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
51 N. 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
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.
Permanent linkBA (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.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Diabetic RetinopathyAge-related Macular Degeneration
Retinal Vein Occlusion
Description of Research Expertise
EpidemiologyObservational study design
Big data analysis
Selected Publications
Aftab, O, Khan, H, VanderBeek, BL, Scoles, D, Kim, BJ, Tsui, JC: Document details - Evaluation of ChatGPT-4 in detecting referable diabetic retinopathy using single fundus images. AJO International 2(2), July 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoint.2025.Sastry J, Yu Y, VanderBeek BL : “Visual deficits across race and ethnicity due to diabetic retinal disease” Poster presentation at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting 2025, Salt Lake City, UT May 2025.
VanderBeek BL, Yu Y, Cardillo S, Hubbard R. : “Twenty-Year Trends in Prevalence and Incidence of Diabetic Retinal Disease” Poster presentation at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting 2025, Salt Lake City, UT May 2025.
Zhang KR, Nair RM, Chen Y, Jin F, Dunaief J, VanderBeek BL: “Association of Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Cholelithiasis” Poster presentation at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting 2025, Salt Lake City, UT May 2025.
Li M, He J, VanderBeek BL, Ying GS : Racial and Ethnic Disparities at Enrollment in DRCRnet Clinical Trials for Diabetic Macular Edema. Am J Ophthalmol 273: 231-239, May 2025.
Goblirsch TJ, Yu Y, Cardillo S, Hubbard R, VanderBeek BL, : “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Prevalence and Incidence of Diabetic Retinal Disease” Poster presentation at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting 2025, Salt Lake City, UT May 2025.
Chen X, Keenan JD, Stewart JM; SOURCE Consortium: Association between Systemic Methotrexate Therapy and Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy. Ophthalmol Retina 9(5): 431-6, May 2025.
Chang A, Yu Y, Cardillo S, Hubbard R, VanderBeek BL, : “Trends in Prevalence and Incidence of Diabetic Retinal Disease in US Youths” Poster presentation at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting 2025, Salt Lake City, UT May 2025.
Veerabagu SA, Nugent ST, Geng Z, Yanes AF, Fischer JP, Kovell R, Kuntz AF, Rajasekaran K, VanderBeek BL, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Higgins HW 2nd, Walker J, Zhang J, Giordano CN.: National opioid prescription decline across outpatient specialty surgeries: a claims database study. J Am Acad Dermatol 25: 610-3, Apr 2025.
Fraz MA, Kim BM, Chen JJ, Lum F, Chen J, Liu GT, Hamedani AG; SOURCE Consortium: Nationwide Prevalence and Geographic Variation of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension among Women in the United States. Ophthalmology 132(4): 476-83, Apr 2025.