PrestonFFosterMD

General Surgery • San Antonio, TX

Transplantation, Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

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Office
7711 Louis Pasteur Dr
Ste 704
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone+1 210-575-0229

Fax+1 210-575-0167
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Education & Training

Rush University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1988
University of TennesseeResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1986
McGovern Medical School at UTHealthClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 1981 - 2025
IL State Medical License 1986 - 2014
TN State Medical License 1983 - 1986
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

20 citations
Fungal and mycobacterial infections after Campath (alemtuzumab) induction for renal transplantation.
R Walsh, Jorge Ortiz, Preston Foster, Juan Palma-Vargas, S Rosenblatt, Francis H. Wright> ;Transplant Infectious Disease. 2008 Aug 1
10 citations
Liver transplantation for sinusoidal obstructive syndrome (veno‐occlusive disease): case report with review of the literature and the UNOS database
Fernando E. Membreno, Jorge Ortiz, Preston Foster, Francis H. Wright, Victor S. Ostrower, John D. Metter, Juan Palma-Vargas, Charles F. LeMaistre> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2008 Jul 1
32 citations
Campath induction for kidney transplantation: report of 297 cases.
Jorge Ortiz, Juan Palma-Vargas, Francis H. Wright, Adam W. Bingaman, Irfan Agha, Steven G. Rosenblatt, Preston Foster> ;Transplantation. 2008 Jun 15
143 citations
Treatment of renal allograft polyoma BK virus infection with leflunomide.
Michelle A. Josephson, Daniel L. Gillen, Basit Javaid, Pradeep V. Kadambi, Shane Meehan, Preston Foster, Robert C. Harland, Richard Thistlethwaite, Marc R. Garfinkel, ...> ;Transplantation. 2006 Mar 15
171 citations
Leflunomide for Polyomavirus Type BK Nephropathy
James W. Williams, Basit Javaid, Predeep V Kadambi, Daniel L. Gillen, Robert C. Harland, J.Richard Thistlewaite, Marc R. Garfinkel, Preston Foster, Walter J. Atwood, J...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2005 Mar 17
3 citations
Successful transplantation of donor organs from a hemlock poisoning victim.
Preston Foster, Robert S. McFadden, Raul Trevino, Scott Galliardt, Lea Ann Kopczewski, Kristene Gugliuzza, Zulma Gonzalez, Francis H. Wright> ;Transplantation. 2003 Sep 15
17 citations
Seventh Day Syndrome--acute hepatocyte apoptosis associated with a unique syndrome of graft loss following liver transplantation.
Muhammed Ashraf Memon, Sedat Karademir, Jikun Shen, George Koukoulis, Francesc Fabrega, James W. Williams, Preston Foster> ;Liver. 2001 Feb 1
2 citations
Efficacy of FK506, leflunomide, anti-CD4, and CTLA4IG treatments in rat to mouse pancreas xenograft transplantation
Dengping Yin, Howard N. Sankary, Jikun Shen, Lianli Ma, Leonard Blinder, Preston Foster, James W. Williams, Anita S. Chong> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2000 Aug 11
29 citations
Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter trial of efficacy and safety of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in liver transplant recipients.
Drew J. Winston, Preston Foster, Kenneth A. Somberg, Ronald W. Busuttil, Marlon F. Levy, Patricia A. Sheiner, K. Rajender Reddy, Nick Fotheringham, Mitzi Armstrong, Ei...> ;Transplantation. 1999 Nov 15
26 citations
The portosystemic shunt protects liver against ischemic reperfusion injury.
Howard N. Sankary, Dengping Yin, Anita S. Chong, Lianli Ma, Leonard Blinder, Jikun Shen, Preston Foster, L.-P. Liu, Chuanfu Li, James W. Williams> ;Transplantation. 1999 Oct 15
78 citations
In vivo activity of leflunomide: pharmacokinetic analyses and mechanism of immunosuppression.
Anita S. Chong, Wanyun Huang, Wei Liu, Jilan Luo, Jikun Shen, Wei Xu, Lianli Ma, Leonard Blinder, Fei Xiao, Xiulong Xu, Christopher Clardy, Preston Foster, James A. Wi...> ;Transplantation. 1999 Jul 15
17 citations
FK506 TREATMENT IN COMBINATION WITH LEFLUNOMIDE IN HAMSTER-TO-RAT HEART AND LIVER XENOGRAFT TRANSPLANTATION
Howard N. Sankary, Dengping Yin, Anita S. Chong, Lianli Ma, Leonard Blinder, Jikun Shen, Preston Foster, James W. Williams> ;Transplantation. 1998 Oct 15
20 citations
Histological characterization and pharmacological control of chronic rejection in xenogeneic and allogeneic heart transplantation.
Jikun Shen, Anita S. Chong, Fei Xiao, Wei Liu, Wanyun Huang, Leonard Blinder, Preston Foster, Howard N. Sankary, Stephen C. Jensik, L. Mcchesney, Deepak Mital, James W...> ;Transplantation. 1998 Sep 27
164 citations
PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING ON LIVER PRESERVATION-REPERFUSION INJURY IN RATS
Dengping Yin, Howard N. Sankary, Anita S. Chong, Lianli Ma, Jikun Shen, Preston Foster, James W. Williams> ;Transplantation. 1998 Jul 27
15 citations
Anti-CD4 therapy in combined heart-kidney, heart-liver, and heart-small bowel allotransplants in high-responder rats.
Dengping Yin, Howard N. Sankary, C. Talor-Edwards, Anita S. Chong, Preston Foster, Jikun Shen, Lianli Ma, James W. Williams, C G Fathman> ;Transplantation. 1998 Jul 15
16 citations
Immunosuppression preventing concordant xenogeneic islet graft rejection is not sufficient to prevent recurrence of autoimmune diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice.
Zhiguang Guo, Deepak Mital, Jikun Shen, Anita S. Chong, Ye Tian, Preston Foster, Howard N. Sankary, L. Mcchesney, Stephen C. Jensik, James W. Williams> ;Transplantation. 1998 May 27
Differential effect of leflunomide on concordant xenogeneic islet graft rejection and recurrence of autoimmune diabetes
Zhiguang Guo, Deepak Mital, Jikun Shen, Anita S. Chong, Y. Tian, Preston Foster, Howard N. Sankary, L. Mcchesney, Stephen C. Jensik, James W. Williams> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 1998 Mar 1
1 citations
Ultraviolet B irradiation reduces the surface expression of conformationally correct class I and II histocompatibility antigens
Anat R. Tambur, Preston Foster, E. Mellins, P. Cresswell, Denise L. Faustman, Howard M. Gebel> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 1997 Sep 1
12 citations
Quantitation of the changes in splenic architecture during the rejection of cardiac allografts or xenografts.
Jikun Shen, Jeffery Short, Leonard Blinder, Sedat Karademir, Preston Foster, Howard N. Sankary, James W. Williams, Anita S. Chong> ;Transplantation. 1997 Aug 15
1 citations
Successful xenotransplantation of adult porcine islets in NOD and BALB/c mice with leflunomide and cyclosporine
D Mital, Z. Guo, Anita S. Chong, Z. Fu, Y. Tian, Preston Foster, Stephen C. Jensik, Jikun Shen, Howard N. Sankary, L. Mcchesney, James W. Williams> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 1997 Jun 1
105 citations
Prediction of abstinence from ethanol in alcoholic recipients following liver transplantation
Preston Foster, F Fabrega, Sedat Karademir, Howard N. Sankary, Deepak Mital, James W. Williams> ;Hepatology. 1997 Jun 1
Effect of leflunomide and cyclosporine on concordant xenogeneic islet transplantation in streptozotocin-induced and autoimmune diabetic mice.
Zhiguang Guo, Anita S. Chong, Y. Tian, Jikun Shen, Dengping Yin, Deepak Mital, Preston Foster, Howard N. Sankary, L. Mcchesney, Stephen C. Jensik, James W. Williams> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 1997 Jun 1
18 citations
Prolongation of rat islet allograft survival by the immunosuppressive agent leflunomide
Zhiguang Guo, Anita S. Chong, Jikun Shen, Preston Foster, Howard N. Sankary, L. Mcchesney, Deepak Mital, Stephen C. Jensik, James W. Williams> ;Transplantation. 1997 Mar 15
13 citations
In vivo effects of leflunomide on normal pancreatic islet and syngeneic islet graft function.
Zhiguang Guo, Anita S. Chong, Jikun Shen, Preston Foster, Howard N. Sankary, L. Mcchesney, Deepak Mital, Stephen C. Jensik, Howard M. Gebel, James W. Williams> ;Transplantation. 1997 Mar 15
3 citations
Leflunomide, a potential immunosuppressant for pancreatic islet transplantation.
Zhiguang Guo, Anita S. Chong, Jikun Shen, Preston Foster, Howard N. Sankary, L. Mcchesney, Deepak Mital, Stephen C. Jensik, Howard M. Gebel, James W. Williams> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 1997 Feb 1
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