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).
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 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 POS/PPO/Choice |
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Aetna PPO |
Anthem BCBS Blue Access Choice PPO |
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Anthem BCBS Blue Access PPO |
Anthem BCBS Blue Preferred HMO/POS |
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BCBS of IL HMO |
BCBS of IL PPO |
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Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
Best Doctors Inc |
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Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
Cigna PPO |
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Community Care Network PPO |
Coventry Advantra HMO - Medicare |
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Coventry ASO |
Coventry Gold Advantage- Medicare |
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Coventry HMO/POS |
Coventry PPO |
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Essence Standard/Enhanced |
First Health |
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Great-West HMO/POS |
Great-West Open Access |
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Great-West PPO |
Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
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HealthCare USA MC+ |
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 Gold Plus HMO - Medicare |
Humana POS-Medicare |
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Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
HumanaChoice PPO-Medicare |
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Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet |
Medicare |
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Mercy Health Plan HMO/POS |
Mercy Health Plan PPO |
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MO Medicaid Secondary to Medicare |
MultiPlan PPO |
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Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
Private Health Care Systems PPO |
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Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
Tricare/Triwest Standard/ Extra PPO |
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Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
United HC MCARE Complete Choice PPO |
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United HC MCARE Complete HMO |
United HC MCARE CompleteEssen. HMO |
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United HC MCARE Dual Complete |
United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
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United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
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USA Managed Care Org |
Verify insurance with office |
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Worker's Compensation |
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]












