Kendall Beck, MD

Associate Professor

Dr. Kendall Beck is a gastroenterologist who cares for patients with general diseases of the stomach or intestines, inflammatory bowel disease and short bowel syndrome. She also performs endoscopic procedures.

Beck earned her medical degree from McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She then completed both a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in gastroenterology at UCSF.

Beck is a member of the American Medical Association, American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Northern California Society for Clinical Gastroenterology and Crohn's & Colitis Foundation.

Education
2020 - DOM CORE Leader, University of California San Francisco
06/2017 - Gastroenterology fellowship, UCSF
06/2014 - Internal Medicine residency, UCSF
MD, 05/2011 - , University of Texas Houston Medical School
BA, 06/2005 - Human Biology, Stanford University
Honors and Awards
  • ACG-FDA ORISE Visiting Fellowship Award, American College of Gastroenterology and Food and Drug Administration, 2016
  • Clinical Fellow Award, UCSF, 2015
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, University of Texas Houston Medical School, 2010
Publications

  1. Byers PM, Zhao VM, Pham AK, Kim DW, Beck KR, Binion DG, Cheng M, Gao E, Greatsinger A, Kang Z, Swallow E, Chen L, Jiang J, Ziegler TR. Real-world experience of teduglutide for the treatment of short bowel syndrome-associated intestinal failure. Clinical nutrition ESPEN 2026. PMID: 42167731


  2. Subbaraj L, Dang A, Sun S, Owens J, Lai K, Beck K, Ge J. GIVersa-Endoscopy: A Large Language Model-Based AI Assistant for Endoscopy Sedation Triage. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2026. PMID: 42155874


  3. Garcia NM, Memel Z, Zou Y, Thiemann A, Dort C, Beck K. Upadacitinib Is Safe and Effective in Older Adults: A Real-World Experience Comparing Safety and Efficacy in Younger Versus Older Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Digestive diseases and sciences 2026. PMID: 41490962


  4. Chen SL, Arima N, Beck K, Mahadevan U, Lewin S. Management of Severe Ulcerative Colitis with Ambulatory Intravenous Corticosteroids (MOSAIC): A Treatment Approach to Avoid Hospitalization in Immunocompromised Patients. Crohn's & colitis 360 2025. PMID: 40919596


  5. Memel ZN, Shah ND, Beck KR. Diet, nutraceuticals, and lifestyle interventions for the treatment and management of irritable bowel syndrome. Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 2025. PMID: 40346863


  6. Memel Z, Thiemann A, Dort C, Mahadevan U, Beck KR. Prevalence of Malnutrition and Micronutrient Deficiencies in Older Adults with Ulcerative Colitis. Digestive diseases and sciences 2024. PMID: 39438412


  7. Kim BJ, Thiemann A, Dietz B, Beck K. Refractory Ulcerative Colitis With Associated Synovitis, Acne, Pustulosis, Hyperostosis, Osteitis Syndrome Successfully Treated With Tofacitinib. ACG case reports journal 2024. PMID: 38638203


  8. Field J, Shah ND, Memel Z, Mahadevan U, Beck K. Exclusive Yet Effective: The Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet as Treatment for Medication-Refractory Disease. Digestive diseases and sciences 2024. PMID: 38555328


  9. Mennillo E, Kim YJ, Lee G, Rusu I, Patel RK, Dorman LC, Flynn E, Li S, Bain JL, Andersen C, Rao A, Tamaki S, Tsui J, Shen A, Lotstein ML, Rahim M, Naser M, Bernard-Vazquez F, Eckalbar W, Cho SJ, Beck K, El-Nachef N, Lewin S, Selvig DR, Terdiman JP, Mahadevan U, Oh DY, Fragiadakis GK, Pisco A, Combes AJ, Kattah MG. Single-cell and spatial multi-omics highlight effects of anti-integrin therapy across cellular compartments in ulcerative colitis. Nature communications 2024. PMID: 38374043


  10. Yu A, Ha NB, Shi B, Cheng YW, Mahadevan U, Beck KR. Real-World Experience with Tofacitinib Dose De-escalation in Patients with Moderate and Severe Ulcerative Colitis. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2023. PMID: 37187323


  11. Wang CW, Mclean I R, Cheng YW, Kim S, Terdiman J, Kathpalia P, Beck KR. Racial Disparities in Endoscopy Cancellations During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Digestive diseases and sciences 2022. PMID: 35732970


  12. Elia JR, Beck KR. The Importance of Physical Activity and Structured Exercise Distinction and Analysis-Response to "Physical Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Narrative Review". 2021. PMID: 34922351


  13. Beck KR, Shah ED, Hernandez-Barco YG, ACG FDA-Related Matters Committee. Understanding Device Development for Gastrointestinal Clinical Care. The American journal of gastroenterology 2021. PMID: 34074819


  14. Shah ED, Hernandez-Barco YG, Beck KR, Levy BH. Understanding Drug Development for Clinical Care. The American journal of gastroenterology 2020. PMID: 32453059


  15. Selvig D, Piceno Y, Terdiman J, Zydek M, Umetsu SE, Balitzer D, Fadrosh D, Lynch K, Lamere B, Leith T, Kassam Z, Beck K, Lewin S, Ma A, Somsouk M, Lynch SV, El-Nachef N. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Pouchitis: Clinical, Endoscopic, Histologic, and Microbiota Results from a Pilot Study. Digestive diseases and sciences 2019. PMID: 31302808


  16. Narasimmaraj P, Lim HC, Beck KR, Lai AR. Geriatric 'Crohn-ic' Abdominal Pain: An Unusual Presentation of a Common Disease. The American journal of medicine 2019. PMID: 31331615


  17. Hammami MB, Gill R, Thiruvengadam N, Oh DY, Beck K, Mahadevan U, Kattah MG. Balancing the Checkpoint: Managing Colitis Associated with Dual Checkpoint Inhibitors and High-Dose Aspirin. Digestive diseases and sciences 2019. PMID: 30778872


  18. Lewin SM, Wen KW, Velayos FS, Mahadevan U, Beck KR. How Dye May Prevent Dying from Cancer: Perceiving Imperceptible Dysplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Digestive diseases and sciences 2019. PMID: 30523483


  19. Beck KR, Shergill AK. Colonoscopy in Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Diagnosis, Timing, and Bowel Preparation. Volume 28 of Issue 3. Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America 2018. PMID: 29933782


  20. Beck KR, Kim NJ, Khalili M. Direct Acting Antivirals Improve HCV Treatment Initiation and Adherence Among Underserved African Americans. Annals of hepatology 2018. PMID: 29735789


  21. Beck KR, Kim N, Khalili M. Sofosbuvir-Containing Regimens for Chronic Hepatitis C Are Successful in the Safety-Net Population: A Real-World Experience. Digestive diseases and sciences 2016. PMID: 27743164


  22. Beck KR, Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan DL, Peters MG. Use of Palliative Care Consultation for Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease: Survey of Liver Transplant Service Providers. Volume 19 of Issue 8. Journal of palliative medicine 2016. PMID: 27092870


  23. Wilson AM, Kimura E, Harada RK, Nair N, Narasimhan B, Meng XY, Zhang F, Beck KR, Olin JW, Fung ET, Cooke JP. Beta2-microglobulin as a biomarker in peripheral arterial disease: proteomic profiling and clinical studies. Circulation 2007. PMID: 17724262