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

Associate Professor

Medicine

Director, VA National Liver Disease Database

Faculty Information

Biography

Dr. Beste is a VA-based general internist with clinical and research interests in primary care management of viral hepatitis and other liver diseases.

Education & Training:

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

2000–2004

Residency in Internal Medicine

Brown University

Providence, RI

2004–2007

MSc

University of Washington, School of Public Health

Seattle, WA

2007–2009

Honors:

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

Fellow, American College of Physicians

2019

Contact

Email:

lab25@uw.edu

Research & Clinical Interests

Research Interests:

Liver disease epidemiology
Primary care management of viral hepatitis
Quality improvement

Publications

PubMed:

PubMed Bibliography

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.