Amy Beckman, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Contact Info
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
MD, University of California - San Francisco School of Medicine
Residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Minnesota, 2019
Fellowship in Hematopathology, University of Minnesota, 2020
Summary
Amy studied biology at the University of Michigan as an undergraduate, served as a community health volunteer in the Peace Corps in West Africa after graduation, and then headed to the University of California, San Francisco for medical school. She was thrilled to match at the University of Minnesota for residency, with its diverse training sites, strong AP and CP instruction, and friendly, supportive environment. Amy is currently a member of the CAP’s personalized health care committee and looks forward to pursuing a fellowship in hematopathology. She spends her free time hanging out with her husband and three sons.
Awards & Recognition
Kenneth F. Ernst Award in recognition of superior research in pathology by trainees, 2017, 2019
Professional Associations
College of American Pathologists American Society for Clinical Pathology
Research
Publications
Kao RL, Jacobsen AA, Billington CJ Jr, Yohe SL, Beckman AK, Vercellotti GM, Pearson DR. A case of VEXAS syndrome associated with EBV-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2021 Nov 30;93:102636. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2021.102636.
Hassan S, Fanola C, Beckman A, Li F, Nelson AC, Linden M, and Beckman JD. Adult Langerhans histiocytosis with rare BRAF mutation complicated by massive pulmonary embolism [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 25]. Thromb Res. 2020;193:207-210. doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2020.07.044
Plummer RM, Beckman AK, Hupp MM, Courville EL, Williams SA, and Linden MA. Diagnostic utility of performing flow cytometry on provider-submitted endoscopically collected gastrointestinal samples. OBJD. 2020. 10 (1). doi:10.4236/ojbd.2020.101001
Walk EE, Yohe SL, Beckman A, Schade A, Zutter MM, Pfeifer J, Berry AB; College of American Pathologists Personalized Health Care Committee. The Cancer Immunotherapy Biomarker Testing Landscape. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2020;144(6):706‐724.
Ebadi M, Beckman AK, Yohe SL, Rashidi A, and Vercellotti GM. It's all in the film. Br J Haematol. 2020;189(1):8.
O'Connell TD, Berry JE, Jarvis AK, Somerman MJ, Simpson RU. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 regulation of cardiac myocyte proliferation and hypertrophy. Am J Physiol. 1997 Apr;272(4 Pt 2):H1751-8.
O'Connell TD, Giacherio DA, Jarvis AK, Simpson RU. Inhibition of cardiac myocyte maturation by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. Endocrinology. 1995 Feb;136(2):482-8.
Dimster-Denk D, Rine J, Phillips J, Scherer S, Cundiff P, DeBord K, Gilliland D, Hickman S, Jarvis A, Tong L, Ashby M. Comprehensive evaluation of isoprenoid biosynthesis regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae utilizing the Genome Reporter Matrix. J Lipid Res. 1999 May;40(5):850-60.
Clinical
Board Certifications
Board certified in AP and CP