Associate ProfessorMedicine Deputy Director, General Medicine Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care SystemDirector of Data & Analytics Group; National VA HIV, Hepatitis, and Related Conditions Program OfficeRelated Links: TwitterLinkedInFaculty Information Biography Dr. Beste is a VA-based general internist with clinical and research interests in primary care management of viral hepatitis and other infectious diseases. She is the Deputy Director of the General Medicine Service at VA Puget Sound. Education & Training: MDJohns Hopkins University, School of MedicineBaltimore, MD2000–2004 Residency in Internal MedicineBrown UniversityProvidence, RI2004–2007 MScUniversity of Washington, School of Public HealthSeattle, WA2007–2009 Honors: Society of General Internal Medicine Award for Leadership, SGIM Northwest Region2015 Society of General Internal Medicine Award for Excellence in Clinician Investigation, SGIM Northwest Region2016 Fellow, American College of Physicians2019 American College of Physicians Certificate in Primary Care Leadership 2021 Contact Email: lab25@uw.edu Research & Clinical Interests Research Interests: Liver disease epidemiology Primary care management of viral hepatitis Quality improvement Sexually transmitted infections Publications PubMed: PubMed Bibliography