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Michele Beekman, MD, FAAP

Associate Residency Program Director

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Hospitalists); ICAAP Executive Board Member, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Faculty

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

Pediatrics Residency

Department of Pediatrics

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Contact

Address:

530 NE Glen Oak Ave, Peoria, IL, 61637

About

About Me:

Outside of work I enjoy being a Mom! We have a lot of fun as a family exploring all the local activities including the Zoo, Children’s Play House, numerous festivals, and many outdoor activities. My husband and I enjoy live music and attending concerts. We also enjoy traveling and exploring new places. Professionally, my interests are resident and medical student education, patient safety, quality improvement, sedation medicine, career development, and mentorship. I am a Pediatric Hospitalist and Sedation Medicine physician, and I enjoy the variety of clinical care aspects that these roles entail.

Why I Chose Peoria:

​My husband and I are both originally from the central Illinois area but we lived in Chicago for a number of years. We enjoy now being able to live close to family and the ease of the Peoria community for raising our family, working, and lifestyle in general. The career opportunities and the medical community here is tremendous. My work colleagues are like my second family. I am so happy that I have been able to work in and give back to the community that I grew up in.

Selected Publications

Patient Safety Morning Report: Innovation in Teaching Core Patient Safety Principles to Third-Year Medical Students.
Beekman M, Emani VK, Wolford R, Hanson K, Wickham G, Aiyer M.
J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2019 Apr 22;6:2382120519842539. doi: 10.1177/2382120519842539. eCollection 2019 Jan-Dec.
PMID: 31041402

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Sedation for Voiding Cystourethrography.
Hanson KA, Rainey SC, Shaikh N, Beekman MK.
Cureus. 2021 Dec 6;13(12):e20207. doi: 10.7759/cureus.20207. eCollection 2021 Dec.
PMID: 35004027

Neutropenia, Recurrent Infections, and Warts in a 6-year-old Boy.
Manougian HH, Mehta B, Beekman MK, Murphy PM, McDermott DH.
Pediatr Rev. 2024 Mar 1;45(3):162-165. doi: 10.1542/pir.2021-005348.
PMID: 38425164

Professional Leadership

Secretary for Illinois Chapter of the AAP (Executive board member since 2016), ICAAP-Illinois Chapter of the AAP

Education

Post-graduate:
Caterpillar Faculty Scholarship Fellowship, University of Illinois College of Medicine,
Peoria, IL 2014-2015

Residency:
Rush University Medical Center Chicago, 2010
Chief Pediatric Resident, 2010-2011

Medical School:
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, MD, 2007
Cum Lade
Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society

Undergraduate:
Lake Forest College, BA, 2003
Magna Cum Laude

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American Academy of Pediatric Section on Hospital Medicine
  • Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society
  • Society for Pediatric Sedation
  • Illinois State Medical Society