Daniel Foster DO, MPH, MS

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Biology, The University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia 1995
Masters of Science in Biology, The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania 1996
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, AT Still University in Kirksville, Missouri 2002
Internal Medicine Internship, George Washington University, Washington, DC 2003
Neurology Residency, George Washington University, Washington, DC 2006
Masters of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland 2017
Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 2018

Biography

After studying biology at the University of Virginia and at Penn State, Dr Foster taught biology to midwestern community college and chiropractic college students before attending medical school at the AT Still University in Kirksville Missouri. He then trained in neurology and clinical neurophysiology at George Washington University in Washington, DC which prepared him for private practice in Arlington, Virginia. After practicing general neurology for 9 years, Dr. Foster obtained additional training in preventive medicine and public health at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore before working at the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research as a safety and efficacy reviewer for several years. He has been working full time at the Washington DC VAMC since 2022 where he leads the movement disorders and cognitive impairment clinics and where he teaches medical students and residents . Dr. Foster has been board certified in Neurology since 2007 and board certified in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry since 2012.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

2021 CDER Honor Award for Regulatory Science Excellence

2020 Dr. Frances O. Kelsey Drug Safety Excellence Award

2016 JHBSPH General Preventive Medicine Residency Program Endowment Scholarship

2014-2016 Northern Virginia Magazine “Top Doc”

Representative Bibliography

Cotter S, Wong J, Gada N, Gill R, Jones SC, Chai G, Foster D, Avigan M, Mundkur M. Repeated or Continuous Medically Supervised Ketamine Administration Associated with Hepatobiliary Adverse Events: A Retrospective Case Series. Drug Safety. 2021 Dec;44(12):1365-1374. Epub 2021 Oct 26. PMID: 34699023; PMCID: PMC8546385. DOI: 10.1007/s40264-021-01120-9

Dowell D, Jones C, Compton W, Kato E, Dubenitz J, Ling S, Foster D, Hertz S, Sokolowska M, Vythilingam M, Clarke T. (2019). “HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics.” US Department of Health and Human Services. (2019). Retrieved August 8, 2020, from https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/sites/default/files/2019-10/Dosage_Reduction_Discontinuation.pdf

Ryan LM, Solomon BS, Ziegfeld S, Gielen A, Malloy L, Foster D, McDonald E. Evaluation of a Culturally Tailored Educational Video Intervention to Promote Bike Helmet Safety for Urban Children: A Pilot Study. Health Promot Pract. 2020 Nov;21(6):872-876. Epub 2020 May 17. PMID: 32419502. Research. DOI: 10.1177/1524839920920304

Manning Ryan L, Solomon BS, Ziegfeld S, Gielen A, Malloy L, Foster D, Clegg Smith K, McDonald E. “Promoting Bike Helmet Safety for Urban Children Through a Culturally Tailored Educational Video Intervention.” Health Promotion Practice. 20(2):157-159 (2019). Research. DOI: 10.1177/1524839918822271.

Foster D, Sanchez-Collins S, Cheskin LJ. “Multidisciplinary Team-Based Obesity Treatment in Patients with Diabetes: Current Practices and the State of the Science.” Diabetes Spectrum. 30(4):244-249 (2017). Review Article. DOI: 10.2337/ds17-0045.

Foster D, Rivera M. “Getting Naloxone Woke Him Up; Not Having Naloxone Woke Me Up.” Medscape, Perspectives. October 13, 2017. Op Ed.

Foster D. “Neurologists should endorse active transportation for their patients.” Neurology: Clinical Practice. 7(4): 372-376 (2017). Review and advocacy piece. DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000377.

Foster D and Moorjani BI. “Pediatric Back Pain.” MedLink Neurology. Gilman S. (Editor). San Diego: MedLink Corporation (2007). Review Article.

Foster D, Falah M, and Mandler R. “Wernicke encephalopathy after bariatric surgery: Losing more than just weight.” Neurology. 65:1987 (2005). Case report. DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000188822.86529.f0.