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Joy Elizabeth Bulger Beck, MD, MS, FACP

Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine
Societies Mentor, College of Medicine – Tucson
Medical Director, General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics clinics
Dr. Beck in a white coat

Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine

Dr. Bulger Beck practiced outpatient internal medicine in the Southern California area for many years prior to returning to academic medicine. She is deeply committed to medical education and advancing women’s health in primary care. She practices outpatient internal medicine and teaches internal medicine to residents in their continuity clinics as well as medical students during their clinical ambulatory rotations. She thoughtfully integrates women’s health issues and gender-specific care into both her clinical practice and her teaching, ensuring future physicians are equipped to address the unique needs of women across the lifespan.

Degrees

  • MD: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2009
  • MS: Physiological Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2005
  • BS: Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2002
Residency
UCLA-Olive View Medical Center, Los Angeles, Internal Medicine, 2009-2012
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Honors and Awards
Fellow, American College of Physicians, 2024
Educator of the Year, American College of Physicians, Arizona, 2024
AMES Award-Excellence in Clinical Science Teaching of Medical Students and Residents University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2024
Women In Medicine and Science Awardee, 2023
Torchbearer Award, Women In Medicine and Science Committee, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2023
Proud To Be GIM Grant Awardee, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2021
Site Lead Discretionary Award Providence Medical Associates, 2017-2018
Dr. Irwin Ziment Award for Professionalism, UCLA-Olive View Residency Program, 2012
Commendation for excellence in teaching, Third Year Internal Medicine Clerkship, Ronald-Reagan UCLA Medical Center, 2010
Leadership Award, Commitment to Underserved People, 2009
Inductee, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2008
Inductee, Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society, 2008