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Michael
Forbes
was born in
Kingston, Jamaica
in 1964 to Doreen
and Valentine
Forbes. Arriving in
Brooklyn, New York
with his family in
1970, he began to see
fine examples and
benefits of hard work.
His single mother
raised 8 sons and 2 daughters and expected each
to make their lives count – she is his hero and one
of the greatest women of all time.
Michael graduated in the bottom 25% of his
class at Clara Barton High School for the Health
Professions in Brooklyn. By his own admission,
he “didn’t like high school,” yet, “as long as I can
remember, I have always wanted to be a doctor.”
While studying Chemistry at University of
Pittsburgh, Michael met his lovely wife, the future
Dr. Yolanda Moore Forbes. In 1986, he answered
the Call of God on his life and was ordained an
Evangelist. He has served in youth and men’s
ministries for over 25 years.
Dr. Michael Forbes graduated in the top of his
class and was inducted into the Alpha Omega
Alpha Medical Honor Society - an honor reserved
for the nation’s top 10% medical students. His
training and appointments have included the
following:
• Trained and appointed Chief Resident in
Pediatrics at Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital at
the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
• Post-doctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Critical
Care Medicine under the mentorship of Dr.
Patrick Kochanek, where he authored numerous
original investigations and book chapters in
Neurotrauma and Neuroimaging.
• Director of Medical Student Education at the
Allegheny General Hospital Campus of Drexel
University College of Medicine in Pittsburgh for
nearly a decade and in 2002 was awarded the
Dean’s Special Award for Excellence in Clinical
Teaching.
• Director of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
and Pediatric Hospital Specialists division at
Adult Honorees
Dr. Michael Forbes
Allegheny General Hospital.
• Member of the County’s Child Death Review
Team, the American Respiratory Alliance
and under the direction and tutelage of Drs
Garth Ehrlich and Christopher Post where
he conducted original investigations in the
molecular weaponry of the common respiratory
pathogen Hemophilus influenza funded by the
NIH.
• Current member of the American Academy of
Pediatrics, The Society for Critical Care, and the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Section on Engineering in Biology and Society
- research interests include the mathematical
modeling of clinical systems to optimize the
use and deployment of potentially lifesaving
technologies for children with lung injury and
respiratory failure.
• In 2006, recruited to Akron Children’s Hospital
in Ohio to serve as Director of Critical Care
Research and Outcomes Analysis and has since
received several Pediatric and Emergency
Medicine Resident Teaching Awards, the
prestigious Golden Apple.
• In January 2013, was recognized by the
International Society for Critical Care Medicine
as a Fellow of The American College of Critical
Care Medicine - this honor is reserved for no
more than 10% of its members.
• Recently appointed to serve with a national
panel of Pediatric Critical Care leaders charged
with defining pediatric-specific quality metrics
for National Quality Forum, an Advisory
Group to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Services.
His ministry has continued to focus on unmet
needs. In the past 7 years, his mission is raising
awareness of the devastating impact mental
and behavioral illnesses have on people of faith.
He is convinced that from the beginning, God
delights in making something out of nothing.
Michael and Yolanda have 2 children, Michael
Antonio, a Pre-Med senior at The Ohio State
University majoring in Molecular Genetics, and
Nia Imani, a Pre-Med Freshman at Case Western
Reserve University majoring in Biomedical
Engineering.
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