Rachel Forbes, MD, MBA, FACS
Undergraduate:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, B.S. (Biology and Classical Studies), 2001
Medical School:
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, M.D., 2005
Internship & Residency:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Surgery
Nashville, TN, 2005 -2010
Fellowships:
Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Fellow in Abdominal Transplant Surgery 2010-2012
Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Fellow in Surgical Critical Care 2012-2013
Graduate School:
Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, M.B.A., 2013
Dr. Rachel Forbes joined our surgical faculty after completing her fellowship in Transplant Surgery and Surgical Clinical Care at Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University in Columbus. Her clinical and research interests focuses on kidney and pancreas transplantation, living donor kidney donation, dialysis access, critical care and health management and resource allocation.
Dr. Forbes was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honor Society in 2011. She has been published in various journals including Jama Internal Medicine, JPEN and the Journal of Nephrology. In 2013, she received third place in a clinical forum at the Ohio ACS annual meeting. She is board certified in General Surgery and is a member of the American Society for Transplant Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Women Surgeons.
Education:
In 2001, Dr. Forbes received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Classical Studies from Vanderbilt University and earned her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Post-Graduate Education:
In 2010, Dr. Forbes completed her General Surgery Residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and earned an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University. She completed her Fellowship at Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Transplant Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.