Dr. Beck is a Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and has completed fellowship training in pediatric orthopedic surgery and surgical sports medicine. Dr. Beck was born in Conifer, CO but spent her childhood in Northern California. She grew up playing soccer and doing dance/ballet, competitive gymnastics, and cheerleading. After experiencing her own orthopedic injuries that sidelined her during middle school and junior year in high school, she spent her high school and collegiate years learning about sports medicine. She attended UCLA obtaining a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology while working as a student athletic trainer and assistant in physical therapy offices. She moved to Chicago to attend medical school at Rosalind Franklin University/Chicago Medical School and later completed her orthopedic surgery residency at Loyola Medical Center. Her fellowship training took her back to UCLA for pediatric orthopedic surgery and then to Boston Children’s Hospital for her sports medicine fellowship. She began her career at a large academic practice at UCLA. Getting back to her family and roots in Colorado, Dr. Beck returned to Colorado in 2021 to provide sports medicine care for all ages in greater Denver and Boulder areas. When not at work, she enjoys doing anything possible outdoors with her family including husband and daughter: hiking, biking, and skiing; and attending local community arts and festival events.

Education/Research

Dr. Beck has been very active with education and research during her career. Her research focus has been on sports medicine topics such as postoperative pain management, discoid meniscus classifications/outcomes/treatments, return to sport testing after ACL reconstruction in adolescent athletes, patellofemoral surgical outcomes, health care disparities in young athletes, female athlete disparities, youth running epidemiology and injury incidences, and QSVI in youth sports, among others. She has participated in numerous POSNA committees including the former Chair of the POSNA QSVI: Sports subsection as well as a member of the POSNA Safe Surgery Program Committee, Bone Health Committee, Publications Committee, and Research Committee. She was a 2019 POSNA Travelling Fellow and was awarded a 2021 POSNA 5 Star General for the QSVI Challenge. Additionally, she was the Chair of the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM) Meniscus Research Interest Group and a Member at Large for the PRiSM Board of Directors. In efforts to improve pediatric sports medicine education, she has participated in events with AANA and AOSSM. She has completed over 50 lectures and presentations, 10 book chapters, and over 40 peer-reviewed publications.