Philip P Foster, MD, PhD, Habil.

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philip.foster@bcm.edu

Adjunct/Assistant Professor: Medicine
Pulmonary, ICU and Sleep Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Adjunct/Assistant Professor: Center for Space Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

MD from University of Grenoble Medical School: 01/1992 - La Tronche, Isere France; Pulmonary Function Testing, Cardiopulmonary Function Testing, Sports Medicine

PhD from University Claude Bernard Lyon I: 02/2001 - Lyon, Rhone France; Major: Ph.D. in Human Biology Minor: Microgravity and Space Environment

PhD from University Jean Monnet, Medical School Jacques Lisfranc, Sr. Etienne, France Saint Etienne France: 06/2002 - Saint Etienne, Loire France; Habilitation (HDR): Research Leadership role. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habilitation]. Highest qualification level issued through the process of a university examination and remains a core concept of scientific careers in EU

MBBS from University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis Medical School: 06/1992 - Nice, Alpes-Maritimes France; Hyperbaric & Diving Medicine (degree similar to "MBBS")

Research Fellowship at NASA Johnson-Space Center, Houston: 02/1994 - Houston, Texas United States; Environmental Physiology

Postdoctoral Fellowship at NASA Johnson-Space Center, Houston: 02/1996 - Houston, Texas United States; Environmental Physiology

Medicine: (09/01/2004); Conseil de l'Ordre des Medecins France; I moved to Houston on February 7, 1994, to start my full-time research fellowship training at NASA-JSC and did not have the opportunity to practice medicine for my entire full-time research doctoral training (1994-96), full-time research post-doctoral training (1996-98) and full-time research faculty in residence (BCM, 1998-09/2003). I started to practice full-time as a professional (no longer as a resident and clinical fellow), associate professor in Clermont-Ferrand, University-Hospital Gabriel Montpied, France 09/2003).

Sports Medicine: Conseil de l'Ordre des Medecins France; Currently not practicing Sports Medicine, albeit eligible to have my license in the EU

Hyperbaric & Diving medicine: Conseil de l'Ordre des Medecins France; I did the clinical Fellowship (Nice Sophia Antipolis. CHU Hospital Pasteur -Nice, France). However, I never had the opportunity to practice this specialty, & never requested my license. One of my textbooks is about this medical specialty. Currently not practicing this specialty, albeit I am eligible to have my license in the EU.

Pulmonary Disease: Sub-specialty: Pulmonary Function Testing and Cardiopulmonary Exercise testing: #63/5121 (01/05/2011); Conseil de l'Ordre des Medecins France - Auvergne; Sub-specialty: Pulmonary Function Testing and Cardiopulmonary Exercise testing. Auvergne: Clermont-Ferrand, CHU/Hospital. Explorations Fonctionnelles. Gabriel Montpied. Initial License in 2004.

Pulmonary Disease: Sub-specialty: Pulmonary Function Testing and Cardiopulmonary Exercise testing: #45466 (01/20/2011 - 03/09/2017); Texas Medical Board; Sub-specialty: Pulmonary Function Testing and Cardiopulmonary Exercise testing. No. 45466, NPI: 1548416340. Jurisprudence exam. Validated in Texas. Re-certification ACLS & BLS (Expiration 04/2018). Privileges were for UTMB Hospitals, Memorial Hermann Hospitals and Harris Health hospitals. Valid DEA & DPS. Institutional License

NASA Special Scientific Achievement Award: Design of an operational procedure protecting the brain of astronauts: ISS Assembly and future Moon, Mars Mission. Foster contributed, as a co-investigator[8][2][10][11][12][13], with a NASA team (Head P.I. Michael L. Gernhardt), to establish a safer procedure for NASA extravehicular activities [EVAs][14], perform the space station assembly and shape [6][1] future missions (Moon, Mars). The procedure[15] protecting the brain of astronauts was tested in a NASA-directed multi-center trial[4] (1997-2003), the exercise prebreathe reduction protocol[16] (PRP) [15][13][12][11][10]. It was a considerable time-saver 48 hr.-prep → total 1:30 hr.-prep[15] in assembling the International Space Station. Highlighting the benefit of the PRP as a scientific advancement as well as an operational deliverable, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine in "Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era"[17] reads: "Exercise during prebreathing greatly accelerates denitrogenation. Ground testing7 has shown that 10 min of exercise (75 percent of peak oxygen uptake) during a 1-h prebreathe is equivalent to a 4-h resting prebreathe."[18]; NASA (09/1997 - 09/2001)

Erdos number of 4 . [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdos_number]: I designed a novel physiological concept & created a system of mathematical equations (A.I.). For the successful NASA extravehicular activity protocols for the International Space Station assembly, I wrote the 4,805 lines of source code [A.I., Mathematica, C++]. Description of the program can be found in an article (Foster et al. A model for influence of exercise... Am. J. Physiol., 279:R2304-R2316, 2000b). Dr. Glowinski’s Erdős’ number is 3 (co-author).; Baylor College of Medicine (11/1998 - 11/2000)

European Space Agency Award: Awarded in 1994; 3 external this year for the overall countries of E.U.; European Space Agency (02/1994 - 02/1996)

Wellcome Trust Award for achievement: Wellcome Trust Award for achievement (while a MD-PhD student), the Wellcome Trust 20th Annual Report, London, UK (1991; 1/year in the Category). Foster received a Wellcome Trust Award[39] (20th Annual Report, London, UK, 1991[40]) for a personalized vision of research and teaching, making use of colored illustrations in a textbook of physiology.; Wellcome Trust (London, UK) (04/1990 - 05/1991)

Fulbright Award Program Mentoring: Fulbright Award Program: Mentoring Dr. Arve Jørgensen, M.D., (2010 in my lab -- O2 in Space, Extreme Envir., Ph.D. Defense 02/2014); Fulbright Award Program (09/2010 - 02/2014)

Rouquayrol and Denayrouze Prize: Rouquayrol and Denayrouze Prize for my textbook (Physiol-Medicine), Paris, France (1998; 1/year, open to any type of book); FFESSM-French Federation of SCUBA Diving (06/1993 - 11/1998)

Bookstores’ Choice Prize: Bookstores’ Choice Prize (“Choix des Libraires”), Paris, France (2011; textbook; 1/year in the category). [http://www.lechoixdeslibraires.com/livre-102159-la-plongee-sous-marine-l-adaptation-de-l-organisme-et-ses-limites.htm#283712].; Bookstores’ Choice Prize, Paris, France (06/2010 - 11/2011)