Dr. Beaver graduated with an M.D. from the University of Virginia in 1991. She completed her internship and residency in Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine and The Cullen Eye Institute in Houston, Texas. She was an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and the Director of Medical Student Education in Ophthalmology at The University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in Iowa City, Iowa before joining The Methodist Hospital Physicians Organization in 2009. Dr. Beaver is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology with Weill Cornell Medical College, and holds an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Ophthalmology at The University of Texas in Galveston. Dr. Beaver has an interest in medical student and resident education. She was a founding Vice President of the Association of University Professors Consortium of Medical Student Educators. She joined The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in 2010.

Medical student education, resident education, ophthalmology competencies, geriatric ophthalmology.