CURRICULUM VITAE
CARTER EDWARD BECK, M.D.

Business Address
500 West Broadway, Ste 310
Missoula, MT 59802-4012
406-728-6520

EDUCATION

1989-93 The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine M.D. June 1993

1984-88 The University of California at Berkeley (Genetics) B.A. May 1988

RESIDENCY TRAINING

2000 Chief Neurosurgical Resident, Stanford University Hospital (Grad 7/2000)

1999 Senior Neurosurgical Resident, Stanford University Hospital

1998 (1/98-6/98) Resident UCSF-Mt Zion Complex Spine Service

1997 (7/97-12/97) Neurosurgical Resident, Stanford University Hospital

1996-7 Neurosurgical Resident, Stanford University Hospital

1995-6 General Surgical Intern, Stanford University Hospital

1994-5 Neurology Resident, New York Hospital-Cornell

1993-4 Medical Intern, University of Chicago Hospital

HONORS AND AWARDS

Residency

1999 Rhone-Poulenc Rorer CNS Resident/Fellow Scholarship

Medical School

1991 Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Pritzker Representative

1990 Kraft Nutrition Research Fellow: $3000

1990 American Diabetes Association Research Fellow: $2000

College

1988 Graduation with Highest Honors

Laboratory Research

1990-93 Dr. Donald Steiner and Dr. Louis Philipson, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Chicago: Molecular genetics of human potassium channels

1989 Dr. Leslie DeGroot, University of Chicago
HLA-DR genes in patients with Graves' Disease

1987 Dr. Igor Roninson, University of Illinois, Chicago, Research Specialist
Expression of Multi-Drug Resistance Genes in Human Tumors

1986 Dr. Allan Wilson, University of California, Berkeley
Sequences of Human Mitochondrial DNA, Anthropological Implications

Publications

HLA Class II Genes in Graves' Disease. Hu-R, Beck-C, Chang-Y, DeGroot-LJ Autoimmunity, 1992, 12: 103-106

Quantitative Analysis of MDRI Gene Expression in Human Tumors by Polymerase Chain Reaction. Noonan-KE, Beck-CE, Holzmayer-TA, Chin-JE, Wunder-JS, Andrulis-IL, Gazdar-AF, Willman-CL, Griffith-B, VonHoff-DD, and Roninson-IB. Proceedings of the National Acadamy of Science, 1990 Sept 87(18):7160-4

Intracranial Hypotension presenting with severe encephalopathy. Case report. Beck C, Risk NW, Kiger LT, Spencer D, Hill L, Adler JR. Journal of Neurosurgery 1998, 89 (In Press)

Surgical Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Chap 160. Operative Neurosurgical Techniques, 4th Edition. Ed. H Schmidek. Carter E. Beck, Bruce McCormack, and Philip R. Weinstein. (In Press)

Surgical Approaches to the Cervicalthoracic Junction. Chap O. Operative Neurorsurgical Techniques, 4th Edition. Ed. H Schmidek. Daniel Kim, MD, Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD., Carter E. Beck, MD, Donald D. Dietze, MD.

Case Report: Cranial Reconstruction for Metastatic Breast Cancer. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Nicholas Sieveking MD, Andrew E Turk, Carter E. Beck MD, Griffith R. Harsh MD. (Submitted)

Odontoid Screw Fixation: Results in 45 Patients and Comparative Analysis of Alternative Techniques. Geoffrey T Manley, MD.,PhD., Daniel Lieberman MD, Scott Wachhorst, MD, Carter Beck, MD, Randall Chestnu, MD, and Bruce McCormack, MD. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine (Submitted)

Pituitary Apoplexy Following Leuprolide Therapy for Ovum Donation: A Case Report Jama 2000 (submitted). Michelle Huston, Greg Engel, Sachie Oshima, Carter Beck, Carlos Camargo, Griffith Harsh, and Myer Rosenthal.

Traumatic Fracture/Dislocation of the Axis with Bilateral Vertebral Artery Occlusion: A Case Report, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine (submitted) Carter E. Beck, MD., Daniel Kim, MD, and Gerald Silverberg, MD

Presentations

“Radiographic Findings in Intracranial Hypotension,” The 23rd Annual Meeting of the John W. Hanbury Society

“Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy with and without Interbody Fusion for Persistent Radiculopathy without Myelopathy,” poster presentation, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1997 Annual Meeting. New Orleans

“Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Cervical Disc Degeneracy by MRI,” poster presentation. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Spine Section Annual Meeting 1998. Rancho Mirage, CA

Odontoid Screw Fixation: Results in 36 patients and Compatative Analysis of Alternative Techniques. Jeoffrey Manley, Daniel Lieberman, Scott Wachhorst, Eldon Eichbaum, Carter Beck, Randall Chestnut and Bruce McCormack. Submitted to 1998 NASS, CNS, and Western

Complications of Intrathecal Infusion Pump Therapy. Carter E. Beck, MD, Gary Heit, MD, PhD, and Lawrence M. Shuer, MD. Abstract. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1999 Annual Meeting, Boston MA.