Susan H Forster, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Service; Director of Medical Studies, Ophthalmology & Visual Science

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Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

Ophthalmology and Visual Science: Eye Center, Yale

Yale School of Nursing

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Biography

Dr. Susan Forster received her BA from Harvard University and her medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. An internship at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and residency at Yale New Haven Hospital completed her formal medical training. She is the Director of Medical Studies for the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Yale School of Medicine and Chief of the Ophthalmology Department at Yale Health Plan, and Medical Director of the Eye Department at Hill Health Center in addition to practicing Comprehensive Ophthalmology at Yale Eye Center. Dr. Forster serves on the executive committee of the American University Professors Organization’s Consortium of Medical School Educators and has written articles and book chapters in Comprehensive Ophthalmology.