Steven Foster, DO

Residency Program Director
Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatrics - Fresno

Steven Foster, DO, FAAP

Residency Program Director
Associate Clinical Professor

Dr. Foster serves as the Program Director for the UCSF Fresno Pediatric Residency Training Program. He is a graduate of the residency program and served as a 4th year Chief Resident followed by a 10 year term as Associate Program Director and was appointed Program Director in 2017. He is privileged at both Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno and Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera and works clinically as a Pediatric Hospitalist.

Quality Improvement Projects
1. Establishing Best Practices for Resident's Completion of Work/Duty Hours, Staff Monitoring, and Program Director Review for Accurate Duty Hours; UCSF Fresno, 2020

2. Board Study Plan to Improve In-service Exam Scores of Pediatric Resident; UCSF Fresno, 2020

3. Improving the Reporting of Faculty Scholarly Activities; UCSF Fresno, 2020

4. Re-evaluating the Evaluation Process- Improving the Feedback and Evaluation Experience; UCSF Fresno, 2022

Publications: 

Journal of Investigative Medicine: Western Society for Pediatric Research

SEVERE HEMORRHAGIC BULLOUS AND ULCERATIVE IGA VASCULITIS (HENOCH-SCHÖNLEIN PURPURA) IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT: A CASE REPORT.

Catherine Y. Cong, Mary S. Didde, Steven Foster, and Jennifer Snider

UC Davis AAMC Western Group of Educational Affairs (WGEA); 2010

Innovation in Pediatric Residency Education: Establishment of an 18 Month Revolving Didactic Curriculum

Foster SA, Banh NT, Washburn B