Name
Pamela E. Foster, M.D.

Areas of Interest
Obesity surgery, Advanced laparoscopic surgery, Colorectal surgery, Anorectal ultrasound and manometry.

Education
College: University of California, Berkley BA Physiology 1987
University of California, Berkley, School of Public Health MA Microbiology 1989
Medical school: Cornell University Medical College MD 1994
Residency: Virginia Mason Medical Center 1994-2000
Fellowship: Advanced laparoscopic surgery, Stanford University, 2000-2001

Board Certification
American Board of Surgery

Organizations
Candidate American College of Surgeons. American Society of Bariatric Surgery, Association for Women Surgeons. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

Positions
Clinical assistant professor,Stanford University 2001-2002
Director, Stanford Center of Bariatric Surgery 2001-2002
Director, The Weight Loss Surgery Program, El Camino Hospital Present

Selected Publications

1. Enayati PG, Traverso LW. Pancreatic cancer and comparison of a hospital based tumor board registry with a national cancer database. AmJSurg 1997;173:436-40.
2. Enayati PG, Newman RM, Traverso LW. Pancreatic cancer-the Virginia mason experience. In: Traverso LW, Ed. Problems in General Surgery, Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven publishers.1997,135-39.
3. Foster PE, Traverso LW. Acute cholangitis. In: Cameron JL, Ed. Current Surgical Therapy. Seventh edition.St Louis: Mosby.2001.