Laurence H. Beck MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Nephrology
Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
650 Albany St | (617) 638-7330laurence.beck@bmc.org
lhbeckjr@bu.edu
Sections
Nephrology
Centers
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Biography
Laurence H. Beck, Jr., MD, PhD, completed his Internal Medicine residency and Nephrology fellowship at Boston Medical Center. He joined the Renal Section in 2006, and continues to conduct basic science research in the laboratory of Dr. David Salant on the pathogenesis of membranous nephropathy. His clinical roles include a weekly clinic and attending time on the consult and dialysis/transplant services. He also has expertise in immune-mediated glomerular disease.
Education
Medicine-Internal, MD, Harvard Medical School
Cell & Molecular Biology, PhD, Harvard University
Cell & Molecular Biology, BA, Princeton University
Publications
Jeyabalan A, Czawlytko CL, Beck LH, Trivin-Avillach C. Case 10-2025: A 32-Year-Old Woman with Flank Pain, Fever, and Hypoxemia. N Engl J Med. 2025 Apr 10; 392(14):1428-1437. PMID: 40214035.
Published on 4/8/2025Avasare RS, Andeen NK, Al-Rabadi LF, Burfeind KG, Beck LH. Drug-Induced Membranous Nephropathy: Piecing Together Clues to Understand Disease Mechanisms. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Apr 08. PMID: 40198910.
Published on 3/17/2025Schmidt IM, Verma A, Claudel SE, Palsson R, Srivastava A, Stillman IE, Beck LH, Waikar SS. Genetic Testing in Biopsy-Confirmed Kidney Disease. Kidney Med. 2025 May; 7(5):100994. PMID: 40321977.
Published on 3/14/2025Prunotto M, Nachman PH, Gillespie BS, Beck LH, Thompson AM, Hu AH, Stafford EA, Tarnoff JM, Rovin BH. Designing Clinical Trials for the Treatment of Membranous Nephropathy in the Anti-Phospholipase A2 Receptor 1 Era: Results of a NephCure Membranous Nephropathy Workshop. Glomerular Dis. 2025; 5(1):133-141. PMID: 40092585.
Published on 3/14/2025Prunotto M, Nachman PH, Gillespie BS, Beck LH, Thompson AM, Hu AH, Stafford EA, Tarnoff JM, Rovin BH. Designing clinical trials for the treatment of membranous nephropathy in the anti-PLA2R era: results of a Nephcure membranous nephropathy workshop. Kidney Int. 2025 May; 107(5):809-815. PMID: 40088237.
Published on 2/28/2025Zee J, Hogan JJ, Abdullah A, Liu L, Kiryluk K, Beck LH. Noninvasive Diagnostic Strategies for Membranous Nephropathy in the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 May 01; 20(5):697-705. PMID: 40019793.
Published on 1/16/2025Hayashi N, Kumar S, Trivin-Avillach C, Fan X, Stoddard SV, Akai R, Fujimoto K, Iwawaki T, Yokoyama H, Furuichi K, Beck LH. Characterization of FAM114A1: a novel podocyte cytoskeleton-associated protein upregulated in glomerular injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2025 Feb 01; 328(2):F289-F299. PMID: 39819080.
Published on 10/21/2024Al-Rabadi LF, Storey A, Larsen CP, Hassen SI, Revelo MP, Singh RS, Lazar-Molnar E, Jain D, Ibrahim A, Darras F, Salam R, Al-Rabadi A, Wikan N, Redecke V, Talwar M, Haecker H, Beck LH, Caza TN. De novo Membranous Nephropathy in Renal Allografts is Associated With Protocadherin FAT1. Kidney Int Rep. 2025 Jan; 10(1):247-251. PMID: 39810776.
Published on 7/1/2024Bharati J, Waguespack DR, Beck LH. Membranous Nephropathy: Updates on Management. Adv Kidney Dis Health. 2024 Jul; 31(4):299-308. PMID: 39084755.
Published on 6/4/2024Vivarelli M, Barratt J, Beck LH, Fakhouri F, Gale DP, Goicoechea de Jorge E, Mosca M, Noris M, Pickering MC, Susztak K, Thurman JM, Cheung M, King JM, Jadoul M, Winkelmayer WC, Smith RJH. The role of complement in kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. Kidney Int. 2024 Sep; 106(3):369-391. PMID: 38844295.
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