Preston F. Foster, MD, FACS Print E-mail

Surgical Director, Liver Disease and Transplant Program
Liver, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Surgeon

Overview

Specialty Surgery
Subspecialty Liver Transplant
Education
  • MD, University of Texas Medical School
  • BA, Chemistry, Baylor University
Training
  • Fellowship, Transplantation Surgery , Rush Medical College
  • Chief Resident & Resident, General Surgery, University of Tennessee
Certifications Surgery
Languages English

Bio

Dr. Foster graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, obtained his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and trained in general surgery at the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. He participated in one of the only two liver transplant programs in the country as a resident during the very early years of liver transplantation.

Dr. Foster moved to Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago as one of the first fellows in transplantation surgery certified by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. He is also board certified in general surgery, and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Foster joined the Rush transplant team as an attending physician in 1988 and served on the Transplantation Surgery faculty at Rush. He staffed more than 700 liver transplants and participated in the care of thousands of liver failure patients during his tenure at Rush, making him one of the most experienced active liver transplant surgeons in the country.

He joined Texas Transplant Institute in 2000 to establish the Liver Transplant Program. Dr. Foster is widely published on the topics of liver and small intestinal transplantation, immunosuppressant strategies and medications, and contributed to one of the first textbooks written on liver transplantation (Hepatic Transplantation, Saunders, 1990).

Publications

Some of Dr. Foster's publications include:

  1. Foster, P.F., Sankary HN, Williams JW.  A study of eosinophilia and hepatic dysfunction as a predictor of rejection in human liver transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings, 20:676-677 (1988).   
  2. Sankary, H.N., Williams, J.W., Foster, P.F. Can serum liver function tests differentiate rejection from other causes of liver dysfunction following hepatic transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings, 20:669-670 (1988)
  3. Sankary, H.N., Foster, P., Williams, J.W. An analysis of the determinants of hepatic allograft rejection using stepwise logistic regression. Transplantation, 47:74-77 (1989).
Download the full list of Dr. Foster's publications here.

Contact

Liver Disease and Transplant Clinic
8201 Ewing Halsell Drive, 2nd Floor
(*A Campus of Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hospital)
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: (210) 575-4837
Fax: (210) 575-8480

Administrative Office
8201 Ewing Halsell Drive, Mezzanine Floor
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: (210) 575-8514/8518
Fax: (210) 575-8647

 

Preston F. Foster, MD, FACS

"We offer state-of-the-art, innovative treatments. That’s why we have the best results. Whether it’s surgery or another medical treatment, our unique approach to each liver patient’s care makes us the best in Texas."

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