Brian L. VanderBeek, MD, MPH, MSCE

He/Him
Ophthalmology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Penn Presbyterian
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About me

  • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Residency: The Christ Hospital
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Michigan W.K. Kellogg Eye Center

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

1115 reviews

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Anonymous
May 2026
brian vanderbeek is very bright exudes confidence and very kind and professional
Anonymous
May 2026
he is very good doctor
Anonymous
May 2026
just very personable and attentive.
Anonymous
May 2026
very complete with his examination

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. VanderBeek is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Aftab, O, Khan, H, VanderBeek, BL, Scoles, D, Kim, BJ, Tsui, JC Document details - Evaluation of ChatGPT-4 in detecting referable diabetic retinopathy using single fundus images , AJO International, 2(2): 2025

Sastry J, Yu Y, VanderBeek BL “Visual deficits across race and ethnicity due to diabetic retinal disease” , Poster presentation at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting 2025, Salt Lake City, UT: 2025

VanderBeek BL, Yu Y, Cardillo S, Hubbard R. “Twenty-Year Trends in Prevalence and Incidence of Diabetic Retinal Disease” , Poster presentation at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting 2025, Salt Lake City, UT: 2025

Zhang KR, Nair RM, Chen Y, Jin F, Dunaief J, VanderBeek BL “Association of Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Cholelithiasis” , Poster presentation at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting 2025, Salt Lake City, UT: 2025

Li M, He J, VanderBeek BL, Ying GS Racial and Ethnic Disparities at Enrollment in DRCRnet Clinical Trials for Diabetic Macular Edema , Am J Ophthalmol, 273: 2025,231-239

Goblirsch TJ, Yu Y, Cardillo S, Hubbard R, VanderBeek BL, “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Prevalence and Incidence of Diabetic Retinal Disease” , Poster presentation at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting 2025, Salt Lake City, UT: 2025

Chen X, Keenan JD, Stewart JM; SOURCE Consortium Association between Systemic Methotrexate Therapy and Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy , Ophthalmol Retina, 9(5): 2025,431-6

Chang A, Yu Y, Cardillo S, Hubbard R, VanderBeek BL, “Trends in Prevalence and Incidence of Diabetic Retinal Disease in US Youths” , Poster presentation at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting 2025, Salt Lake City, UT: 2025

Veerabagu SA, Nugent ST, Geng Z, Yanes AF, Fischer JP, Kovell R, Kuntz AF, Rajasekaran K, VanderBeek BL, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Higgins HW 2nd, Walker J, Zhang J, Giordano CN. National opioid prescription decline across outpatient specialty surgeries: a claims database study , J Am Acad Dermatol, 25: 2025,610-3

Fraz MA, Kim BM, Chen JJ, Lum F, Chen J, Liu GT, Hamedani AG; SOURCE Consortium Nationwide Prevalence and Geographic Variation of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension among Women in the United States , Ophthalmology, 132(4): 2025,476-83

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