Dr. Kristen Forman, M.D.
Board Certified Dermatologist

Meet Dr. Kristen Forman

Kristen is a Board-Certified Dermatologist and comes to Newport Beach with a wealth of the latest information and innovations to meet your general and cosmetic skin care needs.

Kristen attended UCLA for both her undergraduate training in biology and her medical school training. She completed her dermatology training at USC where she was Chief Resident and honored with the "Resident Teacher of the Year" award by the medical school.

 Kristen C. Forman, MD

Education  USC Dermatology Residency        
Chief Resident 2004-2005
Associate Chief Resident 2003-2004
 
2002-2005
 
     
  Santa Monica – UCLA       
Family Medicine Residency Program
 
1999-2002 
     
  University of California, Los Angeles
School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine 
1995-1999 
     
  University of California, Los Angeles 
Bachelor of Science in Biology, magna cum laude 
1990-1995
     
Employment  Private Practice Dermatology      
1617 Westcliff Drive, Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 
2005- 
     
  Private Practice Dermatology
960 E. Green St. Pasadena, CA 
2005-2006
 
     
  Cal Tech Student Health
Staff Dermatologist 
2004-2005
     
Professional
Activities 
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
USC Department of Family Medicine
2006 
     
  Dermatology Lecture Series
Teaching to MSIII at USC during Family Medicine Clerkship 
2003-2005
 
     
  Genodermatosis for Skin Systems     
MSII Lecturer Keck School of Medicine 
2004 
     
  Surgical Suturing Workshop
Coordinator for Keck School of Medicine 
2004
     
  AMA Resident Speaker - Code Blue:  The State of Medicine.  
Symposium for Los Angeles County Medical Students 
2002 
     
  Palliative Care Team – Santa Monica Hospital
Multidisciplinary team for inpatient hospice service 
2001-2002
     
  UCLA Curriculum Committee – Medical student member  1998-1999
     
  UCLA Health Care Symposium                  
Breakout Session Leader: Improving the quality of care for women 
1998 
     
  UCLA School of Medicine Social Chairman 1997-1998 
     
Board
Certification
 
Dermatology Board Certified
Family Medicine Board Certified
 
2005
2002
     
Licensure USMLE: step I, 1997; step II, 1998; step III, California Medical License, DEA License  2000 
     
Research & Publications  Congenital Absence of the Talus Underlying Plexiform Neurofibroma in patient with NF-1
Submitted 
2003 
     
  Hip Axis Length Cross-Calibration Study
Young JT, Carter K, Marion MS, Greendale GA. A simple method of computing hip axis length using fan-beam densitometry and anthropometric measurements. Journal of Clinical Densitometry,
2000 winter; 3[4]:325-31. 
2000 
     
  Peterson’s: The Insider’s Guide to Medical
Schools
         
Published excerpt for UCLA Medical School
1999 
     
  Carter K. Women, menopause, and HRT.     
Public Education. Kappa Alpha Theta. 1997.
Vol. 112[1];32-33. circulation 75,000 
1997 
     
  Multi-center Drug Study on Lomefloxacin    
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCLA
Drug efficacy research 
1994 
     
Community  COPE Intern Shadowing Project  2001-2002

Outreach  Clinical mentor for pre-medical students    
     
  “Swing for our Elders” Benefit Concert – Coordinator 2000-2001 
     
  Fifty Plus Volunteer Speaker -  Santa Monica Community Center  2000 
     
  Volunteer Physician - Venice Family Clinic 1999-2002
     
  Care Extender Program Mentor  1999-2001 
     
  Salvation Army TB screening Program   1999-2001 
     
  International Medicine – Founder of health care program in Yelapa, Mexico  1995
     
Languages  Spanish   
     
Awards & Honors Resident Teaching Award – awarded by USC medical student body 



  
2003
  Scholarship to attend Palliative Care Conference  2000
 
  Phi Beta Kappa 1995
  UCLA Dean’s Honor List (all academic quarters) 1990-1994 
     
Professional
Affiliations
American Academy of Dermatology 2002-
  Los Angeles County Medical Association  1999-
  California Medical Association  1999- 
  American Medical Association  1999- 
  American Academy of Family Physicians  1999-