Since graduating in 1972 and spending one year in Ft. Knox
Kentucky and three years at the 34th General Hospital in Muenchweiler/Rodalb
West Germany as an optometrist in the U.S. Army, Dr. Forrest
has been in private practice in Longmont CO. for over 27 years.
Dr. Forrest is a member in good standing in the American Optometric
Association and the Colorado Optometric Association where
he served as a trustee, the legislative chairman, president
elect, president, and past president. He was awarded Optometrist
of the Year by his peers and has served as a board member
of the Southwest Council of Optometry’s annual conference
representing Colorado in Dallas Texas for the past six years.
In this capacity it has been his responsibility to help with
the education committee for this annual meeting. Dr. Forrest
currently serves as Chair of the Ethics and Values committee
for the American Optometric Association. He is certified to
the highest level that the law allows in the practice of optometry
and co-authored the Manual of Esotropia Therapy with Colorado
Vision Consultants. He has a wife (Mary) of 33 years and two
daughters. Kristi is married to Andy Cripe and lives in Carlsbad
CA, and Heather graduated from CSU May of 2004. Dr. Forrest
is a member of Calvary Church in Longmont and enjoys tennis,
skiing, jogging and bike riding. |
