Peter Forsberg, MD

Dr. Forsberg received his bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He completed medical school at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He went to New York for his medical training and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Weill-Cornell Medical College/New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He served as chief medical resident at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center before returning to Cornell for his fellowship training in Hematology and Medical Oncology. In 2016 he returned to Colorado to join the blood cancer and BMT program at the University of Colorado. Dr. Forsberg’s clinical and research focus centers on multiple myeloma and related diseases including amyloidosis and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia. He serves as the principle investigator on various clinical trials. He has published and presented his work at the national and international level.

Education & Training

Medical Schools

MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (2009)

Undergraduate Schools

BA, Washington University in Saint Louis (MO) (2004)

Residency Program

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Program (2013)

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program (2012)

Fellowships

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program (2016)

Research & Grants

Research Interests for Patients

Dr. Forsberg’s research is focused on developing novel strategies to treat plasma cell disorders including multiple myeloma. He works in collaboration with a group of clinical and laboratory based researchers to better characterize the biology of plasma cell diseases, understand the heterogeneity of these disorders in individual patients and develop personalized approaches to therapy in myeloma and related diseases. He is working to identify new therapeutic targets in multiple myeloma and to identify biomarkers to predict patient responses to different treatments. He is also interested in evaluating and finding approaches to improve the quality of life in patients dealing with a group of diseases whose therapeutic landscape has evolved rapidly in the past several years.

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Referral Contact Phone

(720) 848-6400

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Practice Locations

UCHealth Blood Disorders and Cell Therapies Center - Anschutz Medical Campus