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About Deborah Forst, MD
Dr. Forst obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and English Literature at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. After her Internal Medicine Internship at Baylor College of Medicine, she completed her neurology residency training in the Mass General Brigham Neurology Program (Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital), where she served as a Chief Resident during her final year of training.
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Cancer Center: Neuro-Oncology
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-5130
Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham
52 Second Ave.
Suite 1110
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-487-6100
Medical Education
- MD, Baylor College Of Medicine
- Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Forst’s research focuses on palliative and supportive care for patients with brain and spinal cord tumors, with particular interests in end-of-life care, prognostic understanding in patients and their family caregivers, and improving communication between neuro oncology patients and their clinicians.
Publications
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Selected Publications
Forst DA, Nahed BV, Loeffler JS, Batchelor TT. Low grade gliomas. Oncologist 2014; 19: 403-413.
Kasenda B, Ferreri AJ, Marturano E, Forst D, Bromberg J, Ghesquieres H, Ferlay C, Blay JY, Hoang-Xuan K, Pulczynski EJ, Fosså A, Okoshi Y, Chiba S, Fritsch K, Omuro A, O'Neill BP, Bairey O, Schandelmaier S, Gloy V, Bhatnagar N, Haug S, Rahner S, Batchelor TT, Illerhaus G, Briel M. First-Line Treatment and Outcome of Elderly Patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL) - A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. Ann Oncol 2015 Jul;26(7):1305-13.
McCray BA, Forst D, Jindal A, Henderson GV. A 57-year-old woman who developed acute amnesia following fever and upper respiratory symptoms. Neurology. 2015 Apr 7;84(14):e102-6.
I've been so impressed with Dr. Forst and extremely happy with the whole care that I've had from Mass General Hospital. Deborah Forst, of course, was the lead person and I have a great deal of respect and I am so thankful that I did go to Mass General and so thankful that I had to be with Deborah Forst and her team. Thank you.
Personable, professional, helpful
Dr. [redacted], the fellow for Dr Forst was exceptional in the time he took to review everything and was very understanding and compassionate throughout our exam. He was also very on time with a follow up phone call to discuss further review of my MRI with MGH's neuroradiologists. As for Dr. Forst, she is the GOAT. I have tremendous respect and ... Read More
I am very fortunate to be a patient of Dr. Forst. She is very clear when explaining things to me, provides great insight, and advice.
She is an excellent physician and takes time to answer all my questions. She's very knowledgeable and informed a loud latest research etc.
Dr. Forst is an excellent doctor. She is knowledgeable, thorough and caring. She explains everything very well in a way that is understandable. I would highly recommend her to anyone who needed to see a Neuro oncologist.
Very good doctor, very kind.
Dr. Forst and her team led by [redacted] and the others, [redacted] are exceptionally accessible, approachable and communicative when I have inquiries or any concerns whatsoever. They're absolutely outstanding. Thanks very much.
One of my favorite providers because she listens and explains thing clearly
Dr. Forst was wonderful. She took the time and effort to look into my case. I have a very rare breast cancer. She looked into it. She also helped me find, looked into finding a provider for additional treatment and she was just kind, wonderful. She knew my meds. She was fabulous. She took the time to listen and to understand how frustrating ... Read More