Talisa Forest, MD

Undergraduate 2010

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Medical Education 2016

Tufts University School of Medicine

Internship 2017

University of Hawaii Program

Residency 2020

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program

Fellowship 2022

University of Colorado

Harold Williams Summer Research Fellowship 2012

Tufts University School of Medicine

TruFit Good Citizens Scholarship 2013

Citizens Bank

Suffolk District Medical Society Medical Student Scholarship 2014

Suffolk District Medical Society

Retina Research Foundation/Joseph M. and Eula C. Lawrence Travel Grant 2015

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

William Dameshek Undergraduate Research Award 2016

Tufts University School of Medicine

VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation Research Award 2017

VitreoRetinal Surgery, PA

Beem Fisher Award 2018

Chicago Ophthalmological Society

Resident of the Year 2019

This award is given each year to one resident or fellow in the UIC hospital system. “The resident of the year is presented to a resident who continuously contributes to the delivery of world class patient care, regularly shows good judgment and initiative, goes above and beyond performance expectations, demonstrates a willingness to become more efficient and effective when providing patient care and consistently acts as a role model for the hospital."
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences

Norman P. Blair Resident Research Award 2019

University of Illinois

Resident Advocacy Ambassador Program 2019

Illinois Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons