JAMES M. BECK, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Education and Training: M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Clinical and Research Training: Medical Intern and Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Clinical Pulmonary Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco, CA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco, CA Major Clinical Interests: Pulmonary infections in immunocompromised hosts, HIV-related lung disease, critical care medicine Major Research Interests: Immunology of pneumocystis pneumonia

· Luikart S, Masri M, Wahl D, Hinkel T, Beck JM, Gyetko MR, Gupta P, Oegema T.  Urokinase is required for the formation of mactinin, ana-actinin fragment that promotes monocyte/macrophage maturation. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1591:99-107, 2002.

· Beck JM, Blackmon MB, Rose CM, Kimzey SL, Preston AM, Green JM.  T cell costimulatory molecule function determines susceptibility to infection with Pneumocystis carinii in mice.  J Immunol, 171:1969-1977, 2003.

· Beck JM, Preston AM, Wilcoxen SE, Morris SB, White ES, Paine R III. Pneumocystis pneumonia increases the susceptibility of mice to
sublethal hyperoxia.  Infect Immun, 71:5970-5978, 2003

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