Orthopaedic Associates Surgeons
Dennis J. Beck, Jr., M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgeon and Traumatologist
Professional Background
Certifications
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Certification Date: 2003
Medical Education
- 1993–1997
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Doctor of Medicine
- 1990–1993
- Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
- B.S. and B.A., Zoology, Cum laude
- Departmental and University Honors
- 1986–1990
- Brebeuf Preparatory School
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Indiana Academic Honors Diploma
Post-Doctoral Education
- 6/2003–11/2003
- University of Louisville School of Medicine
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Küntscher Fellowship in Orthopaedic Traumatology
- Supervisor: David Seligson, M.D.
- 6/2003
- Orthopaedic Trauma
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Stryker Trauma Fellowship
- 1999–2003
- University of Louisville School of Medicine
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
- July 1998–June 1999
- University of Louisville School of Medicine
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Orthopaedic Bioengineering Laboratory Fellowship
- Supervisor: David Seligson, M.D.
- 1997–1998
- University of Louisville School of Medicine
- Department of Surgery
- Louisville, Kentucky
- General Surgery Internship
Teaching Appointments/Presentations
- 2004–present
- The Evansville Center for Medical Education of Indiana University at The University of Southern Indiana
- Clinical Instructor
- 1995
- Ophthalmic Arterial Hemodynamics During Isometric Exercise, Beck, D., Harris, A., Evans, D. and Martin, B., 1995
- Accepted and presented at The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), International Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- 1995
- Acute Alcohol Ingestion: Effects on Ocular Hemodynamics and Contrast Sensitivity. Shoemaker, J., Harris, A., Swartz, D., Engen, D., Beck, D., and Evans, D., 1995
- Accepted and presented at ARVO, International Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- 1995
- Effects of Topical Dorzolamide on Retinal and Retrobulbar Hemodynamics. Harris, A., Arend, O., Beck, D., Martin, B., and Arend S.; 1995
- Accepted and presented at ARVO, International Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- 1993
- Rapid Cold-Hardening Induced by Anoxia in Drosophila melanogaster. Beck, D., and Lee, R.E.
- Accepted and presented at Society for Cryobiology International Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
- 9/2005
- Sixth Annual Trauma Symposium. "Damage Control Orthopaedics."
- Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana
- 2/2005
- Damage Control Orthopaedics Symposium. "External and Internal Fixation, Devices and How to Use Them."
- Indiana University School of Medicine–Evansville Center, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana
- 11/2004
- Deaconess Hospital, Seventh Annual Trauma Conference. "History of Orthopaedic Trauma: War to Peace, Plaster to Steel."
- Casino Aztar Pavilion, Evansville, Indiana
- 10/2004
- PHI Air Medical Group Education Day. "Damage Control Orthopaedics." Regional Medical Center of Madisonville, Learning Enrichment Center, Madisonville, Kentucky
- 8/2004
- Stryker Orthopaedics Trauma Training Program. "Bioabsorbables in Orthopaedics."
- The Sawgrass Marriott Resort, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
- 3/2004
- Second International Trauma Symposium. "Damage Control Frames."
- InterContinental Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic
- 3/2004
- Second International Trauma Symposium. "Ipsilateral Fractures: One Device or Two?"
- InterContinental Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2/2004
- Trauma Orthopaedic Surgery Services. "Grand Rounds Damage Control Orthopaedics."
- University Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2002
- Stryker Trauma Symposium. "Hybrid External Fixation."
- Annecy, France
- 2000
- International Associations for Dynamic Osteosynthesis, South Trauma Course. "Hybrid External Fixation."
- Freudenstadt, Germany
Professional Memberships
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
- Vanderburgh County Medical Society–Board of Directors
- Gerhard Küntscher Kreis
- Indiana Orthopaedic Society
- Indiana State Medical Association
- Orthopaedic Trauma Association
- Jefferson County Medical Society: Committee on Community Health, Committee on Legislative Affairs
- Kentucky Medical Association: Committee on the Medical Aspects of Sports
Honors
- 2000 and 2002
- University of Louisville Research Award
- 2000
- Aventis Resident Scholarship Program, Awardee for AAOS Meeting
- 1993
- Phi Beta Kappa, National Undergraduate Honor Society
- Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
- 1992
- Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society
- Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
- 1994–1997
- President, Indiana University Medical Class of 1997
- 1993–1995
- President, American Medical Student Association, Indiana Chapter
Research Activities
- 2004
- Formation of The Center for Bone and Joint Care in conjunction with Deaconess Hospital, University of Southern Indiana, and Orthopaedic Associates, Inc., Evansville, Indiana
- 2003–present
- Investigator for Study to Prospectively Evaluate Reamed Intramedullary Nails in Tibia Fractures (SPRINT), Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, Indiana
- 1999–2003
- Investigator for Study to Prospectively Evaluate Reamed Intramedullary Nails in Tibia Fractures (SPRINT), University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky
- 2003
- Malkani, A., Beck, D., and Lewis, J. Are Modular Tibial Stem Offsets Necessary in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty? An Anatomic Study. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2003.
- 2001
- Roberts, C.S., Dodds, J.C., Perry, K., Beck, D., Seligson, D., and Voor, M.J. Hybrid External Fixation of the Proximal Tibia: Strategies to Improve Frame Stability. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2001.
- 2000
- Beck, D., Barati, M., Feitelson, J., and Fleming, J. Diabetes Diminishes the Response to Norepinephrine in Diabetic Rat Femoral Nutrient Arterioles. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2000.
- 1999
- Beck, D., Voor, M.J., and Roberts, C.S. Frame Symmetry Enhances the Biomechanics of Hybrid External Fixators in Proximal Tibial Fractures. Orthopaedic Trauma Association, 1999, and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2000.
- 1999
- Dimar, J., Wang, M., Beck, D., Glassman, S., and Voor, M.J. Instability from Posterior Interbody Fusion without Instrumentations and with Cages Alone. North American Spine Society, 1999.
- 1993
- Beck, D., and Lee, R.E. Rapid Cold-Hardening Induced by Anoxia in Drosophila melanogaster. Cryobiology: The International Journal of Low Temperature Biology and Medicine 30:623-624, 1993.
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