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==Career== |
==Career== |
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After his education Boniface ,joined media where has served in both News gathering , football commentary and sports presentations from 2019 to date. |
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After his fellowship, Foster joined the full-time faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, serving as the director of the residency training program at MEEI.<ref name="hw"/> In 1980, he created its first ocular immunology service, and created the Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Fellowship to train ophthalmologists in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=28243837&privcapId=27712805|title=Executive Profile C. Stephen Foster|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=17 October 2016}}</ref> |
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Inline with his main job interest he has commentated many locally organised football games as well as foreign games such as English premier league, UEFA Champions league,Europa league, World cup e.t.c which are normally shown on televisions. |
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In 2005, he formed his own eye care facility, Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI), and a foundation, the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation (OIUF)<ref name="hw"/> |
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Foster developed the "step ladder approach to care" for treating patients with ocular inflammatory disease. This standard of care in treating [[uveitis]]/OID was published in July 2015 as the preferred practice patterns in the ''Journal of Survey of Ophthalmology''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfNeCwAAQBAJ|title=Intraocular Inflammation|first1=Manfred|last1=Zierhut|first2=Carlos|last2=Pavesio|first3=Shigeaki|last3=Ohno|first4=Fernando|last4=Oréfice|first5=Narsing A.|last5=Rao|date=12 January 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783540753872|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eye.hms.harvard.edu/news/dr-c-stephen-foster-creates-preferred-practice-patterns-uveitis-management|title=Dr. C. Stephen Foster Creates Preferred Practice Patterns of Uveitis Management|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.surveyophthalmol.com/article/S0039-6257(15)00113-7/abstract|title=The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation Preferred Practice Patterns of Uveitis Management|journal= Survey of Ophthalmology|volume=61|issue=1|pages=1–17|author1=C.Stephen Foster|author2=Srishti Kothari|author3=Stephen D. Anesi|author4=Albert T. Vitale|author5=Jamie Lynne Metzinger|author6=Olga Ceron|date=February 2016|doi=10.1016/j.survophthal.2015.07.001|pmid=26164736|access-date=October 16, 2016}}</ref> |
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==Awards and achievements== |
==Awards and achievements== |
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C. Stephen Foster | |
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| Born | West Virginia[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Ophthalmologist |
| Years active | 1977-current |
| Known for | Founder/CEO, Massachusetts Eye Research & Surgery Institution[2] |
Charles Stephen Foster is an American ophthalmologist known for his research and treatment of ocular inflammatory disease (OID) with immunomodulatory therapy.[3] In addition, Foster is the author of approximately 1,000 papers and 14 textbooks. His focus tends to be dedicated to the advancement of ophthalmology. Foster established the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation to support relevant research. He is currently[when?] a mentor and part-time professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.
Education
Foster was born and raised in West Virginia. He completed his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry at Duke University in 1965. In 1969 he received his Doctor of Medicine Degree at Duke University Medical Center. [1]
Career
After his education Boniface ,joined media where has served in both News gathering , football commentary and sports presentations from 2019 to date.
Inline with his main job interest he has commentated many locally organised football games as well as foreign games such as English premier league, UEFA Champions league,Europa league, World cup e.t.c which are normally shown on televisions.
Awards and achievements
Foster has received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Award in 1983, the Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award in 1995, and Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology in 2005.[4][5] He received a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Ophthalmology in 2007.[6]
In 2016, Foster was named as one of America's top doctors in ophthalmology for the 15th consecutive year.[7]
Foster is a member of the American Ophthalmology Society and American Uveitis Society. As of 2023, his work had been cited over 42,000 times.[8]
References
- ^ a b "C.Stephen Foster, MD, FACS". Healthy Women. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ Denise Grady (May 7, 2015). "They Mystery Behind an Eye That Changed Color". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ Foster, Charles Stephen; Vitale, Albert T. (1 January 2002). Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis. W.B. Saunders. ISBN 9780721663388 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Foster Outlines Therapeutic Implications for OCP in Weisenfeld Lecture". Ophthalmology Times. 3 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "Awards For Excellence in Ophthalmic Research Announced at ARVO". Healio. 10 May 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "Foster receives Special Award". Wicked Local Weston. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "Founder of Waltham-based Eye-care Center Makes Top Doc List". Wiked Local Waltham. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "C. Stephen Foster - Stats".