Beth A Kozel, MD
*Pediatrics - certified
St. Louis Children's Hospital
For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

Suite 2D
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.454.6093
Education
Internship: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Residency: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis
Health Plans Accepted
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Aetna Elect Choice EPO |
Aetna HealthFund |
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Aetna HMO/Open Access |
Aetna Managed Choice POS |
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Aetna Medicare HMO |
Aetna Medicare Open Access (HMO/POS |
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Aetna Medicare PPO |
Aetna Open Access Elect Choice EPO |
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Aetna POS/PPO/Choice |
Aetna PPO |
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Aetna Quality Point of Service |
Aetna USAccess |
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Baxter Regional PHO |
BCBS of IL PPO |
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BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO |
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO) |
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Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
Best Doctors Inc |
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Capital Regional Medical Center PP |
Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
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Cigna PPO |
CMR (Care Management Resources) |
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Community Care Network PPO |
Community Partners Health Plan/PPO |
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CorVel PPO |
Coventry Advantra HMO (formerlyGHP |
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Coventry HMO/POS (formerly GHP) |
Coventry PPO (formerly GHP) |
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Decatur Memorial Tertiary/Quarterna |
First Health |
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Great-West HMO/POS |
Great-West Open Access |
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Great-West PPO |
Hannibal Health Network Tertiary |
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Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
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Healthlink PPO |
HFN Inc. PPO |
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Home State-MC+ |
Humana Gold Choice PFFS Medicare |
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Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
HumanaChoice PPO-Medicare |
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IPA Secondary to Medicare |
Mail Handlers/CNA PPO |
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Medicare |
Mercy Health Plan HMO/POS |
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Mercy Health Plan PPO |
MO Medicaid Secondary to Medicare |
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MultiPlan PPO |
Personal Care Health Mgmt HMO |
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Personal Care Health Mgmt PPO/POS |
PPO Next/HealthStar |
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Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
Private Health Care Systems PPO |
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Providers Network of America |
Quincy Health Care Management |
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St. John's Health System Tertiary |
Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
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Tricare/Triwest Extra PPO |
Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
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United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
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United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
USA Managed Care Org |
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Wellborn HMO |
Genetic modifiers of the cardiovascular phenotype caused by elastin haploinsufficiency act by extrinsic Noncomplementation.Kozel BA, Knutsen RH, Ye L, Ciliberto CH, Broekelmann TJ, Mecham RP.J Biol Chem. 2011 Nov 2. [Epub ahead of print]
- PMID:
- 22049077
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Free ArticleRelated citationsBMP4 loss-of-function mutations in developmental eye disorders including SHORT syndrome.Reis LM, Tyler RC, Schilter KF, Abdul-Rahman O, Innis JW, Kozel BA, Schneider AS, Bardakjian TM, Lose EJ, Martin DM, Broeckel U, Semina EV.Hum Genet. 2011 Oct;130(4):495-504. Epub 2011 Feb 22.
- PMID:
- 21340693
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsDistinct clinical and histopathological presentations of Danon cardiomyopathy in young women.Toib A, Grange DK, Kozel BA, Ewald GA, White FV, Canter CE.J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Jan 26;55(4):408-10. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 20117447
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsRecurrent reciprocal 16p11.2 rearrangements associated with global developmental delay, behavioural problems, dysmorphism, epilepsy, and abnormal head size.Shinawi M, Liu P, Kang SH, Shen J, Belmont JW, Scott DA, Probst FJ, Craigen WJ, Graham BH, Pursley A, Clark G, Lee J, Proud M, Stocco A, Rodriguez DL, Kozel BA, Sparagana S, Roeder ER, McGrew SG, Kurczynski TW, Allison LJ, Amato S, Savage S, Patel A, Stankiewicz P, Beaudet AL, Cheung SW, Lupski JR.J Med Genet. 2010 May;47(5):332-41. Epub 2009 Nov 12.
- PMID:
- 19914906
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsElastic fiber macro-assembly is a hierarchical, cell motion-mediated process.Czirok A, Zach J, Kozel BA, Mecham RP, Davis EC, Rongish BJ.J Cell Physiol. 2006 Apr;207(1):97-106.
- PMID:
- 16331676
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsElastic fiber formation: a dynamic view of extracellular matrix assembly using timer reporters.Kozel BA, Rongish BJ, Czirok A, Zach J, Little CD, Davis EC, Knutsen RH, Wagenseil JE, Levy MA, Mecham RP.J Cell Physiol. 2006 Apr;207(1):87-96.
- PMID:
- 16261592
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsTropoelastin interacts with cell-surface glycosaminoglycans via its COOH-terminal domain.Broekelmann TJ, Kozel BA, Ishibashi H, Werneck CC, Keeley FW, Zhang L, Mecham RP.J Biol Chem. 2005 Dec 9;280(49):40939-47. Epub 2005 Sep 27.
- PMID:
- 16192266
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsDeposition of tropoelastin into the extracellular matrix requires a competent elastic fiber scaffold but not live cells.Kozel BA, Ciliberto CH, Mecham RP.Matrix Biol. 2004 Apr;23(1):23-34.
- PMID:
- 15172035
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsDomains in tropoelastin that mediate elastin deposition in vitro and in vivo.Kozel BA, Wachi H, Davis EC, Mecham RP.J Biol Chem. 2003 May 16;278(20):18491-8. Epub 2003 Mar 6.
- PMID:
- 12626514
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]












