Professor, Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Derrick J. Beech, MD
Derrick Beech is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He attended Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. He over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Derrick J. Beech is a published doctor. He has 59 publications published. The most current publication "Correlation of alcohol intoxication with life-threatening assaults." He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- A community-driven intervention for prostate Cancer screening in african americans.
- Situs inversus.
- The association of plasma fatty acids with prostate Cancer risk in African Americans and Africans.
- Sigmoid-urachal-cutaneous fistula in an adult male.
- Adenomatous hyperplasia of the gallbladder.
- Paget's disease of the Breast areola mimicking cutaneous melanoma.
- Ageism in breast Cancer surgical options by medical students.
- Poor knowledge of basic Cancer facts of physicians-in-training.
- Multivariate Analysis of factors associated with smoking cessation in women.
- Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and breast Cancer: genetic link or coincidental association?
- Nodular melanoma of the face: a rare finding in African Americans.
- Physicians-in-training recommendations for prophylactic bilateral mastectomies.
- Effect of a short structured session on medical student breast Cancer screening knowledge.
- Synchronous occurrence of glioblastoma multiforme and esophageal adenoCarcinoma.
- Human immunodeficiency syndrome and hepatitis B and C infections among homeless adolescents.
- Education of medical students in clinical Breast examination during surgical clerkship.
- Self-reported differences in daily raw vegetable intake by ethnicity in a Breast screening program.
- Hepatitis B and C infections among homeless adolescents.
- Expression of PH-20 in normal and neoplastic Breast tissue.
- Utility of the case-method approach for the integration of clinical and basic science in surgical education.
- Socioeconomic Factors, not Ethnicity, Predict Breast Self-Examination.
- Marjolin's ulcer of a primarily grafted burn.
- Treatment of the patient with Lung metastases.
- Unbiased and efficient estimation of the total number of terminal bronchiolar duct endings in Lung: a modified physical disector.
- Nonfunctional parathyroid Carcinoma.
- Atypical presentation of hepatocellular Carcinoma.
- Breast leiomyoma.
- Soft tissue sarcoma clinical practice guidelines in oncology.
- Association of self-reported consumption of cooked meat, fish, seafood and eggs with prostate Cancer risk among Nigerians.
- Foreign body ingestion and management: "I swallowed a crack pipe".
- Epidermal growth factor receptor and insulin-like growth factor-I receptor expression and function in human Soft-tissue sarcoma cells.
- Incarcerated Spigelian Hernia: a rare cause of mechanical small-bowel obstruction.
- PH20: a novel tumor marker for laryngeal Cancer.
- Surgical management of primary Soft tissue sarcoma.
- Melanoma in African-Americans: trends in biological behavior and clinical characteristics over two decades.
- Melanoma during pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature.
- Solitary scapula mass: atypical presentation of esophageal adenoCarcinoma.
- Familial adenomatous polyposis: a case report and review of the literature.
- Correlation of alcohol intoxication with life-threatening assaults.
- Alcohol and drug use in victims of life-threatening trauma.
- Drugs, guns, and kids: the association between substance use and injury caused by interpersonal violence.
- Dental impression material: a rare cause of small-bowel Obstruction.
- Differences in Cancer screening priorities between medical students and residents.
- Axillary lymph node status of T1 primary breast Cancer in a diverse population.
- Magnification views of mammography decrease biopsy rates.
- Increased hyaluronidase expression in more aggressive prostate adenoCarcinoma.
- Age bias: a cause of underutilization of Breast conservation treatment.
- Ageism in medical students' treatment recommendations: the example of Breast-conserving procedures.
- Association of hyaluronidase and Breast adenocarcinoma invasiveness.
- Insulin-like growth factor-I receptor antagonism results in increased cytotoxicity of breast Cancer cells to doxorubicin and taxol.
- The association of plasma fatty acids with prostate Cancer risk in Nigerians.
- Cancer in the bypassed stomach presenting early after gastric bypass.
- Insulin-like growth factor I receptor antagonism augments response to chemoradiation therapy in colon Cancer cells.
- Training in clinical Breast examination as part of a general surgery core curriculum.
- Laparoscopic revision of the gastrojejunostomy for recurrent bleeding ulcers after past open revision gastric bypass.
- Insulin-like growth factor-I receptor activation blocks doxorubicin cytotoxicity in Sarcoma cells.
- Subungual melanoma: diagnosis and management.
- Soft tissue sarcoma with metastasis to the stomach: a case report.
Schools
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College Of Virginia School Of Medicine
Procedures Preformed
- Adrenalectomy
- Biopsy of Breast
- Destruction of Anal Tumor
- Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Adrenal Gland Cancer
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Atelectasis
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Choice HMO
- Blue Choice Option POS
- Blue Open Access POS
- Direct Access w/HSA
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Temple University Hospital -
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Grady Memorial Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1326015546 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BEECH | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | DERRICK | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 30303 | |
| NPPES Provider State | GA | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 12.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
Helpful Reviews
Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1326015546 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BEECH |
| First Name Of The Provider | DERRICK |
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