About us

Anna Beck, MD, is the past director of Supportive Oncology and Survivorship and an investigator at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). She is a professor, and past director of the University Supportive and Palliative Care Program at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Beck’s areas of interest are end-of-life care, communication skills training, and female cancers. Through her work with cancer patients, her goal is to broaden the spectrum of support available for cancer patients and their caregivers throughout the spectrum of a cancer diagnosis. She has previously been a community oncologist for 20 years. Beck is the hospice medical director at Community Nursing Services Home Health and Hospice, which received “Best in Utah” awards for five consecutive years. She is the medical director for Huntsman at Home, an innovative program designed to improve care of cancer patients and support caregivers in their own homes. She has obtained board-certification in internal medicine, medical oncology, integrative medicine and hospice and palliative medicine. Beck completed an internship and residency in internal medicine, as well as a combined fellowship in hematology/medical oncology and geriatric internal medicine, at the University of Utah. She received her MD from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.