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Brian VanderBeek, MD, MPH, MSCE

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Ophthalmology

Contact information
Scheie Eye Institute
51 N. 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Biology)
University of Michigan, School of Literature, Science & Arts, 1999.
MPH (Toxicology)
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 2001.
MD
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2005.
MSCE
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2015.
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Selected Publications

Tsui JC, VanderBeek BL. : Providing for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Our Neighborhoods. Ophthalmol Retina 9(2): 95-97, Feb 2025.

VanderBeek BL, Yu Y, Cardillo S, Hubbard R. : Twenty-Year Trends in Prevalence and Incidence of Diabetic Retinal Disease. Ophthalmology Jan 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print.

Hamedani AG, Chang AY, Chen Y, VanderBeek BL. : Disparities in glaucoma and macular degeneration healthcare utilization among persons living with dementia in the United States. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 262(12): 3947-3955, Dec 2024.

Huang V, VanderBeek BL, Schechet SA, Pandya HK, Mehta MC, Tsui JC: “Evolving practice patterns of young retinal specialists: A five-year comparison of treatment and surgical preferences.” AJO International 11(1): 4, Dec 2024.

VanderBeek BL. : Separating Supplement Effects From the Patients Who Use Them. JAMA Ophthalmol. 142(12): 1121-1122, Dec 2024.

Tomaiuolo M, Deaner J, VanderBeek BL, Acharya B, Syed ZA, Zhang Q, Schuman JS, Hyman L. : Do Treatment Patterns for Endophthalmitis after Cataract Surgery Follow the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study Recommendations?: An Academy IRIS® Registry Analysis. Ophthalmol Retina 8(11): 1035-1043, Nov 2024.

Domalpally A, Fickweiler W, Levine SR, Goetz KE, VanderBeek BL, Lee A, Sundstrom JM, Markel D, Sun JK. : Data Harmonization, Standardization, and Collaboration for Diabetic Retinal Disease (DRD) Research: Report From the 2024 Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative Workshop on Data. Transl Vis Sci Technol 13(10): 4, Oct 2024.

Tauqeer Z, Bracha P, Hua P, Yu Y, Cui QN, VanderBeek BL. : Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists are Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Progressing to Vision-Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 10: 1-4, Oct 2024.

Ying GS, VanderBeek BL.: Radiotherapy for anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Lancet Jun 2024.

VanderBeek BL, Yu Y: Visual deficits due to diabetic retinal disease. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology May 2024 Notes: Poster presentation.

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