Glenn Forrester, MD

A board-certified general surgeon with advanced training in laparoscopic bariatric surgery, Dr. Glenn Forrester completed a six-year surgical residency at the combined program of Our Lady of Mercy and Lincoln Medical Centers in the Bronx. His fourth year of residency was devoted to clinical research in bariatric surgery under Dr. Julio Teixeira at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York. Notably, Dr. Forrester was the recipient of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Resident Achievement Award for his program in 2007. He is a graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with a bachelor's degree in biology and earned his medical degree from St. George's University in the West Indies. Following his residency, Dr. Forrester gained further clinical experience at an American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) approved fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Bariatric and General Surgery at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City. During his fellowship, Dr. Forrester worked in the emerging field of Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) and was part of one of the first surgical teams to perform this type of surgery through the use of flexible endoscopy. In 2014, Dr. Forrester was awarded the Overlook Medical Center Physician Excellence Award for General Surgery/Bariatrics. Dr. Forrester is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons, the Medical Society of New York, the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons and the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.