Office Virus Prevention Guidelines

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) COVID19 Patient Information Update for MERSI Eye Center and OIUF Under Governor Baker’s Phase 2 reopening guidelines for Massachusetts, medical practices are now able to provide all care, including routine appointments.  MERSI has remained open throughout the pandemic, treating our essential patients with great success.  We have implemented the following prevention guidelines so […]

ESSENTIAL Medical Visits requiring an Office Appointment

COVID19 Patient Information Update for MERSI Eye Center and OIUF As you may have heard, Governor Baker has issued “A Stay in Place Order” for the state of Massachusetts for all non-essential businesses beginning at noon on March 24, 2020.   MERSI is considered essential, but we will need to restrict visits to those defined as essential. […]

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Dear Patients, We always recommend for those of you on immunomodulatory therapy to be vigilant about practicing universal precautions to prevent getting ill (see below).  The flu is a concern each year, which is why we recommend and encourage you to get the flu shot and now, we have a new viral illness in addition […]

C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR Presents Grand Rounds Necrotizing Scleritis and Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis at Boston University Medical Center

On February 5, 2020, Dr. Foster discussed Necrotizing Scleritis and Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis to the Rheumatology Fellows at Boston University Medical Center. The BUMC Rheumatology Fellowship Program offers formal instruction in the major areas of rheumatology. The program also provides a Fellow Curriculum series of lectures and is supplemented by Rheumatology Grand Rounds, Medical Grand […]

Harvard Ophthalmology 2018 Annual Meeting & Alumni Reunion

Harvard Ophthalmology 2018 Annual Meeting & Alumni Reunion was held on June 8-9, 2018 and featured alumni presentations along with Distinguished Achievement Award Lectures. C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR (class of ’77) presented the Distinguished Clinical Achievement Lecture: History of Therapy for Uveitis while being recognized as one of the clinical and research awardees.