Curriculum Vitae Laura A. Foster, MD PERSONAL HISTORY: Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurology Department of Neurology University of Colorado, School of Medicine 12631 E. 17 th Avenue, B185 Aurora, CO 80045 Phone (303) 724-2188 Fax (303) 724-2202 Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine University of Colorado, School of Medicine 12401 E. 17th Ave., Mail Stop L964 Aurora, CO 80045 Phone (720) 848-8530 Fax (720) 848-4069 laura.foster@ucdenver.edu EDUCATION: Walla Walla University Bachelor of Science, Mathematics (summa cum laude, honors) 2004 2008 Loma Linda University Doctor of Medicine 2008 2012 Internal Medicine Internship 2012 2013 Neurology Residency 2013 2016 Brigham & Women s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship 2016 2017 Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute Palliative Care Fellowship 2017 2018 1
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: University of Colorado School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Neurology Assistant Professor of Medicine HONORS, SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS: John R. Gates Award 2016 (Academic excellence,, Department of Neurology) MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: American Academy of Neurology 2011 Present Member, Wellness Task Force 2014 2018 Member, Wellness Task Force Resident Subgroup 2016 2018 Member, Live Well Lead Well Leadership 2016 Present Program Planning Committee American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine 2016 Present American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2017 Present MAJOR COMMITTEE AND SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES: Graduate Leadership Council 2014 2016 Resident Co-Director, Pathophysiology of Neurology 2015 Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Residency Internal Review Committee 2017 Pathology Residency Internal Review Committee 2018 LICENSURE AND BOARD CERTIFICATION: Medical Licenses: Massachusetts 2016 2019 Colorado Board Certifications: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology Board Certification 2016 2026 American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine Initial Board Certification 2018 2028 2
INVITED EXTRAMURAL LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS: Local: 1. A Day in the Life of a Resident American Academy of Neurology All-Staff Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Oct 6, 2014. 2. Advance Care Planning in Neuromuscular Disease Oregon Health and Science University Grand Rounds. September 20, 2017. 3. Care Planning for Patients with Communication Impairment Massachusetts General Hospital Palliative Care Grand Rounds. April 11, 2018. National: 1. Resident Wellness & Burnout: What We Know and What We Don t American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. April 15, 2016. 2. Being a Resilient Leader: How Do You Lead the Change? Panelist, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. April 20, 2017. 3. Live Well, Lead Well American Academy of Neurology Leadership Program Minneapolis, MN. September 2017. 4. Care Planning Challenges and Recommendations for Patients with Communication Impairment American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly, Boston, MA. March 14, 2018. Community Engagement: 1. Loma Linda University, 2009. One week teaching first aid classes at a community health fair in Buea, Cameroon, Africa. Role: presenter. 2. Minnesota Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Women s Ministries, 2013. 90-minute lecture on sleep hygiene in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Role: presenter. TEACHING RECORD: Medical Students: Neuropathology lab Second-year medical students Student Interest Group in Neurology Skills Workshop for medical students Neurology Clerkship Orientation Third- and Fourth-year medical students Pathophysiology of Neurology Third-year medical students Frequency: Four 2-hour labs Frequency: Yearly 2-hour workshops Frequency: Quarterly 1- hour workshops Frequency: Nine 1-hour lectures, two labs 2014 2015-2016 2015-2016 2015 3
Harvard Medical School Neurology Bedside Teaching First-year medical students Frequency: 2-hour workshop 2017 Residents: Taught Practical Neuroradiology to Junior neurology residents Board review for internal medicine residents Frequency: 1-hour lecture 2015-2016 each year Frequency: 1-hour lecture 2016 Harvard Medical School End-of-life care in the NeuroICU Neurology residents Frequency: Two 1-hour lectures 2018 GRANT SUPPORT: 1. International GBS Outcome Study (IGOS): A Prospective INC Study on Clinical and Biological Predictors of Disease Course and Outcome in Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) a. May 2013- February 2015 c. GBS-CIDP Foundation International, Grifols, CSL Behring, Shire Pharmaceuticals and Annexon through the 2. Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials: Platelet-Oriented Inhibition in New TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke (POINT) a. January 2014- June 2016 c. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Sanofi through the 3. Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials: Stroke Hyperglycemia Insulin Network Effort (SHINE) a. January 2014- June 2016 c. National Institute of Health and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke through the 4. Effect of Randomization to Neuromuscular Blockade on Physical Functional Impairment and Recovery in ARDS (PRIMROSE) a. January 2017 to June 2018 c. National Institute of Health through the Brigham and Women s Hospital 4
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Peer Reviewed Publications: 1. Foster GP, Westerdahl DE, Foster LA, Hsu JV, Anholm JD. Ischemic preconditioning of the lower extremity attenuates the normal hypoxic increase in pulmonary artery systolic pressure. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. 2011;179:248-253. 2. Foster LA, Courville EL, Manousakis G. Clinical Reasoning: A 33-year-old man with cardiomyopathy and myopathy. Neurology. 2016;87(8):e74-78. 3. Foster LA, Johnson MR, MacDonald JT, Karachunski PI, Henry TR, Nascene DR, Moran BP, Raymond GV. Infantile epileptic encephalopathy associated with SCN2A mutation responsive to oral mexiletine. Pediatric Neurology. 2017;66:108-111. 4. Foster LA, Deutz CK, Hutchins JL, Allen JA. Total spinal and brain stem anesthesia as complication of paravertebral ropivacaine administration. Neurol Clinc Pract. Published online April 25, 2017. 5. Levin KH, Shanafelt TD, Keran CM, Busis NA, Foster LA, Molano JRV, O Donovan CA, Ratliff JB, Schwarz HB, Sloan JA, Cascino TA. Burnout, career satisfaction, and well-being among US neurology residents and fellows in 2016. Neurology. 2017;89(5):492-501. 6. Foster LA, Amato AA, Berkowitz AL. A 60-year-old man with arm weakness and numbness. Neurology. 2018;90(4)190-196. 7. Wong JC, Foster LA, Sadjadi R. A clue for familial mitochondrial disorder: discovering a vintage painting. Neurology. 2018;90(6):294-205. Book Chapters: 1. Edmundson CM, Foster LA, Wong JC, Amato AA. Neuromuscular Diseases. The NeuroICU Board Review. Ed Izzy S, Lerner D, Lee K. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2017. 56-67. Abstracts: 1. Foster, LA. Disseminated coccidioidomycosis. Loma Linda University Alumni Annual Postgraduate Convention, 2012. Poster presentation, Awarded 2 nd place among case reports. 2. Foster LA. Magnetic resonance imaging: the acquisition and processing of images related to clinically useful brain MRI. Walla Walla University Mathematics Conference, 2013. Oral presentation. 3. Foster LA. Magnetoencephalography: a potential biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology Department Research Presentations, 2016. Oral presentation. 4. Lewis S, Meekins G, Foster LA, et al. Development of Biomarkers for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, April 2017. Poster presentation. 5