Professor of Medicine Director, Adlult Echocardiography Laboratory Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Service Address: UCSF Medical Center Division of Cardiology 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0214 Telephone/FAX 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
Fellowships	Boston Medical Center, Cardiovascular Disease 1983
Certifications	Internal Medicine 1980 Cardiovascular Disease 1983