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James (Bick) Forrester, MD, Cardiology, Malibu, CA

JamesS(Bick)ForresterMD

Cardiology Malibu, CA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Professor of Medicine, UCLA

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Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1967 - 1969
  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1964 - 1967
  • Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
    Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health SystemInternship, Transitional Year, 1963 - 1964
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1963
  • Swarthmore College
    Swarthmore CollegeBS, 1955 - 1959

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1965 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Simon Dack Awsard for Oustanding Scholarship Journal of American College of Cardiology, 2012
  • America’s Top Doctors Castle Connely Medical, 2011
  • Leading Physicians in the World International Association of Cardiologists, 2011
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Cooling off hot hearts: a specific therapy for vulnerable plaque?  
    Vogel RA, Forrester JS, Cooling off hot hearts: a specific therapy for vulnerable plaque? J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2013
  • Comparison of long-term outcomes of drug-eluting stents and bare metal stents for saphenous vein graft stenosis  
    Chakravarty T, Morrissey RP, Wertman B, Naghi J, Chou S, Goykhman P, Doctor N, Mirocha J,Forrester JS, Makkar R, Catheter Cardiovasc Interv, 5/1/2012
  • A novel regimen of alternate day clopidogrel would provide a cost-effective strategy to prevent very late stent thrombosis  
    Sharma S, Forrester JS, Med Hypotheses, 1/1/2012
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Press Mentions

  • Dr. William Shell: Healer, Scientist, Innovator
    Dr. William Shell: Healer, Scientist, InnovatorApril 26th, 2017

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