Brief Biography

Completed post-graduate training as co-chief resident in paediatrics at The Hospital for Sick Children in 2002. In 2004, completed a Restracomp and CIHR-funded fellowship in Academic General Paediatrics at The Hospital for Sick Children, as well as an MSc degree in Health Research Methodology from McMaster University. Appointed as a staff paediatrician (clinical specialist), Division of Paediatric Medicine, and Assistant Professor, University of Toronto in 2004.

1998 - Doctor of Medicine, Queen's University
2002 - Paediatric Medicine
2004 - Master of Science, McMaster University

Areas of Specialty:

Paediatric Medicine

Academic Background

MD, MSc, FRCPC
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

Research Interests

Research Activities

• Diagnosis and management of acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in children.
• Maintenance intravenous fluid therapy for hospitalized children.
• Paediatric hospitalist medicine.

Achievements

2004-2005 - Canadian Institute for Health Research Fellowship

2003 - Restracomp Studentship Award, Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund - The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation Student Scholarship Program

Publications

Journal Publications

Au H, Harrison M, Ahmet A, Orsino A, Beck CE, Tallett S, Gans M, Birken CS: Residents as health advocates: the development, implementation and evaluation of a child advocacy initiative at the University of Toronto.  Paediatric Child Health 2007: 12: pp 567-571. 

Beck CE: Hypotonic versus isotonic maintenance intravenous fluid therapy in hospitalized children: a systematic review.  Clinical Pediatrics 2007: 46: pp 764-770. 

Wendtlandt K, Beck CE: A child with gastrointestinal bleeding.  Paediatrics and Child Health 2007: 12: pp 869-870.  

Beck CE, Parkin PC, Friedman JN: Pediatric hospitalist medicine: an overview and a perspective from Toronto, Canada.  Clinical Pediatrics 2008: 47: pp 546-548.  

Lim D, Beck CE: Clinician's Corner: Seizures as a clue to...  Pediatrics and Child Health 2008: 13: pp 615.  


Book Chapters

Beck CE: Your baby's first few days, Your baby's months 2 to 6, Introducing solid food.  In:  Canada's Baby Care Book:  A Complete Guide from Birth to 12 Months Old (Friedman JN, Saunders N, eds).  Robert Rose Inc., Toronto 2007.  

Friedman JN, Beck CE: Parenteral fluid therapy for infants and children (Chapter 152).  In:  Conn's Current Therapy 2008 (Rakel RE, Bope ET, eds).  Elsevier Inc., Philadelphia PA 2008: pp 613-618.  

Beck CE: Your older toddler (Age 2 to 3 Years).  In:  Canada's Toddler Care Book: A Complete Guide from 1 to 5 Years Old (Friedman JN, ed).  Robert Rose Inc., Toronto 2009. 

Friedman JN, Beck CE: Parenteral fluid therapy for infants and children.  In:  Conn's Current Therapy 2009 (Rakel RE, Bope ET, eds).  Elsevier Inc., Philadelphia PA 2009: pp 626-631.  

Friedman JN, Beck CE: Parenteral fluid therapy for infants and children.  In:  Conn's Current Therapy 2010 (Rakel RE, Bope ET, eds).  Elsevier Inc., Philadelphia PA 2010: pp 633-638.