Dr. Adriana Elena Foster, MD

Dr Adriana Foster started to work with severely mentally ill people since her residency at Baylor. As a faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine, she performed inpatient, outpatient and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) work at Michael E DeBakey VA in Houston TX, obtained certification in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) from the Association for Convulsive Therapy and was an integral part of the ECT team at the VA. Dr. Foster spent ten years at Medical College of Georgia, where she was the psychaitry clerkship director and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Currently, Dr Foster treats adult patients with psychotic and mood disorders, PTSD, personality and substance use disorders in FIU group practice in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dr. Foster is a Professor and Vice-Chair for Clinical and Research Services in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University in Miami, FL. She has published peer …reviewed articles in Biological Psychiatry, Neuropsychopharmacology, General Hospital Psychiatry, Academic Psychiatry, The Journal OF ECT, Psychiatric Clinics of North America and co-authored numerous book chapters. Dr Foster serves as a reviewer for psychiatric and educational journals. Her clinical interests include chronic severe mental illness, schizophrenia, mood disorders, personality disorders, PTSD, personalized medicine.