Pamela Foster, M.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Medical Education

Physiology - University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley, CA (1987)

Microbiology - University of California at Berkeley. School of Public Health. Berkeley, CA (1989)

Research - Cornell University Medical College. New York, NY (1994)

Honors and Awards

Silver Medal for Leadership
Sons of the American Revolution (1985)

Kevin R. Walton Neuroscience Fellowship Award
Stanford University School of Medicine (1986)

University of California President Undergraduate Research Fellowship
University of California at Berkeley (1986-1987)

Marcus Award - Outstanding First Year Medical Student
Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity (1990)

David P. Barr Summer Research Fellowship Award
Cornell University Medical College (1990)

National Institute of Health Summer Research Fellowship Award
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Center (1992)

National Service Award
Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity (1993)

MD with Honors in Research
Cornell University Medical College (1994)

Resident Achievement Award
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (2000)

Experience and Research

Cortical Motor Neurons in Aged Rats
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
P.I.: Marion C. Diamond, Ph.D. (1984-1986)

Glial Development in the Fetal Mouse
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
P.I.: David A. Prince, MD (1984)

Membrane Phospholipids in Rabbit Gastric Glands
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
P.I.: John G. Forte, Ph.D. (1986-1987)

Immunosurveillance of Arboviruses in California
University of California at Berkeley
School of Public Health
Berkeley, CA
P.I.: James L. Hardy, Ph.D. (1988-1989)

Hepatic Cytokines in Sepsis
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
P.I.: Murray F. Brennan, MD (1992-1994)

Human Pancreatic Ductal Epithelium in Culture
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Seattle, WA
P.I.: Richard H. Bell, Jr., MD (1996-1997)

Post-Graduate Clinical Training

Intern and Resident
General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA (1994-1999)

Chief Resident
General Surgery
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA (1999-2000)

Post-Graduate Specialty Training

SAGES Advanced Laparoscopic Foregut Surgery Course
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA (5/1999)

SAGES Basic Endoscopy and Laparoscopy Workshop
Cincinnati, OH (8/1999)

Esophageal Function Testing for GERD and Achalasia
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA (12/2000)

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Workshop
Mount Sinai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center
New York, NY (4/2001)

Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
Stanford, CA (9/2000-7/2001)

Gastric Electrical Stimulation with EnterraT Neurostimulator
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH (3/2003)

Lap-Band Comprehensive Training Course by Bioenterics
San Diego, CA (4/2003)

Professional Associations

Candidate Member, American College of Surgeons (1997)

Association of Women Surgeons (1998)

Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) (1999)

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) (1999)

American Society of Bariatric Surgeons (ASBS) (2001)

Our surgeons are American Board of Surgery Certified and Members of the Bariatric Surgery Society.