Professor of Medicine
Director, Adult Echocardiography Laboratory
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Service

UCSF Medical Center
Division of Cardiology
505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0214
San Francisco, CA 94143-box

Phone: (415) 353-9156
Fax: (415) 353-8687

Dr. Elyse Foster is director of both the UCSF Adult Echocardiography Laboratory and the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Service. She specializes in the assessment of cardiac function using echocardiography, including exercise and pharmacologic stress testing for ischemia detection. She also has a special interest in adult congenital heart conditions and valvular disease.

Foster earned her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. She went on to complete her residency in internal medicine at Boston Medical Center, where she also completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases. Foster is on the executive committee of the International Society of Adult Congenital Heart Disease and is on the Women in Cardiology Committee for the American College of Cardiology. She is board certified in both internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.

• Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine 1977
• Residencies:
• Boston Medical Center, Cardiovascular Diseases 1980
• Boston Medical Center, Cardiovascular Disease 1983
• Fellowship:
• Certifications:
• Internal Medicine 1980
• Cardiovascular Disease 1983