Lindsay Forbes, MD

Professional Titles

• Instructor

Publications

• Forbes LM, Hensley ND, Miller YE. A 58-Year-Old Woman With a History of Cardiac Myxoma Presents With Pulmonary Nodules. Chest. 2021 Oct;160(4):e351-e355. PubMed PMID: 34625183
• Forbes LM, Gu S, Badesch DB. Surrogate Markers for Pulmonary Hypertension May Inform Prognosis in Lung Cancer. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 May 15;203(10):1220-1221. PubMed PMID: 33789070
• Jones LW, Hornsby WE, Goetzinger A, Forbes LM, Sherrard EL, Quist M, Lane AT, West M, Eves ND, Gradison M, Coan A, Herndon JE, Abernethy AP. Prognostic significance of functional capacity and exercise behavior in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2012 May;76(2):248-52. PubMed PMID: 22112290
• Forbes LM, Bull TM, Lahm T, Make BJ, Cornwell WK 3rd. Exercise Testing in the Risk Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension. Chest. 2023 Apr 14:S0012-3692(23)00509-3. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.04.013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37061028
• Forbes LM, Bull TM, Lahm T, Lawley JS, Hunter K, Levine BD, Lovering A, Roach RC, Subudhi AW, Cornwell WK. Right Ventricular Response to Acute Hypoxia Among Healthy Humans. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Jun 13. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202303-0599LE. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37311248
• Gu S, Goel K, Forbes LM, Kheyfets VO, Yu YA, Tuder RM, Stenmark KR. Tensions in Taxonomies: Current Understanding and Future Directions in the Pathobiologic Basis and Treatment of Group 1 and Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension. Compr Physiol. 2023 Jan 30;13(1):4295-4319. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c220010. PMID: 36715285.
• Forbes LM, Bull TM, Lahm T, Lawley JS, Hunter K, Levine BD, Lovering A, Roach RC, Subudhi AW, Cornwell WK 3rd. Right Ventricular Response to Acute Hypoxia among Healthy Humans. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Aug 1;208(3):333-336. PubMed PMID: 37311248
• Forbes LM, Bull TM, Lahm T, Make BJ, Cornwell WK 3rd. Exercise Testing in the Risk Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension. Chest. 2023 Sep;164(3):736-746. PubMed PMID: 37061028
• Gu S, Goel K, Forbes LM, Kheyfets VO, Yu YA, Tuder RM, Stenmark KR. Tensions in Taxonomies: Current Understanding and Future Directions in the Pathobiologic Basis and Treatment of Group 1 and Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension. Compr Physiol. 2023 Jan 30;13(1):4295-4319. PubMed PMID: 36715285
• Rockstrom MD, Jin Y, Peterson RA, Hountras P, Badesch D, Gu S, Park B, Messenger J, Forbes LM, Cornwell WK 3rd, Bull TM. The Effects of Oxygenation on Acute Vasodilator Challenge in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. medRxiv 2023.
• Forbes LM, Bull TM, Lahm T, Sisson T, O'Gean K, Lawley JS, Hunter K, Levine BD, Lovering A, Roach RC, Subudhi AW, Cornwell WK 3rd. Right ventricular performance during acute hypoxic exercise. J Physiol. 2024 Nov;602(21):5523-5537. PubMed PMID: 38409819
• Rockstrom MD, Jin Y, Peterson RA, Hountras P, Badesch D, Gu S, Park B, Messenger J, Forbes LM, Cornwell WK 3rd, Bull TM. The effects of oxygenation on acute vasodilator challenge in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2024 Apr;14(2):e12375. PubMed PMID: 38736893
• Forbes LM. Editorial on "Use of combined chemotherapy and immunotherapy improves pulmonary arterial hypertension". Pulm Circ. 2024 Jul;14(3):e12444. PubMed PMID: 39308942
• Winters R, Forbes LM, Ivy D, Cool C, Park BD, Hountras P, Badesch D, Gu S, Spiekerkoetter E, Zamanian R, LeierGluck S, Bull TM. Case report: A finding of PVOD and PAH in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseases. Respirol Case Rep. 2024 Nov;12(11):e70064. PubMed PMID: 39588328
• Rudofker E, Ochten NV, Edward J, Parker H, Wulff K, Suckow E, Forbes L, Cornwell WK 3rd. Exercise Testing in Elite Athletes. Heart Fail Clin. 2025 Jan;21(1):15-25. PubMed PMID: 39550077
• Longino A, Fuher AN, Mcleod K, Winters RS, Cornwell WK, Forbes LM, Bull TM. Potential clinical impact of revised pulmonary hypertension definitions at moderate altitude. CHEST Pulmonary. 2024 [In press]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100093.
• Forbes LM, Cendali FI, Nemkov T, Bull TM, D’Alessandro A, Rawlinson KE, Roach RC, Subudhi AW, Lahm T, Cornwell WK. Red Blood Cell Metabolic Responses During Acute Hypoxic Exercise In Healthy Adults [In press]. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.
• Forbes LM, Bauer N, Bhadra A, Bogard HJ, Choudhary G, Goss KN, Graf S, Heresi GA, Hopper RK, Jose A, Kim Y, Klouda T, Lahm T, Lawrie A, Leary PJ, Leopold JA, Oliveira SD, Prisco SZ, Rafikov R, Rhodes CJ, Stewart DJ, Vanderpool RR, Yuan K, Zimmer A, Hemnes AR, de Jesus Perez VA, Wilkins MR. Precision Medicine for Pulmonary Vascular Disease: The Future is Now (2023 Grover Conference Series) [In press]. Pulmonary Circulation.

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Pulmonary Vascular Disease Clinic
(PH, PE/CTEPH, HHT, High Altitude) 
12505 E. 16th Ave, 3rd Floor, Inpatient Pavilion 2
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-5300

UCHealth Pulmonology Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
7th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0748

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Center Affiliations

• Altitude Research Center

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pulmonary Disease, Board Certification (2021)
• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2018)
• Critical Care Medicine, Board Certification (2022)

Conditions & Treatments

• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Hypertension
• Lungs and Breathing
• Lungs and Breathing - Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)
• Lungs and Breathing - Lung Disease
• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Disorders
• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Embolism
• Altitude Medicine