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Jameson Forster

Jameson Forster, MD

Transplant Surgery

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Affiliations
  • Saint Luke's South Hospital
  • Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
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Ages Seen

  • Adult 65+
  • Adult

Languages

  • English

103 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Male

About Jameson Forster

Jameson Forster, M.D., has joined Saint Luke’s Hospital as director of abdominal transplant and hepatobiliary surgery and surgical director of the liver transplant program. Dr. Forster, a nationally recognized hepatobiliary-pancreatic and liver transplant surgeon, performed the first liver transplant in Kansas and helped establish the liver transplant program at Children’s Mercy Hospital. 



As director of abdominal transplant and hepatobiliary surgery and surgical director of the liver transplant program, Dr. Forster will oversee the growth and development of Saint Luke’s Hospital’s liver transplant program, maintain and advance abdominal organ transplantation, further the growth of hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery and manage transplant-related research as well as education and outreach programs. In this leadership role, Dr. Forster also will coordinate and participate in the Tumor Board as part of Saint Luke’s unique multidisciplinary approach to oncology and providing individualized patient care. 

 

Dr. Forster led the development of the liver transplant program at the University of Kansas Medical Center and directed the program for the majority of his 25 years there. He completed the first successful liver transplant in Kansas in 1990. With David Sigalet, M.D., he helped established the liver transplant program at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Nationally recognized for his advanced hepatobiliary surgical skills, he pioneered ablation surgery for the treatment of liver cancers, including cryosurgery, radiofrequency ablation and microwave ablation. With Richard McCallum,M.D., he helped establish gastric electrical stimulation as an important therapy for patients with severe gastroparesis, especially diabetic gastroparesis. 

 

Dr. Forster received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and completed a general surgery residency and research in surgical metabolism at Brown University before going on to complete specialized fellowship training in surgical intensive care, hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery, and liver transplant surgery at Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Locations

    • 4321 Washington Street, Medical Plaza 3, Ste 4000C, Kansas City, MO 64111
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    • phone: 816-932-4655
    • fax: 816-932-7920

    Expertise

    Education

    Rhode Island Hospital

    Residency

    Rhode Island Hospital

    Fellowship

    Rhode Island Hospital

    Fellowship/Research

    Toronto General Hospital - Unv of Toronto

    Fellowship

    University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine

    Medical School

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