Dr. Joseph Derek Forrester, MD

Dr. Forrester practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University.

Dr. Forrester's NPI, 1417247552, was assigned on April 11, 2011. Dr. Forrester graduated from UVA School of Medicine in 2011. Dr. Forrester holds California license A122002.

Dr. Forrester's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive, at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 in Santa Clara County. The practice phone is (650) 723-4000.

Dr. Forrester's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University. Dr. Forrester is also affiliated with Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. The medical group on file is Stanford Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Forrester to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Forrester's employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Forrester practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Forrester's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Forrester is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Forrester's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Colorado.

Dmand AI lists abdominal adhesion surgery, abdominal hernia repair surgery, acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, chest trauma, collapsed lung, colon removal, esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery and gallbladder removal among the conditions Dr. Forrester treats.

CMS data shows 445 Medicare services from Dr. Forrester across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 334 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $70,789 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 334 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Forrester in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 122 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 33% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.36, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Forrester's median patient age at 57, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Forrester wrote 82 Medicare Part D claims for 29 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 53 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,937 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 12 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Forrester for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Forrester accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Forrester as offering telehealth. CMS counts 13 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Forrester, more than 64% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Spinal fusion: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 180 papers to Dr. Forrester, published from 2009 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 21. The most frequent topics are Rib Fractures, Surgical Wound Infection and Anti-Bacterial Agents. Dr. Forrester has published most often in Surg Infect (Larchmt). Dr. Forrester's most frequent co-authors are David Alan Spain, MD, Thomas Geoghegan Weiser, MD and Jared Andrew Forrester, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 41 general payments to Dr. Forrester from 8 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 39% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $3,900.

Dr. Forrester graduated from UVA School of Medicine in 2011.

Dr. Forrester is in network with 9 carriers, including Elevance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.