Adam W. Beck, MD

Assistant Professor
Vascular Surgery

Awards and Professional Interests - Research/Clinical Interests
Research Projects - References - Biosketch
Awards and Professional Interests
  • 1996 magna cum laude, University of South Alabama
  • 1997 Peacock Teaching Scholar in Anatomy, U. of Alabama School of Medicine
  • 2001-2003 Resident Academic Excellence Award, UT-Southwestern Med Center
  • 2006-2007 Administrative Chief Surgical Resident, UT-Southwestern Med Center
  • 2008 Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society: Jobst Award for Resident Vascular Research
  • 2008 New England Society for Vascular Surgery R. Clement Darling, Jr. Clinical Research Award Recipient

Research/Clinical Interests
  • General Vascular Surgery
  • Advanced Endovascular Therapy for Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Pathologies
  • Open and Endovascular Therapy for Cerebrovascular, Mesenteric, Renal and Peripheral Artery Disease
  • Surgical Education
  • Evolving Technologies Effectiveness Research
  • Outcomes Research and Quality Improvement in Vascular Surgery
Research Projects
  • Regional Quality Benchmarking in Vascular Surgery in Conjunction with Surgeons at Dartmouth Medical Center
  • Development of a Florida Regional Vascular Study Group

References
  1. Beck AW, Bos WT, Vourliotakis G, Zeebregts CJ, Tielliu IF, Verhoeven EJ. Fenestrated and Branched Endograft Repair of Juxtarenal Aneurysms after Previous Open Aortic Reconstruction. J Vasc Surg. 2009 June; 49 (6): 1387-94
  2. Beck AW, Nolan BW, De Martino R, Tanski W, Stone DH, Walsh DB and Powell RP. Predicting Blood Pressure Response after Renal Artery Stenting. J Vasc Surg. In Press.
  3. Beck AW, Goodney PP, Nolan B, Likosky D, Eldrup-Jorgenson J, Cronenwett J. Predicting One-Year Mortality after Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. J Vasc Surg. 2009 April; 49(4): 838-43.
  4. Beck, AW, Murphy EH, Hocking J, Modrall JG, Valentine RJ, Clagett GP. Aortic Reconstruction with Femoral-Popliteal Vein: Graft Stenosis Incidence, Risk and Re-intervention. J of Vasc Surgery. 2008 Jan; 47(1) 36-43.
  5. Beck AW, Brekken RA. Targeting Inside-out Phospholipids in Pancreatic Cancer. In Vascular Targeting Therapies in Oncology (2006) 10: 179-194.
  6. Beck AW, Luster TA, Miller AF, Holloway SE, Conner SR, Barnett CC, Thorp PE, Fleming JB, Brekken RA. Combination of a monoclonal anti-phosphotidylserine antibody with gemcitabine strongly inhibits the growth and metastasis of orthotopic pancreatic tumors in mice. International J of Cancer. 2006 May 15;118(10): 2639-43
  7. Goodney PP, Beck AW, Nagle J, Welch HG, Zwolak RW. National trends in lower extremity bypass surgery, endovascular interventions and major amputations. J Vasc Surg. 2009 Jul;50(1):54-60
  8. Murphy EH, Beck AW, Clagett GP, DiMaio M, Jessen ME, Arko FR. Combined Aortic Debranching and Thoracic Edovascular Aneurysm Repair (TEVAR) Effective, but at a Cost. Arch. Surg. 2009 Mar; 144(3)222-7.
  9. Holloway SE, Beck AW, Girard L, Jaber MR, Barnett, Jr. CC, Brekken RA, Fleming JB. Increased Expression of Cyr61(CCN1) identified in Peritoneal Metastases from Human Pancreatic Cancer. The J of the Am College of Surgeons. 2005 Mar; 200 (3):371-7
  10. Holloway SE, Beck AW, Shivakumar L, Shih J, Fleming JB, Brekken RA. Selective blockade of the VEGF Receptor with an antibody against tumor-derived VEGF controls the growth of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma xenografts. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2006. Aug 13 (8); 1145-55
  11. De Martino RR, Stone DH, Beck AW, and Walsh DW. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Associated with a Large Cervical Rib. Vasc and Endovascular Surgery, 2009 Aug-Sep;43(4):393-4
  12. Dineen SP, Sullivan LA, Beck AW, Miller AF, Carbon JG, Mamluk R, Wong H, Brekken RA. The Adnectin CT-322 is a novel VEGF Receptor-2 Inhibitor that decreases tumor burden in an orthotopic mouse model of pancreatic cancer. BMC Cancer 2008 8:352
  13. Kolkert JL, van den Dungen JAM, Loonstra J, Tielliu IFJ, Verhoeven ELG, Beck AW, Zeebregts CJ. Overestimation of contralateral internal carotid artery stenosis after ipsilateral surgical endarterectomy. European J Radiology, In Press.
  14. Arnold SA, Mira E, Muneer S, Korpanty G, Beck AW, Holloway SE, Manes S, Brekken RA. Forced Expression of MMP9 Rescues the Loss of Angiogenesis and Abrogates Metastasis of Pancreatic Tumors Triggered by the Absence of Host SPARC. Exp Biol Med. 2008 Jul; 233(7): 860-73
  15. Dineen SP, Lynn KD, Holloway SE, Miller AF, Sullivan JP, Shames DS, Beck AW, Barnett CC, Fleming JB and Brekken RA. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 Mediates Macrophage Infiltration into Orthotopic Pancreatic Tumors in Mice. Cancer Research 2008 Jun 1;68(11):4340-6
  16. Lewis CM, Brittney-Shea H, Bu D, Holloway S, Beck AW, Shadeo A, Zhang C, Ashfaq R, Shay JW, Euhus DM. Telomerase Immortalization of Human Mammary Epithelial Cells Derived from a BRCA-2 Mutation Carrier. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2006 Sept. 99 (1): 103-15.

 
Biosketch
Education
1992 - 1996U. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Sciences
1996-2000U. of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL. Doctor of Medicine.
 
Postdoctoral Training
2000-2003Resident, General Surgery, University of Texas-Southwestern Med Center
2003-2005Surgical Oncology Research Fellow, UT-Southwestern Med Center; Molecular genetics of pancreatic cancer, metastasis biology, angiogenesis and novel therapeutics for pancreatic cancer
2005-2007Resident, General Surgery, University of Texas-Southwestern Med Center
2007-2009Fellow, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
2008 Fellow, University Medical Center of Groningen, The Netherlands. Advanced Endovascular Techniques Including Branched and Fenestrated Endografts for Aortic Aneurysmal Disease
 
Academic Appointments
2009Assistant Professor of Surgery
U. of Florida College of Medicine
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

 

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