Penn Medicine Provider
Emergency Medicine
Sean D. Foster, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine - Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs
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About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Virginia
  • Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Foster is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Jaya Aysola; Justin T. Clapp; Patricia Sullivan; Patrick J Brennan; Eve Higginbotham; Matthew Kearney; Chang Xu; Rosemary Thomas; Sarah Griggs; Mohamed Abdirisak; Alec Hilton; Toluwa Omole; *Sean Foster;*Mira Mamtani Understanding Contributors to Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Throughput Times: A Sequential Mixed Methods Analysis , Journal of Gen Int Med, 37(2): 2021,341-350


Kemmler CB, Sangal RB, Rothenberg C, Li SX, Shofer FS, Abella BS, Venkatesh AK, Foster SD Delays in antibiotic redosing: Association with inpatient mortality and risk factors for delay , Amer J Emerg Med, 45: 2021,63-69


Foster SD, Lee K, Edwards C, Pelullo AP, Khatri UG, Lowenstein M, Perrone J Incentivizing Emergency Medicine Physician X-waiver Training: An evaluation of program success and post-intervention buprenorphine prescribing , Ann Emerg Med, Article In Press: 2020


Agarwal AK, Foster S, Mrad CG, Martino B, Snider CK, Mazzone L, Fasnacht A, Patton K, Edwards C, Flamma J Nursing driven approaches to improving emergency department discharge , Am J Emerg Med, 37(9): 2019,1784-1787


Foster, SD; Hart, K; Lindsell, CJ; Miller, CN; Lyons, MS Impact of a low intensity and broadly inclusive ED care coordination intervention on linkage to primary care and ED utilization , American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 36(12): 2018,2219-2224


Bryan Langlands and Durell Coleman Reimagining the ED:Ideas for Shaping the Emergency Department of the Future , FACILITY GUIDELINES INSTITUTE: 2018


Foster SD, Lyons MS, Runyan CM, Otten EJ A mimic of soft tissue infection: intra-arterial injection drug use producing hand swelling and digital ischemia , World J Emerg Med, 6(3): 2015,233-236