Dr. Joshua Beckman is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, both in Boston, Massachusetts. After earning his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in New York City, he completed an internship, residency, and chief residency in internal medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and postgraduate fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and vascular medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

He is President Elect of the Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology and is active in numerous other professional organizations, including the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. Dr Beckman sits on the editorial boards of the journals Vascular Medicine and Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders and is a reviewer for several other peer-reviewed journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, and Diabetes.

His primary research interests include the mechanisms by which diabetes mellitus impairs endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation, and the relationship of chronic inflammation to atherosclerotic disease. His findings have been published in more than two dozen articles in peer-reviewed journals, including the Circulation, Circulation Research, and JACC, and he has authored or coauthored chapters in more than a dozen textbooks.

Dr Beckman is the recipient of the Daniel D. Federman Outstanding Clinical Educator award at Harvard Medical School, the W. Proctor Harvey Young Teacher Award From American College of Cardiology, as well as the inaugural "Thanks for Listening" Cardiovascular Fellows Award at Brigham and Women's Hospital.