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Victoria E. Forbes, MD, MSAssistant Professor of Medicine
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Education
Post-Graduate Training
Awards
| Degree | Institution | Major |
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| BA | Smith College | Biological Sciences, Chemistry |
| MS | Tufts University | Biomedical Sciences |
| MD | UConn School of Medicine | Medicine |
Post-Graduate Training
| Training | Institution | Specialty |
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| Residency | UConn School of Medicine | Internal Medicine (Chief Resident, 2016-2017) |
| Fellowship | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | Hematology and Oncology |
Awards
| Name of Award/Honor | Awarding Organization |
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| Staff Physician Community Outreach Award 2024-2025 | UConn Health John Dempsey Hospital |
| Volunteerism Award 2024-2025 | The American College of Physicians |
| Top Doctors ‘Rising Star’ Award 2024 | Castle Connolly |
| The Prouty Global Oncology Fundraising Event July 2024. Raised $41,000 for education initiatives | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center |
| Global Oncology Fellow | Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center |
| Global Health Advocate | Consortium of Universities in Global Health |
| Selected Podium Presenter | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Annual Scientific Retreat |
| Fellow Liaison and Board Member (2018-2019) | Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society |
| Advocacy Leadership Institute | American Society of Hematology |
| Graduate Medical Education Outstanding Resident Teacher Award | UConn School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program |
| Medical Student Teacher Award | UConn School of Medicine |
| Elected Chief Medical Resident (2016-2017) | UConn School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program |
| Richard A. Garibaldi M.D. Humanitarian Award (2015-2016) | UConn School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program |
| Residency Council Member (2014-2015) | UConn School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program |
| Scholar | International Mission on Medicine |
| Youth Health Service Corps Coordinator (2005-2007) | Area Health Education Center |
| Research Stipend Grantee (2004, 2005) | UConn Health Center for Molecular Oncology |
| Summer Research Fellow | UConn Health Center for Molecular Oncology |
| Scholarship Grantee (2002-2005) | Smith College |
| Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
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| American Board of Internal Medicine: Hematology Item-Writing Task Force | Advisory Committee | Question Writer/Reviewer | National | 2024 | ||
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Global Oncology Search Committee | Advisory Committee | Member | External | International | 2020 | 2022 |
| American College of Physicians | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | Regional | 2020 | |
| Consortium of Universities in Global Health | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | International | 2019 | 2020 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Institutional Review Board | Advisory Committee | Member | External | Local | 2019 | 2020 |
| American Society of Hematology Grassroots Network | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | 2018 | |
| Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society | Professional/Scientific Organization | External | Regional | 2018 | ||
| American Society of Hematology | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | 2017 | |
| American Society of Clinical Oncology | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | 2017 | |
| UConn School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program | Advisory Committee | External | University | 2016 | 2017 | |
| UConn School of Medicine Safety Intelligence Review Committee | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn Health | Local | 2016 | 2017 |
| UConn School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program Residency Council | Advisory Committee | UConn Health | University | 2014 | 2016 | |
| UConn School of Medicine Office of Admissions | Other | UConn Health | University | 2009 | 2011 | |
| Migrant Farm Worker Clinics | Community Service | UConn Health | State | 2006 | 2017 | |
| Smith College Office of Admissions | Other | External | Regional | 2005 | 2007 |
Journal Articles
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Cancer Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, 1999-2020
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 2025 Jul;
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Education and Training Models for Remote Learning.
Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. 2024 Feb;
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Trends and Disparities in Location of Death Among Patients With Pancreatic Cancer.
JCO Oncology Advances
Books
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Education and Training Models for Remote Learning
Global Oncology: Disparities, Outcomes and Innovations Around the Globe. Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
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Preface: Conflict and Access to Health Care
Global Oncology: Disparities, Outcomes and Innovations Around the Globe. Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
Book Chapters
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Preface: Conflict and Access to Health Care.
Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America 2024 Feb;
Abstracts
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Global Oncology and Cancer Disparities Education
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2022 Jun;
Case Reports
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A Case of Severe Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Society of General Internal Medicine
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A Case of Severe Vitamin B12 Deficiency
The Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society Annual Meeting
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A Rare Case of Bone Marrow Carcinomatosis and HIT in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
NNECOS Annual Meeting October 2025
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A rare case of VEXAS syndrome.
American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting Boston, MA, April 2024. Resident/Fellow Clinical Vignette Poster Winner.
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CLL to CML: An overlap underscoring the complexity of cancer survivorship
NNECOS Annual Meeting October 2025
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Leukoerythroblastosis in metastatic prostate cancer: a clue to diffuse bone marrow carcinomatosis.
NNECOS Annual Meeting October 2023.
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Successful hemin transfusion in a pregnant patient with acute intermittent porphyria but without a diagnostic gene mutation.
New England Clinical Oncology Society 2024 Annual Meeting, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, October 2024. Resident/Fellow Travel Grant Recipient.
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Temozolomide-Associated Myelodysplastic Syndrome in a Patients with Glioblastoma.
NNECOS Annual Meeting October 2023.
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VEXAS syndrome. NNECOS Annual Meeting October 2023.
NNECOS Annual Meeting October 2023.
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Wan Ying Tan, MD, Ursula Medeiros Araujo de Matos, MD, Qian Wu, MD, Faripour Forouhar, MD, Ritika Vankina, MD, Pragna Kapadia, MD, Victoria Forbes, MD, MS. An Uncommon Encounter with Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Colorectal Cancer.
New England Clinical Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, October 2024. Resident/Fellow Travel Grant Recipient.
Conference Papers
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Global Oncology and Cancer Disparities Education
ASCO
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Hepatitis B Serology Testing In Patients With Cancer Initiating Anticancer Therapy. ASCO Quality Care Symposium. October 2023.
Reviews
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Rechallenge With an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
JCO Oncology Practice 2025 Dec;OP2500646
| Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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| Global Oncology & Disparities of Care Program: Improving our understanding of cancer care delivery in a global context. International Cancer Education Conference 2025. | Poster | 2025 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Global Oncology & Disparities of Care Program: Improving our understanding of cancer care delivery in a global context. African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer Conference 2025. | Poster | 2025 | Hammamet, Tunisia | |
| Tumor lysis syndrome in colorectal cancer: A systematic review of clinical characteristics. ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium 2025. | Poster | 2025 | San Francisco, California | |
| Rechallenge with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors for metastatic colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium 2025. | 2025 | San Francisco, California | ||
| The Global Oncology and Disparities of Care Program: Past Experiences and Perspectives for the Future. International Cancer Education Conference, September 2024. | Talk | 2024 | Lexington, Kentucky | |
| Core Curriculum Fellows Lecture: Neutropenic Fever | Lecture | 2024 | Virtual | |
| ASCO Annual Meeting Poster Discussion Speaker: Global Oncology and Cancer Disparities Education | Panel Discussion | ASCO | 2022 | Chicago, IL |
| ASCO Annual Meeting Poster Presenter: Global Oncology and Cancer Disparities Education | Poster | 2022 | Chicago, IL | |
| Breast Cancer Treatment: Progress for Some Disparities for Most | Other | International Cancer Education Conference | 2021 | International Cancer Education Conference |
| Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Curriculum Goes Global: Developing the Next generation of Global Hematologists-Oncologists through Project ECHO | Other | International Cancer Education Conference | 2021 | International Cancer Education Conference |