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Office
1 Hoag Hosp
Building 41 (Cancer Center), Suite 301
Newport Beach, CA 92663
Summary
- Jared Forrester, MD is a board-certified general surgeon and fellowship-trained hepatobiliary and pancreas surgeon. He focuses on both benign and malignant diseases of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas with advanced training in minimally invasive techniques.
Dr. Forrester completed medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. He went on to complete his general surgery training at Stanford University, where he served as administrative chief resident and was awarded the John Henry Smith III Award for Outstanding Resident of the Year in his final year. During residency, he spent two years away from clinical responsibilities working in Ethiopia with the Lifebox Foundation to decrease surgical infections through a collaborative quality improvement initiative. Dr. Forrester finished his surgical training with an advanced Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery fellowship at Providence Portland Cancer Institute.
Dr. Forrester has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters in the fields of general surgery, surgical infections and hepatobiliary surgery. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife (a liver and kidney transplant surgeon), their daughter and their dog and being active in the outdoors.
Education & Training
- Portland Providence Medical CenterHepato-pancreato-biliary Surgery, 2021 - 2023
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2014 - 2021
- Medical College of WisconsinClass of 2014
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- OR State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Inductee Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsThe Lifebox Surgical Headlight Project: engineering, testing, and field assessment in a resource-constrained setting.Nichole Starr, Nikhil Panda, E W Johansen, Jared A. Forrester, Ebisa Wayessa
The British Journal of Surgery. 2020-12-01 - 33 citationsDeveloping Process Maps as a Tool for a Surgical Infection Prevention Quality Improvement Initiative in Resource-Constrained Settings.Jared A. Forrester, Luca A. Koritsanszky, Demisew Amenu, Alex B. Haynes, William R. Berry
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2018-06-01 - 26 citationsSelf-reported Determinants of Access to Surgical Care in 3 Developing CountriesJoseph D. Forrester, Jared A. Forrester, Thaim B. Kamara, Reinou S. Groen, Sunil Shrestha
JAMA Surgery. 2016-03-01
Journal Articles
- Minimum Specifications for a Lifebox Surgical Headlight for Resource-Constrained SettingsThomas G Weiser, Jared A Forrester, JAMA
Books/Book Chapters
Authored Content
- Developing Process Maps as a Tool for a Surgical Infection Prevention Quality Improvement Initiative in Resource-Constrained SettingsMarch 2018
Press Mentions
- Reducing Surgical Site Infections in Low-Resource SettingsSeptember 24th, 2020
- Health Care Financial Burden of Animal-Related Injuries Is Growing, Study SaysDecember 11th, 2018
- Deadliest Animals in US May Shock YouMarch 7th, 2018
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External Links
- Linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/pub/jared-forrester/7a/6b9/114
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