Christopher Forrest, MD, MSc, FRCS(C), FACS
The Hospital for Sick Children
Division Head
Plastic Surgery
Craniofacial Surgeon
Cleft Lip and Palate Program
University of Toronto
Associate Professor
Surgery
Phone: 416-813-8659
Fax: 416-813-6637
e-mail: christopher.forrest@sickkids.ca
Brief Biography
Dr. Forrest is a Paediatric Craniofacial Surgeon, Head of the Division of Plastic Surgery, and the Medical Director of The Hospital for Sick Children Centre for Craniofacial Care and Research. This is the largest centre of its kind in Canada, seeing 450 new patients each year and has approximately 5,000 active patients in its data-base. Dr. Forrest is a Plastic Surgeon whose practice is focused solely on the care of infants and children with complex congenital and acquired (following trauma or tumor) deformities involving the skull and facial skeleton. Dr. Forrest is a full member of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. He is an Associate Scientist in the Research Institute of The Hospital for Sick Children with an appointment in the program of integrative biology.
Dr. Forrest holds a Master of Science from the University of Toronto (1990) and runs an active basic science research program, studying the mechanism of radiotherapy induced craniofacial bone growth retardation. This work has identified novel and innovative methods of successfully preventing bone growth arrest following radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.
Dr. Forrest has been the principal investigator on two previous Medical Research Council grants and was the recipient of an MRC Scholarship. Between January 1994 and January 2000, he has presented over 45 papers at international meetings and published 21 peer-reviewed articles and 4 book chapters.
Dr. Forrest is an international authority on craniofacial deformities and is frequently invited to participate in educational symposia around the world.
Research Interests
Bone healing, bone growth
Research Activities
Radiation effects on bone growth
Future Research Interests
Craniosynostosis
Achievements
2003 - ACS-ANZ Travelling Scholarship
2002 - Herbie Doctor of the Year
Publications
Budai M, Farkas LG, Tompson B, Katic M, Forrest CR. Relation between anthropometric and cephalometric measurements and proportions of the face of healthy young white adult men and women. J Craniofac Surg. 2003 Mar;14(2):154-61.
Farkas LG, Katic MJ, Forrest CR. Age-related changes in anthropometric measurements in the craniofacial regions and in height in Down's syndrome. J Craniofac Surg. 2002 Sep;13(5):614-22.
Farkas LG, Katic MJ, Forrest CR. Surface anatomy of the face in Down's syndrome: age-related changes of anthropometric proportion indices in the craniofacial regions. J Craniofac Surg. 2002 May;13(3):368-74.
Forrest CR, O'Donovan DA, Yeung I, Zeman V, La Scala G, Neligan PC, Pang CY. Efficacy of radioprotection in the prevention of radiation-induced craniofacial bone growth inhibition. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002 Apr 1;109(4):1311-23.
Forrest CR. Application of endoscope-assisted minimal-access techniques in orbitozygomatic complex, orbital floor, and frontal sinus fractures. J Craniomaxillofac Trauma. 1999 Winter;5(4):7-12.
O'Donovan DA, Yeung I, Zeman V, Neligan PC, Pang CY, Forrest CR. Radiation-induced craniofacial bone growth inhibition: development of an animal model. J Craniofac Surg. 2001 Nov;12(6):533-43.
Fialkov JA, Holy C, Forrest CR, Phillips JH, Antonyshyn OM. Postoperative infections in craniofacial reconstructive procedures. J Craniofac Surg. 2001 Jul;12(4):362-8.
Lee C, Mankani MH, Kellman RM, Forrest CR. Minimally invasive approaches to mandibular fractures. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2001 Aug;9(3):475-87.
Al-Sannaa N, Forrest CR, Teebi AS. Trigonomicrocephaly, severe micrognathia, large ears, atrioventricular septal defect, symmetrical cutaneous syndactyly of hands and feet, and multiple cafe-au-lait spots: new acrocraniofacial dysostosis syndrome? Am J Med Genet. 2001 Jul 1;101(3):279-82.
Farkas LG, Forrest CR, Phillips JH. Comparison of the morphology of the "cleft face" and the normal face: defining the anthropometric differences. J Craniofac Surg. 2000 Mar;11(2):76-82.
Hopper RA, Zhang JR, Fourasier VL, Morova-Protzner I, Protzner KF, Pang CY, Forrest CR. Effect of isolation of periosteum and dura on the healing of rabbit calvarial inlay bone grafts. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001 Feb;107(2):454-62.