President and CEO, Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI) Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Founder and Chairman of the Board, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation

Ophthalmology

Charles S. Foster, MD is an expert in the field of Ophthalmology. He studied medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. Duke University School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. Duke University School of Medicine is ranked 8 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He received awards:"Life Fellow Award", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Most Compassionate Doctor Award", "Patients' Choice Award", "Silver Fellow Award", "Highest Grade Within Subject Area", "Best Paper of Session", "Inclusion of Four Papers within the Top 10 Uveitis Papers", "America's Top Doctors Award", "McLean Medal", "Patients Choice Award", "Editors' Choice Symposium", "2nd Prize, Best Paper in Clinical Uveitis", "Inclusion of Three Papers within the Top 10 Uveitis Papers", "1st Prize, Best Paper in Clinical Uveitis", "Top Five Most Cited Papers", "Top Doctors", "Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Outstanding Performance", "Publication Board", "The Clinical Uveitis Research Award", "America's Top Ophthalmologists", "The Diaz Caneja Medal", "The International Ocular Inflammation Society Award", "Life Member", "Americas Registry of Outstanding Professionals", "The Best Doctors in America", "Americas Top Doctors", "Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award", "Member", "Guest of Honor, Recipient of Hippocrates Medal", "Sigma Xi", "Alpha Omega Alpha", "Phi Beta Kappa", "Chemistry Prize", "Beta Omega Sigma Leadership Honorary", "Bausch and Lomb Science Prize", "National Merit Scholar" and "Top MD". Charles Foster is also published. He has 41 publications published. The lastest publication: "Bilateral Herpes Simplex Uveitis: Review of the Literature and Own Reports.' He is registered with Medicare.

Publications

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• Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry Parameters at Baseline and Following Remission in Patients With Birdshot RetinoChoroidopathy.
• Risk of Retinal Neovascularization in Cases of Uveitis.
• Scleritis associated with relapsing polychondritis.
• Scleritis in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener).
• The Risk of Intraocular Pressure Elevation in Pediatric Noninfectious Uveitis.
• A comprehensive review and update on the non-biologic treatment of adult noninfectious uveitis: part I.
• A comprehensive review and update on the biologic treatment of adult noninfectious uveitis: part II.
• Periocular Corticosteroid Injections in Uveitis: Effects and Complications.
• Difluprednate 0.05% Versus Prednisolone Acetate 1% for Endogenous Anterior Uveitis: A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized Study.
• Incidence of Visual Improvement in Uveitis Cases with Visual Impairment Caused by Macular Edema.
• Factors Predictive of Remission of New-Onset Anterior Uveitis.
• Anterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in patients with a history of chronic uveitis: Five-year follow-up.
• Risk factors associated with the relapse of uveitis in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a preliminary report.
• Clinical Features and Presentation of Posterior Scleritis: A Report of 31 Cases.
• Disease of the Year: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Differential Diagnosis.
• Infliximab for the Treatment of Refractory Noninfectious Uveitis: A Study of 88 Patients with Long-term Follow-up.
• Neutrophil Collagenase, Gelatinase, and Myeloperoxidase in Tears of Patients with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid.
• Response of Pediatric Uveitis to Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Inhibitors.
• Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Immunocompetent Patients: Case Reports and Literature Review.
• Interleukin 21, Interleukin 23, and Transforming Growth Factor ?1 in HLA-A29-Associated Birdshot RetinoChoroidopathy.
• Analysis of a Novel Protocol of Pulsed Intravenous Cyclophosphamide for Recalcitrant or Severe Ocular Inflammatory Disease.
• Bromfenac alone or with single intravitreal injection of bevacizumab or triamcinolone acetonide for treatment of uveitic Macular edema.
• Diagnostic Criteria for Primary Ocular Lymphoma.
• Combined therapy of cyclosporine A and mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of birdshot retinoChoroidopathy: a 12-month follow-up.
• Comparison of two different combination immunosuppressive therapies in the treatment of vogt-koyonagi-harada syndrome.
• Regulatory T cells in blood of patients with birdshot retinoChoroidopathy.
• Glaucoma and uveitis.
• Infliximab Treatment of Patients with Birdshot RetinoChoroidopathy.
• PROFILE OF LOCAL INTERLEUKIN EXPRESSION IN A COHORT OF OCULAR CICATRICIAL PEMPHIGOID PATIENTS.
• Long-term safety and visual outcomes of Anterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in patients with a history of chronic uveitis.
• Fundus autofluorescence imaging in posterior uveitis.
• Cytomegalovirus panuveitis associated with papillitis in an immunocompetent patient.
• The frequency of Other autoimmune disorders in patients with ocular cicatricial pemphigoid.
• An Improved Approach to Diagnosing and Treating Conjunctival Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma.
• The philosophy of treatment of uveitis: past, present and future.
• Corticosteroid-sparing agents: conventional systemic immunosuppressants.
• Clinical Features and Presentation of Infectious Scleritis from Herpes Viruses: A Report of 35 Cases.
• Flare-up rates with bimatoprost therapy in uveitic glaucoma.
• HLA associations in chronic vision threatening uveitis.
• Bilateral Herpes Simplex Uveitis: Review of the Literature and Own Reports‏.

Schools

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• Duke University School Of Medicine

• Duke University Med Center

• Wash University Barnes Hospital

• Mass Ee Infirm Harvard

• Duke University

Procedures Preformed

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• Anterior Vitrectomy
• Blepharorrhaphy
• Cataract Removal Surgery
• Contact Lens
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Conditions Treated

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• Acute Endophthalmitis
• Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Anisocoria
• Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
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Doctors Specialties

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• Anterior Segment Ophthalmology
• Anterior Segment Surgery
• Cataract Surgery
• Glaucoma
• Ocular Immunology
• Ophthalmic Surgery
• Ophthalmology
• Retinal Diseases
• Uveitis

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Life Fellow Award
• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Most Compassionate Doctor Award
• Patients' Choice Award
• Silver Fellow Award
• Highest Grade Within Subject Area
• Best Paper of Session
• Inclusion of Four Papers within the Top 10 Uveitis Papers
• America's Top Doctors Award
• McLean Medal
• Patients’ Choice Award
• Editors' Choice Symposium
• 2nd Prize, Best Paper in Clinical Uveitis
• Inclusion of Three Papers within the Top 10 Uveitis Papers
• 1st Prize, Best Paper in Clinical Uveitis
• Top Five Most Cited Papers
• Top Doctors
• Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Outstanding Performance
• Publication Board
• The Clinical Uveitis Research Award
• America's Top Ophthalmologists
• The Diaz Caneja Medal
• The International Ocular Inflammation Society Award
• Life Member
• America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals
• The Best Doctors in America
• America’s Top Doctors
• Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award
• Member
• Guest of Honor, Recipient of Hippocrates Medal
• Sigma Xi
• Alpha Omega Alpha
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Chemistry Prize
• Beta Omega Sigma Leadership Honorary
• Bausch and Lomb Science Prize
• National Merit Scholar
• Top MD

Education

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• Harvard Medical School
• Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Duke University Hospital
• Duke University School of Medicine
• Duke University

Hospital

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• Massachusetts General Hospital
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
• Mount Auburn Hospital

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