Joseph Forbess, MD

Professor
Endowed Title: Pogue Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Research
Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Pediatrics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-645-7700
Office Fax: 214-645-7701

joseph.forbess@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipDuke University Medical Center (1999)
ResidencyDuke University Medical Center (1997)
FellowshipHarvard University Medical School (1994)
InternshipDuke University Medical Center (1991)
Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School (1990)

Research Interests

Hypoxic-ischemic neurologic injury in piglets undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass, selective cerebral perfusion and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
Minimally invasive approaches to congenital heart surgery.
Quality improvement in congenital heart surgery.
Validation of somatic and cerebral near infrared spectroscopy during cardiopulmonary bypass in pediatric patients.

Publications

Featured
Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pediatric Cardiac Support: Cannulation During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Is Not a Risk Factor for Mortality

Thourani VH, Kirshbom PM, Kanter KR, Simsic J, Kogon BE, Wagoner S, Dykes F, Fortenberry J, Forbess JM , Annals of Thoracic Surgery , July 2006; (82):138-45

Featured
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Following Biventricular Repair of Congenital Heart Defects

Forbess JM, Visconti KJ, Bellinger DC, Howe RJ, Jonas RA , Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , 2002; (123):631-9

Featured
Neurodevelopmental Outcome after Congenital Heart Surgery: Results from an Institutional Registry

Forbess JM, Visconti KJ, Hancock-Friesen C, Howe RJ, Bellinger DC, Jonas RA , Circulation , 2002; (106):I95-102

Featured
Cryopreserved homografts in the pulmonary position determinants of durability

Forbess JM, Shah AS, St. Louis J, Jaggers JJ, Underleider RM , Annals of Thoracic Surgery , 2001; (71):54-59

Featured
Ten year institutional experience with palliative surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: Risk factors related to stage I mortality

Forbess JM, Cook N, Roth SJ, Serraf A, Mayer JE Jr, Jonas RA , Circulation , 1995; (92 (supp)):II262-266

In Vitro Flow Analysis of a Patient-Specific Intraatrial Total Cavopulmonary Connection.

deZelicout DA, Pekkan K, Wills L, Kanter K, Forbess J, Sharma S, Forgel M, Yoganathan AP. , Ann Thorac Surg , 2005; (79):2094-1202

Redo Mitral Valve Replacement in Children

Kanter KR, Forbess JM, Kirshbom PM , Ann Thorac Surg , 2005; (80(2)):642-646

Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: An Analysis of Current Management Strategies in a Single Institution

Hancock-Friesen C, Zurakowski D, Thiagarajan RR, Forbess JM, del Nido PJ, Mayer JE, Jonas RA , Ann Thorac Surg , 2005; (79):596-606

Upregulation of Hypoxia Inducible Factor is Associated with Attenuation of Neuronal Injury in Neonatal Piglets Undergoing Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest.

Kerendi F, Halkos ME, Kin H, Corvera JS, Brat DJ, Wagner MB, Vinten-Johansen J, Zhao ZQ, Forbess JM, Kanter KR, Kelley ME, Kirshbom PM. , J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg , 2005; (130 / 4):1079

Cost-utility analysis of salvage cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children

Mahle WT, Forbess JM, Kirshbom PM, Cuadrado AR, Simsic JM, Kanter KR. , J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg , 2005; (129):1084-90

Honors/Awards

Top Pediatric Specialist

Named by D Magazine (2007)

TSFRE Scholarship

Leadership Program in Health Policy & Management, Heller School for Social Policy/Management, Brandeis University (2007)

Meritorius Service Award

AmSECT Pediatric Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (2006)

Harvard College Scholarship

(1986)

John Harvard Scholarship

(1985)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American College of Cardiology

American College of Surgeons

American Heart Association, Council on Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association