Dr. Forbess was also appointed professor of surgery at UMSOM’s division of cardiac surgery. He is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles that focus on neonatal and pediatric cardiac surgery techniques. Recently, Dr. Forbess helped develop a synthetic heart graft which is now in clinical use.
He joins UMSOM from Northwestern (Chicago) University Feinberg School of Medicine, where he spent three years as a surgery professor. Additionally, Dr. Forbess is the former chief of pediatric cardiovascular surgery at Park Ridge, Ill.,-based Advocate Children’s Hospital. He completed his medical degree at Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University.
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