Charles Foster, MD
Primary Location
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
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- 216.444.5437
- Desk:
- 216.445.4574
- Fax:
- 216.636.3405
Additional Locations
Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Hillcrest Hospital
6770 Mayfield Road
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
Directions
- Appointment:
- 216.444.5437
- Desk:
- 216.445.4574
- Fax:
- 216.636.3405
Treatment & Services
- Center for Pediatric Infectious Disease
- Clinical Trials
- Infection Control
- Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy
- Therapy for Children with Serious Infections
Specialty in Diseases & Conditions
- Anthrax
- Ascariasis
- Cellulitis
- Chickenpox
- Congenital Infections
- Conjunctivitis
- Encephalitis
- Endocarditis
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
- Fever
- Fungal Infections
- Giardiasis
- Hepatitis B
- Herpes
- Histoplasmosis
- Hookworm Disease
- Infection in the Immunocompromised Host
- Infections in Cancer Patients
- Infections in Children with Cancer or Post-Transplant
- Influenza (Flu)
- Kawasaki Disease
- Kidney Infections
- Lyme Disease
- Measles
- Meningitis
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis
- Necrotizing Fasciitis
- Pediatric AIDS
- Pediatric Bronchiolitis
- Pediatric Cellulitis
- Pediatric HIV
- Pediatric Infections
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection
- Pharyngitis
- Pneumonia
- Rabies
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Ringworm
- Rotavirus
- Sepsis
- Septic Arthritis
- Shingles (Varicella-Zoster Virus)
- Smallpox
- Sore Throat
- Strep Throat
- Syphilis
- Tick Bites
- Transplant Infections
- Trichinosis
- Tuberculosis
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Ventricular Shunt Infections
- Viral Infections
- West Nile Virus
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View All PlansAbout Charles Foster, MD
Charles Foster, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Institute, Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Foster consults on children with general pediatric infectious disease problems. He has a special interest in the management of infections in children with compromised immune systems. He is the Medical Director for Pediatric Infection Control. His research interests focus on Quality and Patient Safety and the prevention of healthcare associated infections.
Dr. Foster received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College in Haverford, Pa., in 1986, and his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1991. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and of the American Board of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
From 1991 to 1994, he was Intern and Resident a the Johns Hopkins Hospital and completed a fellowship in general pediatrics a Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.
He received subspecialty training in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, at the Pediatric Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., from 1994 to 1997.
From 1995 to 2002, Dr. Foster was a Clinical Fellow in the Immunocompromised Host Section/Section of Genomic Variation, at the Pediatric Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute. He also received subspecialty training in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1999 to 2001.
Dr. Foster was Assistant Professor and Attending Physician in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, at Johns Hopkins University, from 2002-2006.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
2006
Education & Fellowships
Fellowship - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Baltimore,
MD
2001
Fellowship - National Cancer Institute
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Bethesda,
MD
1997
Residency - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pediatrics
Baltimore,
MD
1994
Medical Education - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
MD
Cleveland,
OH United States
1991
Undergraduate - Haverford College
Haverford,
PA
1986
Certifications
- Pediatrics
- Pediatrics - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Specialty Interests
Congenital infections, epidemiology, infection control, infections in pediatric cancer patients, infections in immunocompromised hosts, infections in pediatric transplant recipients, pediatric infections, pediatric infectious diseases, pediatric viral infections, pediatric bacterial infections, pediatric fungal infections, healthcare associated infections, infectious diseases
Awards & Honors
- Children’s Hospital Research Center Scholar, 2002-2005
- The Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Chairman's Recognition For Safety Award, 2011
- Best Doctors in America (Selected by peers for inclusion), 2011-2012
Research & Publications
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