Beth Besecker, MD
Clinical Instructor 

201 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute
473 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone:  (614) 247-7707
      
Education
Medical College of Ohio

Training
2006-2007, Chief Fellow, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center
2004-2007, Fellow, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center
2001-2004, Resident, Internal Medicine, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH

Research Interests
Role: PI Zinc Importer SLC39A8 and Lung Epithelial Cell Survival OSU Medical Center 1/07-
NRSA Basic Science work to evaluate the role of zinc and its transporters in cell survival.

Clinical Interests
1. Acute Lung Injury
2. Sepsis

Research Abstracts
1. Zinc Transporter SLC39A8 Is Critical in the Lung Epithelial Cell Response to Inflammatory Stress- American Thoracic Society International Meeting 2007
2. Sepsis Mortality Is Dramatically Increased in Zinc Deficient Mice- American Thoracic Society International Meeting 2007.
3. Modulation of Zinc Transporter RNA Expression by TNFa in Human Lung Epithelia- American Thoracic Society International Meeting 2006
4. The Role of Cis-Acting Genetic Regulation on the Human Zinc Transporter SLC39A8- OSU Honors Undergraduate Research Day 2006
5. Intrapleural Alteplase for the Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion- American College of Chest Physicians National Meeting 2005.
6. Clinical And Financial Analysis Of The Implementation Of A Sedation Minimization Protocol In The ICU- Society of Critical Care Medicine National Meeting 2004
7. Three Strikes: Kidneys Out- ACP-ASIM State Meeting 2002