Sean D. Foster, MD

Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine Penn Presbyterian
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Call 215-662-8000
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

My education and training

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

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

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

Research

Publications

Berg DM, Binkley A, Foster SD, Hinton M, Peiffer D, Huo SC, Torgerson J, Maguire C. Clinical microbiology in xylazine-associated wound infections , Open Forum Infect Dis, 12(8): 2025

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