RachelForbesMD
General Surgery • Nashville, TNTransplantation, Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Assistant Professor, Surgery, Vanderbilt Univ Sch of Med
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Office
3601 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-936-2000Fax+1 615-936-0605
Education & Training
Ohio State University HospitalResidency, Surgical Critical Care, 2012 - 2013
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2005 - 2010
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 2005
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 2009 - 2025
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
OH State Medical License 2010 - 2019- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 81 citationsAge-Related Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Health Disparities Amplified in AdolescenceKenneth A. Andreoni, Rachel C. Forbes, Regina M. Andreoni, Gary Phillips, Heather Stewart
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2013-09-09 - 26 citationsThe demise of islet allotransplantation in the United States: A call for an urgent regulatory update.Piotr Witkowski, Louis H. Philipson, Dixon B. Kaufman, Lloyd E. Ratner, Marwan S Abouljoud
American Journal of Transplantation. 2021-04-01 - 17 citationsA Cost Comparison for Telehealth Utilization in the Kidney Transplant Waitlist Evaluation Process.Rachel C. Forbes, Diane B. Rybacki, Tommy B. Johnson, Angela Hannah-Gillis, David Shaffer
Transplantation. 2017-08-01
Press Mentions
- Exploring Patient Willingness to Accept Hepatitis C-infected Kidneys for TransplantationNovember 10th, 2020
More Than 1,000 Kidney Donors Come Forward for Former Titan Albert HaynesworthJuly 12th, 2019
Vanderbilt Opens Telemedicine Clinic for Kidney Transplant ScreeningJuly 19th, 2018
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