Deshka S. Foster

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Deshka S. Foster is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Deshka S. Foster has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Surgery, 19 papers in Oncology and 15 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Deshka S. Foster's work include Wound Healing and Treatments (14 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (8 papers) and Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (8 papers). Deshka S. Foster is often cited by papers focused on Wound Healing and Treatments (14 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (8 papers) and Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (8 papers). Deshka S. Foster collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Deshka S. Foster's co-authors include Michael T. Longaker, Ruth Ellen Jones, Heather E. desJardins-Park, Jeffrey A. Norton, Derrick C. Wan, Ashley L. Titan, Malini Chinta, Ryan C. Ransom, Michael Januszyk and Shamik Mascharak and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, JAMA and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Deshka S. Foster

50 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Preventing Engrailed-1 activation in fibroblasts yields wound regeneration without scarring

2021 404 citations Shamik Mascharak, Heather E. desJardins-Park et al. Science profile →
Multi-omic analysis reveals divergent molecular events in scarring and regenerative wound healing

2022 144 citations Shamik Mascharak, Heather E. Talbott et al. Cell stem cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deshka S. Foster United States	19	677	381	363	354	265	55	1.9k
Cecelia C. Yates United States	21	523 0.8×	476 1.2×	233 0.6×	182 0.5×	219 0.8×	37	1.6k
Swathi Balaji United States	24	651 1.0×	506 1.3×	359 1.0×	133 0.4×	308 1.2×	64	1.9k
Matthew Caley United Kingdom	17	532 0.8×	632 1.7×	174 0.5×	305 0.9×	195 0.7×	39	1.9k
Henry C. Hsia United States	22	756 1.1×	514 1.3×	447 1.2×	131 0.4×	353 1.3×	68	2.1k
Michael G. Galvez United States	15	455 0.7×	646 1.7×	427 1.2×	201 0.6×	238 0.9×	29	2.4k
Jason P. Glotzbach United States	25	928 1.4×	655 1.7×	770 2.1×	208 0.6×	537 2.0×	65	2.8k
Sadanori Akita Japan	29	807 1.2×	517 1.4×	747 2.1×	350 1.0×	328 1.2×	93	2.6k
Corrie L. Gallant‐Behm Canada	21	584 0.9×	545 1.4×	220 0.6×	129 0.4×	159 0.6×	30	1.6k
Annette B. Wysocki United States	18	1.4k 2.1×	457 1.2×	689 1.9×	164 0.5×	396 1.5×	30	2.7k
Giorgio Pietramaggiori United States	27	812 1.2×	301 0.8×	778 2.1×	82 0.2×	224 0.8×	44	2.0k

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Blair, Alex B., Joshua S. Jolissaint, Deshka S. Foster, et al.. (2025). Outcomes in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer After Induction Ablative Radiation Therapy and Resection. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 32(6). 4108–4116.

Guo, Jason, Shamik Mascharak, Deshka S. Foster, et al.. (2024). Hematoxylin and Eosin Architecture Uncovers Clinically Divergent Niches in Pancreatic Cancer. Tissue Engineering Part A. 30(19-20). 605–613.

Foster, Deshka S., Michelle Griffin, Michael Januszyk, et al.. (2023). Optimized Nuclei Isolation from Fresh and Frozen Solid Tumor Specimens for Multiome Sequencing. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Mascharak, Shamik, Jason Guo, Deshka S. Foster, et al.. (2023). Desmoplastic stromal signatures predict patient outcomes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cell Reports Medicine. 4(11). 101248–101248. 22 indexed citations

Mascharak, Shamik, Heather E. Talbott, Michael Januszyk, et al.. (2022). Multi-omic analysis reveals divergent molecular events in scarring and regenerative wound healing. Cell stem cell. 29(2). 315–327.e6. 144 indexed citations breakdown →

Dániel, Bence, Julia A. Belk, Stefanie L. Meier, et al.. (2022). Macrophage inflammatory and regenerative response periodicity is programmed by cell cycle and chromatin state. Molecular Cell. 83(1). 121–138.e7. 19 indexed citations

Mascharak, Shamik, Heather E. desJardins-Park, Michael F. Davitt, et al.. (2021). Preventing Engrailed-1 activation in fibroblasts yields wound regeneration without scarring. Science. 372(6540). 404 indexed citations breakdown →

Maan, Zeshaan N., Yuval Rinkevich, Janos A. Barrera, et al.. (2021). Epidermal-Derived Hedgehog Signaling Drives Mesenchymal Proliferation during Digit Tip Regeneration. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(18). 4261–4261. 1 indexed citations

Ju, Tammy, et al.. (2021). Skin angiography assisted mastectomy in secondary breast angiosarcoma: Complete clinical response after neoadjuvant immunotherapy. The Breast Journal. 27(9). 723–725. 3 indexed citations

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Titan, Ashley L., Jeffrey A. Norton, Deshka S. Foster, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Outcomes Following Surgery for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. JAMA Network Open. 3(11). e2024318–e2024318. 22 indexed citations

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Foster, Deshka S., Ruth Ellen Jones, Ryan C. Ransom, Michael T. Longaker, & Jeffrey A. Norton. (2018). The evolving relationship of wound healing and tumor stroma. JCI Insight. 3(18). 153 indexed citations

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Ransom, Ryan C., Deshka S. Foster, Ankit Salhotra, et al.. (2018). Genetic dissection of clonal lineage relationships with hydroxytamoxifen liposomes. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2971–2971. 3 indexed citations

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Foster, Deshka S., et al.. (2018). Endoscopic Excision of Benign Facial Masses in Children: A Review of Outcomes. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 28(5). 617–621. 3 indexed citations

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Norton, Jeffrey A., Deshka S. Foster, Tetsuhide Ito, & Robert T. Jensen. (2018). Gastrinomas. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. 47(3). 577–601. 36 indexed citations

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Marshall, Clement D., Deshka S. Foster, Ryan C. Ransom, et al.. (2018). Acta2, Tnc, and Col24a1 Expression Are Associated with Abdominal Adhesion Formation. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 227(4). e128–e128.

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Foster, Deshka S., et al.. (2017). Surgical Site Infections after Appendectomy Performed in Low and Middle Human Development-Index Countries: A Systematic Review. Surgical Infections. 19(3). 237–244. 21 indexed citations

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Cai, Lawrence, et al.. (2017). Surgical Site Infections after Inguinal Hernia Repairs Performed in Low- and Middle-Human Development Index Countries: A Systematic Review. Surgical Infections. 19(1). 11–20. 15 indexed citations

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Foster, Deshka S., Elizabeth Gleeson, Jianping Lin, et al.. (2015). Pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm in a transgender patient. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 13(1). 205–205. 3 indexed citations

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Foster, Deshka S., Corinne Renier, Hannes Vogel, et al.. (2014). Ex vivo Evans blue assessment of the blood brain barrier in three breast cancer brain metastasis models. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 144(1). 93–101. 29 indexed citations

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Foster, Deshka S., et al.. (2014). Evaluation of three rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of human infections with Plasmodium knowlesi. Malaria Journal. 13(1). 60–60. 57 indexed citations

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