Lauren Beste, MD, MS | Division of General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor

Medicine

Director, VA National Liver Disease Database

Faculty Information

Biography

Education & Training:

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

2000–2004

Residency in Internal Medicine

Brown University

Providence, RI

2004–2007

University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine

Seattle, WA

2007–2009

Honors:

National Merit Scholar

1996

First Place in Penn State Undergraduate Research Exhibition

2000

Melvin T. Hoffman Award for Primary Care Research

2006

Editor's Choice, American Gastroenterological Association

2010

Special Contribution Award from VA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group

2010

Clinical Performance Award from VA Puget Sound

2011

Society of General Internal Medicine Award for Leadership, SGIM Northwest Region

2015

Society of General Internal Medicine Award for Excellence in Clinician Investigation, SGIM Northwest Region

2016

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Research & Clinical Interests

Research Interests:

Liver disease epidemiology
Primary care management of viral hepatitis
Quality improvement

Publications

Publications:

Beste LA, Moseley R, Saint S, Cornia P. Clinical Problem Solving: Too Much of A Good Thing. New England Journal of Medicine. 2016 March; 374: 873–878.
Moon AM; Dominitz JA; Ioannou GN; Lowy E; Beste L. Patient, Facility, and Provider-level Predictors of Timely Antibiotics for US Veterans with Cirrhosis and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. 2016 Jun 13. pii: S1542-3565(16)30306-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2016.05.040. [Epub ahead of print]
Beste LA, Leipertz SL, Green PK, Dominitz JA, Ross D, Ioannou GN. Trends in the burden of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma by underlying liver disease in US Veterans from 2001-2013. Gastroenterology. 2015 Nov; 149 (6): 1471–1482.
Beste LA, Ioannou GN, Yang Y, Chang MF, Ross D, Dominitz JA. Improved Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma with a primary care-oriented clinical reminder. Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2015 Jan; 13(1): 172–9.
Beste LA, Ioannou GN. Prevalence and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Epidemiologic Reviews. 2015; 37(1): 131–43.