Professional Bio
Professor Foster received his B.S. in Physics from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1983. Following two years at the General Electric Research and Development Center where he worked on magnetic resonance imaging, he came to the University of Rochester and received the Ph.D. in Physics in 1990. He immediately joined the faculty of the University as an Assistant Professor of Radiology. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1994 and is currently Professor of Imaging Sciences (formerly Radiology), of Physics, of Optics, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Oncology. From 2001 - 2008, Professor Foster was an Associate Editor of the journal Photochemistry and Photobiology, and from 2004 - 2008 served as a member of the National Institutes of Health Radiation Therapeutics and Biology Study Section.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2001 and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2010. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine and as a member of the Research Program Committee of the Canadian Institute of Photonic Innovation.
| Shu-Ren Lin Award for Excellence in Resident Teaching |
2013 |
| Arvin E. Robinson Award for Excellence in Resident Education and Teaching |
2013 |
| University Dean's Award for Meritorious Service in PhD Defenses | University of Rochester |
2009 |
| Shu-Ren Lin Award for Excellence in Radiology Teaching | Department of Radiology, University of Rochester |
2002 |
| Shu-Ren Lin Award for Excellence in Radiology Teaching | Department of Radiology, University of Rochester |
1991 |
| Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant | Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester |
1987 |
Photodynamic Therapy with Spatially-Resolved Dual Spectroscopic Monitoring and Related System
United States Serial NO.: 11/631,121
Filed Date: June 30, 2005
Title: Photodynamic Therapy with Spatially-Resolved Dual Spectroscopic Monitoring
Invented by: Thomas Foster, William Cottrell, Chad Bigelow, Allan Oseroff
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System and Method for Inspecting Radiographically Labeled Surgical Excisions
United States Serial NO.: 13/235,848
Filed Date: September 19, 2011
Title: System and Method for Identifying, Inspecting, and Examining a Radiographically Labeled Specimen
Invented by: Andrew Berger, Thomas Foster, Rebecca Wilson, James Zavislan
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Catheter/Stent System for Activation of Photodynamic Therapy Within the Catheter/Stent System
United States Serial NO.:
Filed Date: January 1, 1899
Title: Catheter/Stent System for Activation of Photodynamic Therapy Within the Catheter/Stent Lumen
Invented by: Andrew Wescott, Yvonne Teng, Ting Zheng, Xuxin Zhang, Thomas Foster
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Catheter/Stent System for Activation of Photodynamic Therapy Within the Catheter/Stent System
United States Serial NO.: 14/410,102
Filed Date: June 26, 2013
Title: Catheter/Stent System for Activation of Photodynamic Therapy Within the Catheter/Stent System
Invented by: Andrew Wescott, Yvonne Teng, Ting Zheng, Xuxin Zhang, Thomas Foster
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2014 Mar
Sharma AK, Foster TH, Katz A, Lee DE, Waldman DL. "Supraumbilical rash caused by nontarget radioembolization to the falciform artery." Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR. 2014 Mar; 25(3):483-4. |
2014 Feb
Baran TM, Foster TH. "Comparison of flat cleaved and cylindrical diffusing fibers as treatment sources for interstitial photodynamic therapy." Medical physics. 2014 Feb; 41(2):022701. |
2014
Wojtovich AP, Foster TH. "Optogenetic control of ROS production." Redox biology. 2014 2:368-76. Epub 2014 Feb 03. |
2014
Zeitouni NC, Sunar U, Rohrbach DJ, Paquette AD, Bellnier DA, Shi Y, Wilding G, Foster TH, Henderson BW. "A prospective study of pain control by a 2-step irradiance schedule during topical photodynamic therapy of nonmelanoma skin cancer." Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.]. 2014 40(12):1390-4. |
2013 Oct
Mitra S, Modi KD, Foster TH. "Enzyme-activatable imaging probe reveals enhanced neutrophil elastase activity in tumors following photodynamic therapy." Journal of biomedical optics. 2013 Oct; 18(10):101314. |
