Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, cum laude
Departmental Honors
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Doctor of Medicine
Academic Excellence Scholarship Award Recipient
University of California at Davis School of Medicine (UCD School of Medicine)
TRAINING
General Surgery Internship
University of California at San Diego Medical Center (UCSD)
San Diego, California
General Surgery Residency
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington
Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship
American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
Seattle, Washington
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Medical Specialties
National Board of Medical Examiners
LICENSES
Physician & Surgeon License, State of Washington
Controlled Substance Registration Certificate, Drug Enforcement Agency
HONORS AND AWARDS
America’s Best Physicians 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
National Consumer Advisory Board
America’s Top Surgeons 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Consumers’ Research Council of America
Seattle Business Hall of Fame Award for Best Plastic Surgeon 2023
Washington State Top Surgeon Award 2023
Findatopdoc.com
Medical Excellence Award in Plastic Surgery 2022
Excellent Doctors Award 2021
Seattle Awards for Best Plastic Surgeon
Seattle Awards Program
Compassionate Doctor Award
MDx Medical, Inc.; Vitals.com
Patients’ Choice Award
MDx Medical, Inc.; Vitals.com
Top 10 Doctor
MDx Medical, Inc.; Vitals.com
Peer Reviewed Physicians Award for Cosmetic Surgery
Peer Reviewed Professionals
Best Resident Research Paper Award (Washington/BC Caucus)
Pacific Coast Surgical Association 79th Annual Meeting
Regent Scholarship Award for Academic Excellence
University of California at Davis School of Medicine (UCD School of Medicine)
Dean’s choice to represent the “best and brightest of UCD medical students"
at the Teaching Prize Gala
University of California at Davis School of Medicine (UCD School of Medicine)
Cum Laude Honors in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Departmental Honors Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Golden Key National Honor Society
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Dean’s Honors List
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Avelar Abdominoplasty Live Surgery Workshop
Faculty
March 5-7, 2010
Seattle, Washington
Tumor Markers as Predictors of the Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer
Presenter & Speaker
Pacific Coast Surgical Association 79th Annual Meeting
February 17, 2008
San Diego, California
Axillary Conserving Surgery is Facilitated by Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer
North Pacific Surgical Association 95th Annual Meeting
November 15, 2008
Seattle, Washington
PUBLICATIONS
(*asterisk indicates publication under maiden name Beck)
Precht LM, Lowe K, Atwood M, Beatty JD. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer: Tumor Markers as Predictors of Pathologic Response, Recurrence, and Survival. The Breast Journal 16(4): 362-368, 2010.
Beatty JD, Precht LM, Lowe K, Atwood M. Axillary-conserving surgery is facilitated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer. American Journal of Surgery 197(5): 643-647, 2009.
Precht L, Vallières E. Bronchial obstruction secondary to Teflon pledget erosion thirteen years after lobectomy: A case report. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 85: 2116-2118, 2008.
Muller C, Yang R, Beck L*, Idos G, Verbeek W, Koeffler HP. Cloning of the Cyclin A1 genomic structure and characterization of the promoter region. Journal of Biological Chemistry 274 (16): 11220-11228, 1999.
ABSTRACTS
Precht LM, Lowe K, Atwood M, Beatty JD. Tumor Markers as Predictors of the Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer.
Oral presentation at the Pacific Coast Surgical Association 79th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California; February 17, 2008.
Awarded “Best Resident Paper” (Washington/BC Caucus).
Beatty JD, Precht LM, Lowe K, Atwood M. Axillary Conserving Surgery is Facilitated by Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer.
Oral presentation at the North Pacific Surgical Association 95th Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 15, 2008.
Poster presentation at the American Society of Breast Surgeons 9th Annual Meeting, New York; May 2, 2008.
Muller C, Yang R, Beck L*, Huynh V, Verbeek W, Koeffler HP. Cyclin A1 promoter is trans-activated by the c-myb proto-oncogene.
Poster presentation at the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting, March 1998.
Muller C, Yang R, Beck L*, Koeffler HP. Cell cycle regulated transcription of the promoter of the human Cyclin A1 gene.
Poster presentation at the American Society of Hematology 39th Annual Meeting, December 1997.
HONORS THESIS
Psychosocial and Endocrine Factors Influencing Autoimmune Diabetes in
Nonobese Diabetic Mice.
Advisors: Dr. Anthony Quinn and Dr. Eli E. Sercarz
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of California at Los Angeles
June 1997
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer
Swedish Cancer Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Tumor markers and the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer
Swedish Cancer Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Incidence of seroma formation after abdominoplasty with simultaneous flank liposuction
Division of Plastic Surgery
University of California at Davis
Cloning of the Cyclin A1 genomic structure and characterization of the Cyclin A1 promoter
Region
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine
Hormonal influences on insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
University of California at Los Angeles
Inter-hemispheric communication involved in bilateral attended face processing
Department of Neuroscience
University of California at Los Angeles