Dr. Stuart Foster
Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook
F. Stuart Foster is a senior scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and a professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. A pioneer in micro-ultrasound technology, his groundbreaking inventions have enabled high-resolution, non-invasive imaging for studying disease development and translating micro-ultrasound into clinical applications.
Dr. Foster is a fellow of the IEEE, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the US National Academy of Inventors. He is also the founder and former chairman of Fujifilm VisualSonics Inc., a company dedicated to advancing both preclinical and clinical micro-ultrasound imaging.
Over the course of his career, he has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Eadie Medal, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, the Manning Award of Distinction for Canadian Innovation, the Ontario Premier’s Discovery Award, and the IEEE Rayleigh Award. In 2017, he was elected as a foreign member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and in 2020, he received the IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award.
Dr. Foster is also an officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours.
