John C. Beck

John C. Beck (January 4, 1924 – September 29, 2016) was an American physician and academic. He was particularly involved in the Royal Victoria Hospital and McGill University; the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; and Ben Gurion University of the Negev.[1]

His books include Primary Care in a Specialized World[2] and Geriatrics in the United States: Manpower Projections and Training Considerations.[3] He's widely cited within his field.[4][5]

Biography

Born in Audubon, Iowa in 1924, John C. Beck received his BSc (1944), MSc (1947), Diploma in Medicine (1951), and MDCM (1952) degrees at McGill University.

During 1979-1993, he and his colleagues built a program in geriatric medicine. In a 2004 publication titled Brief history of geriatrics in the USA,[6][7] J.E. Morley refers to it as the West Coast School of Geriatrics and identifies the integration of two Geriatric Research and Education Centers at V.A. Medical Center, Sepulveda, California, and Wadsworth Medical Center in the greater Los Angeles area.

Beck was joined in his endeavor by David Solomon, Robert Kane, and Emmet Keeler. This working group, during that year, produced projections for the workforce needs for the US in anticipation of the country's aging population. The physician data was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1980.[8][9]

It was during this period that Beck did work with Sidney Katz at Case-Western University.[10][11]

Beck became Emeritus Professor of Medicine in 1993. His research interests during his Emeritus status have focused on the prevention of disability in elders. His work has been published in such notable medical journals as JAMA (journal): The Journal of the American Medical Association,[12][13] The Lancet,[14] and The New England Journal of Medicine[15][16]

Honors and awards

Beck's awards include the Holmes Gold Medal from McGill University (1947),[17] the Ronald V. Christie Award from the Canadian Association of Professors of Medicine (1987), the Duncan Graham Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (1990),[18] the John Phillips Memorial Award from the American College of Physicians-ASIM (2003),[19] and many others. In 1954 he was recognized as an Honorary Fellow by the Royal Society of Medicine in London and as a Markle Scholar in the Medical Sciences by the Markle Foundation of New York. In 1982 he received Special Recognition for contributions to National Board of Medical Examiners, and in 1987 he became a Master of the American College of Physicians. His more recent honors include the Ignatius Nascher Award of the City of Vienna for the paper "Determinants of future hospital admissions and physician visits in community dwelling older persons in Europe" in 2006.

References
  1. "John C. Beck Obituary". NYTimes. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. Lee, P.R., LeRoy, L., Stalcup, J., Beck, J.: Primary Care in a Specialized World. Ballinger Pub. Co. 1976.
  3. Kane, R.L., Solomon, D.H., Beck, J.C., Keeler, E., Kane, R.A.: Geriatrics in the United States: Manpower Projections and Training Considerations. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1981.
  4. Citations for Stuck, A. E., Walthert, J. M., Nikolaus, T., Büla, C. J., Hohmann, C., & Beck, J. C. (1999). Risk factors for functional status decline in community-living elderly people: a systematic literature review. Social Science & Medicine, 48(4), 445-469.
  5. Citations for Beers, M. H., Ouslander, J. G., Rollingher, I., Reuben, D. B., Brooks, J., & Beck, J. C. (1991). Explicit criteria for determining inappropriate medication use in nursing home residents. Archives of Internal Medicine, 151(9), 1825-1832.
  6. Morley, J.E.: A brief history of geriatrics. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2004, 59:1132-52.
  7. Citations for Morley, J.E.: A brief history of geriatrics. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2004, 59:1132-52.
  8. Kane, R.L., Solomon, D., Beck, J., et al: Future need for geriatric manpower in the U.S. New England Journal of Medicine, 1980, 302:1327-1332.
  9. Citations for Kane, R.L., Solomon, D., Beck, J., et al: Future need for geriatric manpower in the U.S. New England Journal of Medicine, 1980, 302:1327-1332.
  10. Katz, S., Branch, L.G., Branson, M.H., Papsidero, J.A., Beck, J.C., Greer, D.S.: Active Life Expectancy. New England Journal of Medicine, November 1983, 309:1218-1224.
  11. Citations for Katz, S., Branch, L.G., Branson, M.H., Papsidero, J.A., Beck, J.C., Greer, D.S.: Active Life Expectancy. New England Journal of Medicine, November 1983, 309:1218-1224.
  12. Beck, J.C., Stuck, A.E.: Preventing disability. Beyond the black box. JAMA 1996; 276:1756-1757.
  13. Stuck, A., Egger, M., Hammer, A., Miner, C.E., Beck, J.C.: Home Visits to Prevent Nursing Home Admission and Functional Decline in Elderly People: Systematic Review and Meta-regression Analysis. JAMA 2002, 287(8):1022-1028.
  14. Stuck, A., Beck, J.C., Egger, M.: Preventing Disability in Elderly People. The Lancet, 2004, Nov 6-12, 364(9446):1641-2.
  15. Reuben, D.B., Borok, G.M., Wolde Tsadik, G., Ershoff, D.H., Fishman, L., Ambrosini, V.L., Liu, Y., Rubenstein, L.Z., and Beck, J. C.: A Randomized Trial of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Care of Hospitalized Patients. The New England Journal of Medicine 1995, 332:1345-1350.
  16. Stuck, A.E., Aronow, H.A., Steiner, A., Alessi, C.A., Bula, C.J., Gold, M., Yuhas, K.E., Nisenbaum, R., Rubenstein, L.Z, and Beck., J.C.: A Trial of Annual In-Home Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments for Elderly People Living in the Community. The New England Journal of Medicine 1995, 333:1184-9.
  17. Holmes Gold Medal Winners
  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Duncan Graham Award recipients
  19. John Phillips Award recipients
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