory eye diseases. In addition, printed copies of this guide can be requested free of charge from the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation. (Also see: ISN Guide to Eye Involvement and Dr. C. Stephen Foster, ISN Medical Advisory Board) Posted 07-18-06.
