Deshka Foster

Postdoctoral Medical Fellow, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Resident in Surgery - General Surgery

Clinical Focus

Residency

Honors & Awards

The Resident Research Award, Stanford Department of Surgery (2021)
Best Basic/Translational Abstract, Holman Research Day, Stanford University Department of Surgery (2020)
The Resident Research Award, Stanford Department of Surgery (2020)
NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) - Renewal, National Institutes of Health (2019-2020)
NIH NCI F32, National Institutes of Health (2019 - present)
Best Basic/Translational Oral Presentation, Holman Research Day, Stanford University Department of Surgery (2019)
Excellence in Research Award, Surgical Oncology, American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress (2019)
The Resident Research Award, Stanford Department of Surgery (2019)
Best Basic/Translational Oral Presentation, Holman Research Day, Stanford University Department of Surgery (2018)
Excellence in Research Award, Surgical Oncology, American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress (2018)
Advanced Residency Training at Stanford (ARTS) Program, Stanford University School of Medicine (2017 - present)
NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP), National Institutes of Health (2017 - 2019)
Resident Research Award, American College of Surgeons (ACS) (2017 - 2019)
Fall Courses Travel Award, Association of Academic Surgery (AAS) (2017)
The Donald R. Cooper, M.D. Award for Excellence in Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine (2015)
Women’s Health Scholar, Drexel University College of Medicine (2015)
Fulbright Research Scholarship, U.S. Department of State (2010)
FLAS Graduate Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education (2009)
Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Stanford University (2008)
Honors, Human Biology, Stanford University (2008)

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