John Nevins Forrest MD
Professor of Medicine; Director, Office of Student Research
Clinical Interests
Acid-base disorders; electrolyte disorders; lithium-induced renal disorder; disorders of sodium, potassium, magnesium, phosphate; interstitial nephritis; syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH); prevention of loss of renal function; diabetes; hematuria; hypertension
Board Certifications
- 1973
- Internal Medicine, Board Certified
Patient Care Locations
Contact Info
- Appt
- (203) 785-4629
- Fax
- (203) 785-7068
- Office
- (203) 785-6633
Accepts New Patients?
No
Patient Type:
Adult
Referrals:
Requires referral from a physician
Patient Care Organizations
Clinical Investigation, Yale Center for (YCCI)Yale Medical Group
Internal Medicine: Nephrology
Articles
Winter 2012
Office of Student Research celebrates a quarter century of guiding students
Women who Google “conceive twins” are often advised to try eating yams. Parents of children suffering from a middle ear...
Spring 2009
Carrying on a tradition
Following months of research and analysis, students present their theses at Student Research Day.
Autumn 2006
A new degree celebrates research
Since early in the 19th century, when students were first required to submit a thesis for graduation, the medical...
Summer 2000
At Student Research Day, a primer on the scientific method
When medical student Edwin Anderson of Wilmington, N.C., wrote his Yale thesis in 1837, he would not have expected it...
Fall 2000 | Winter 2001
For a group of first-year students, an intense week in the lab
Exposure to some of the best minds in science has long been a benefit of studying medicine at Yale. For a group of 24...
Autumn 2003
A legend in the annals of Yale medicine returns, in person and on canvas
When new interns in the Department of Internal Medicine arrived in July 1964, little did they know that they would be...
Autumn 2001
Sharks, salt (and a taste of lobster)
Few medical students can say that, as part of their education, they plucked a writhing dogfish shark from a pool of...
Autumn 2011
Is the physician-scientist an endangered species?
One of the challenges of interviewing Danny Balkin is that he keeps asking the questions—about the writing process, the...
Spring 2008
Of gangstas, capos and accreditation inspectas
Following a tradition dating back to 1949, the Class of 2010 presented The Unaccreditables, its second-year show, in...
Winter 2013
Med school on the five-year plan
Like most of his classmates, Julius Oatts is staying on at the School of Medicine for a fifth year of study. This...
Summer 1999
Pioneer in G proteins urges students toward careers in research
The speaker at this year’s Student Research Day warned his audience of the perils of spending too much time in the lab....
Fall/Winter 2004
At Student Research Day, encouraging a new cadre of physician-scientists
Among the 68 students presenting posters at Student Research Day in May were three who spent the past year doing...
Summer 2001
On Student Research Day, a chance to share observations and conclusions
Three years ago, when Jacqueline C. Dolev signed up for a course to improve her clinical observation skills, she didn’t...
Fall 1998
Nobelist returns to New Haven for Student Research Day
Growing up in New Haven as the son of a Yale pharmacologist, Alfred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D., recalls feeling at home in...
Spring 2012
Student Research Day sees a record 92 posters
Remorse—its expression or lack thereof—plays a major role in sentencing, bail, and other aspects of the criminal...
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