Dr. Beck was a Distinguished Graduate of the USAF Academy and attended medical school at the University of Miami. He completed his residency in general surgery at Wilford Hall USAF Medical School, Lackland AFB, Texas and completed a fellowship in colorectal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. He is board certified in general and colon and rectal surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. After retiring from the Air Force, where he was Chairman and Residency Program Director of the Department of General Surgery at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center and the Military Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Dr. Beck joined Ochsner in 1993 and became Chairman of the Colon and Rectal Surgery Department in 1995.
Dr. Beck conducts research into colorectal diseases, has authored and edited seven medical textbooks, and written over 250 scientific publications. He is the President of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) and a member of many medical associations. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the ASCRS Research foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of the Ochsner Clinic Foundation. Dr. Beck also serves on the editorial board of several prestigious medical journals and is Editor-in-Chief of Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery and the Ochsner Journal. In addition to being Chairman of the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, he is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Queensland, Australia and is on the clinical faculty at the Louisiana State University and Uniformed Services University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Beck is listed in Who's Who, Best Doctors in America, Good Housekeeping's Top Cancer Doctors for Women, and Best Surgeons in New Orleans. Dr. Beck is a nationally recognized expert in inflammatory bowel disease, anal cancer, stomas, adhesions, bowel preparation, sphincter saving surgery for cancer, and laparoscopic surgery.
Titles Held
Chairman, Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Editor-in-Chief of the Ochsner Journal
Professor of Surgery, Ochsner Clinic School, University of Queensland
Clinical Interests
Inflammatory bowel disease, anal cancer, adhesions, sphincter saving surgery for cancer, and laparoscopic surgery
Languages Spoken
English
Certifications Held
American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery
- Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
- Internship: Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center
- Residency: Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
