Fellow Physician
UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
Dr. Tara Marie Beck is a graduate of the 2019 Class of Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine. She is currently a post-graduate-year (PGY) 5 trainee pursuing dual fellowship training in Neonatology and Pediatric Nephrology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Tara was born and raised in South Jersey (go birds!) and attended the University of Delaware’s Honors Program where she majored in Neuroscience. She returned home to South Jersey to attend Rowan SOM where she was an active member on campus. Tara won the President's Award at the Rowan SOM Graduation recognizing her for academic excellence and community service.
After graduating Rowan SOM, Tara ventured back across the Delaware River to complete her Pediatric Residency training at Nemours Children’s Health. Throughout residency, she developed a passion for Neonatology and thanks her mentors, Drs. Kelley Kovatis and Deborah Tuttle, for inspiring her to pursue NICU and challenge her to complete her residency research project focusing on fluid management of extremely low gestational age neonates.
Following her residency training, Tara started her Neonatology Fellowship at UPMC where she further discovered her niche in Critical Care Nephrology, which is a particularly emerging field in pediatric medicine and a new frontier in Neonatology. Tara is one of four people internationally completing dual training in Neonatology and Pediatric Nephrology and has emersed herself in the field through her involvement in the Neonatal Kidney Collaboration’s Six-Two Crew, a Neonatal Nephrology collaboration for trainees to immerse themselves in the field under the mentorship of the pioneers of the field, including Dr. David Askenazi. Her fellowship research project focuses on fluid management during Neonatal ECMO