Assistant Professor at Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington

Medical Genetics

Anita Beck practices Medical Genetics. He went to medical school at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He received 10 awards: "Seattle Met magazines Top Doctors", "5-year Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)", "Fellowship award NIGMS/NIH grant for Postdoctoral Training in Medical Genetics", "Scholarship (tuition and board) Genetic Analysis of Complex Human Diseases Course", "Approval of General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Protocol (#828), Molecular Genetics of the Oculo-auriculo-vertebral (OAV) Spectrum", "Approval of Institutional Review Board (IRB) Protocol (#79619), Molecular Genetics of the Oculo-auriculo-vertebral Spectrum", "Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Fellow", "MIT Nightline Crisis Hotline elected Training Coordinator", "MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities program" and "MIT Graduate Studies Fellowship Award". Anita E. Beck, MD has written publications. He has 17 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'The embryonic myosin R672C mutation that underlies Freeman-Sheldon syndrome impairs cross-bridge detachment and cycling in adult skeletal muscle.'

Publications

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• The embryonic myosin R672C mutation that underlies Freeman-Sheldon syndrome impairs cross-bridge detachment and cycling in adult skeletal muscle.
• De Novo Mutations in NALCN Cause a Syndrome Characterized by Congenital Contractures of the Limbs and Face, Hypotonia, and Developmental Delay.
• Institutional protocol to manage consanguinity detected by genetic testing in pregnancy in a minor.
• Genotype-phenotype relationships in Freeman-Sheldon syndrome.
• Single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays and unexpected consanguinity: considerations for clinicians when returning results to families.
• Mutations in PIEZO2 Cause Gordon Syndrome, Marden-Walker Syndrome, and Distal Arthrogryposis Type 5.
• Mutations in KCTD1 Cause Scalp-Ear-Nipple Syndrome.
• Contractility and Kinetics of Human Fetal and Human Adult Skeletal Muscle.
• Spectrum of mutations that cause distal arthrogryposis types 1 and 2B.
• Mutations in ECEL1 cause distal arthrogryposis type 5D.
• Variants in genes that encode muscle contractile proteins influence risk for isolated clubfoot.
• Spectrum of MLL2 (ALR) mutations in 110 cases of Kabuki syndrome.
• Exome sequencing identifies MLL2 mutations as a cause of Kabuki syndrome.
• Molecular-clinical correlations in a family with variable tissue mitochondrial DNA T8993G mutant load.
• Autosomal dominant microtia and ocular coloboma: new syndrome or an extension of the oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum?
• Methotrexate/misoprostol embryopathy: report of four cases resulting from failed medical abortion.

Schools

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• Washington Univ Sch Of Med

Doctors Specialties

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• Clinical Genetics
• Pediatrics
• Medical Genetics

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• Altius Health Plans
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross of Idaho PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• First Choice Health PPO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Coop Core
• Connect
• Medicare MCR
• Molina
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• ODS Health Plan
• Heritage Plus
• Heritage Signature
• Personal Option EPO
• Preferred Provider Network PPN
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Seattle Met magazine’s Top Doctors
• 5-year Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
• Fellowship award NIGMS/NIH grant for “Postdoctoral Training in Medical Genetics”
• Scholarship (tuition and board) “Genetic Analysis of Complex Human Diseases” Course
• Approval of General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Protocol (#828), “Molecular Genetics of the Oculo-auriculo-vertebral (OAV) Spectrum”
• Approval of Institutional Review Board (IRB) Protocol (#79619), “Molecular Genetics of the Oculo-auriculo-vertebral Spectrum”
• Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Fellow
• MIT Nightline Crisis Hotline elected Training Coordinator
• MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities program
• MIT Graduate Studies Fellowship Award

Education

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• Stanford University
• UCSF
• Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Hospital

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• Seattle Children's Hospital

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