Robert A. Beck, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Current Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Education
- BA in Paleobiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
- MD in Medicine, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey
- Resident, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Resident, Smiley's Point Clinic, Fairview-Riverside Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Research Interests
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Family Medicine Teaching Methods
- History of Family Medicine
Licenses & Certifications
- Family Medicine Board Certification, American Board of Family Medicine, Iowa
- Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, Iowa
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, American Heart Association, Iowa
- State of Iowa Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine
- Iowa State Controlled Substance Act Registration, Iowa Board of Pharmacy, Iowa
Selected Publications
- Peterson E, Bernard A, Beck RA. Migraine headache: When to consider these newer agents. J Fam Pract. 2023 Sep;72(7):292-303. doi: 10.12788/jfp.0657. PMID: 37729144.
- Beck RA, Spiva S. (2023). Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Kawasaki Disease in Children. Medicine by the Numbers, 2023;107(1):20–21.
- Peterson E, Bernard A, Beck RA. (2022) Calcium Gene-Related Peptides for Treatment of Migraine Headache: A Review and Comparison with Older Treatments, The Journal of Family Practice. In press.
- Beck, R. A. (2017). What are the cognitive risks associated with vitamin B12 deficiency in the elderly?. Evidence-Based Practice/Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 20 (6) 12-13. DOI: 10.1097/01.EBP.0000541738.36961.a6.
- Beck, MD, R. A. & King, IV, PharmD, BCPS, W. M. (2014). Apixaban (Eliquis) for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation. American Family Physician 89 (8) 674-675.