David E. Beck, M.D.

Abstract

Dr. David E. Beck is Chairman of the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana. Dave was born in Geneva, Illinois. He received a BS degree as a distinguished graduate from the United States Air Force Academy and his MD from the University of Miami in Florida. He completed his general surgery residency at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Texas. After spending a year as an Air Force general surgeon at a small base in Florida, he completed a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Beck then returned to Wilford Hall to serve as the Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery and eventually as Chairman of the Department of General Surgery. He has also served at the Air Force Surgeon General's consultant in Colon and Rectal Surgery and during the Gulf War was Chief of Surgery at the 81 Contingency Hospital located at Little Rissington, United Kingdom. After leaving active military service in 1993, he joined the colorectal staff at the Ochsner Clinic and in 1995 became chairman of the department in 1997. In 2005, he was elected to the Board of Governors of the Ochsner Clinic.