Education

B.S. Biomedical Science, University of Michigan, 1997

M.D. University of Michigan Medical School, 2000

Residencies and Fellowships

Family Medicine Residency, Lancaster General Hospital, 2003

Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2004

Board Certifications

American Board of Family Medicine

Certificate of Added Qualification in Primary Care Sports Medicine

Research Interests/Areas of Expertise

Sports medicine, and particularly, care of the female athlete as well as mental health in athletics.

Graduate medical education.

Biography

Zoë Foster, MD, joined the Department of Family and Preventative Medicine at Prisma Health and the University of South Carolina in 2019 as the Program Director for the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship. She currently sees patients at the University of South Carolina's Student Health Service, treating both students and student athletes in the Sports Medicine Department.

Additionally, Dr. Foster serves as Medical Director for the University of South Carolina Athletics Department. She is the team physician for the following varsity teams: volleyball, women’s soccer, cross country, women’s basketball, women’s tennis, women’s golf, and beach volleyball. 

Prior to moving to South Carolina, Foster was the team physician for the University of Michigan softball and field hockey teams as well as the men’s basketball team at Eastern Michigan University while working as a family medicine physician in southeast Michigan.

Publications

Foster ZJ, Wisinski JJ.  (2025) Viral Meningitis.  In Domino FJ (Ed.), The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2025, Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.

Foster, Z.  The Female Athlete Triad.  STFM and AFMRD Family Medicine Residency Curriculum Resource.  Published 1/16/2021, updated 2023.

FosterZJ, Day AL, Miller JJ.  Polyarticular Arthritis: A Differential Diagnosis.  American Family Physician.  2023;107(1):42-5.

Yee G, Winkelmann ZK, Foster ZJ.  Return to Tennis Considerations and an Elusive Diagnosis for a Cuboid Avulsion Fracture: A Disablement Model Case Study. Clinical Practice in Athletic Training. 2023; 6(1).  https://doi.org/10.31622/2023/0006.01.6