Brent Forester, MD
Enriched profilePsychiatrist-in-Chief and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts Medical Center; Director of Behavioral Health, Tufts Medicine; Dr. Frances S. Arkin Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine · Tufts Medical Center
Brent Forester is Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts Medical Center; Director of Behavioral Health, Tufts Medicine; Dr. Frances S. Arkin Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center. ClinicalTrials.gov lists 11 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 25 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Brent P. Forester, MD, is Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts Medical Center. The public record shows 263 publications with 5,830 citations (h-index 42), centered on Bipolar Disorder, Depression (MDD). It also documents an investigator role on 11 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 3 companies, 3 NIH-funded awards (2009–2024).
- Top research focus: Bipolar Disorder
- 11 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 3 companies
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Indications focus
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OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
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Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 18 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 11 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for Agitation in Dementia (AD)
Sponsor: Brent Forester
- Study of Dronabinol Treatment for Depression and/or Anxiety in Older Patients
Sponsor: Mclean Hospital
Industry payments
Updated 18 Oct 2026
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.Program year20252 payments
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.Program year20231 payment
- Biogen, Inc.Program year20211 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Nervous system
100%Atypical Antipsychotic42%Olanzapine65%Quetiapine Fumarate35%Part D<11 patientsSSRI34.1%Sertraline Hcl77%Trazodone Hcl23%Part D<11 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 18 Oct 2026
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 2009–2024 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
Publications
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Online presence
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
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doximity.com/pub/brent-forester-md
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researchgate.net/profile/Brent-Forester
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Mentions by others
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aagponline.org/member-contributions/podcast-lets-talk-about-aging-with-dr-brent-forester
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mcleanhospital.org/profile/brent-forester
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youtube.com/watch
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Background & recognition
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
Dartmouth Medical School (now Geisel School of Medicine)
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Harvard/MIT (Health Sciences and Technology)
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Dartmouth College
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →mcleanhospital.org ↗
- Distinguished Fellow
American Psychiatric Association
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Alzheimer's Association of Massachusetts/New Hampshire; former Chair, Medical Scientific Committee
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Awards & honors
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- Distinguished Fellow
American Psychiatric Association
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Former: Chief
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, McLean Hospital; former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
2023verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →mcleanhospital.org ↗
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →usagainstalzheimers.org ↗
- Podcast: "Let's Talk About Aging With Dr. Brent Forester"
McLean Hospital podcast series
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Deconstructing Stigma campaign (Brigham and Women's / Mass General Brigham public art & mental health initiative)
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