University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Pediatric Critical Care Physician
Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist
Other Related Positions Currently Held
Associate Professor, Division of Hematology-Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Board Certifications
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Pediatric Critical Care
Sees Patients At
-University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview (Hematology/Oncology, Critical Care/Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU))
-Pediatric Specialty Clinic (Minneapolis)
-Masonic Cancer Clinic (Minneapolis)
Clinical Interests
Acute Illness
Anemia
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Antithrombin 3 Deficiency
Bleeding Disorders
Blood Cancer
Bone Cancer
Brain Tumor
Chemotherapy
Clotting Disorders
Coagulation disturbances
Colon Cancer
Colon Polyps
Critical care for oncology and blood and marrow transplant
DVT
Ewings Sarcoma
Factor V Leiden
Hemophilia
Hodgkins Disease
Hurler Syndrome
Kidney Cancer
Laryngeal Cancer
Leukemia
Liver Cancer
Lung Cancer
Lymphoma
Melanoma
Oral Cancer
Protein C and S Deficiency
Pulmonary Embolism
Testicular Cancer
Thrombosis
Thyroid Cancer
Von Willebrand Disease
Education
Medical School
University of Minnesota
Site of Residency
University of Minnesota (Pediatrics)
Site of Fellowship
University of Minnesota (Critical Care, Hematology-Oncology)
Awards and Honors
1982 Thomas Livermore Award for Medical Student Research in Cancer
2001 Outstanding Medical Educator, Department of Pediatrics, U of MN
2003 Outstanding Medical Educator, Department of Pediatrics, U of MN
Research Interest(s)
Coagulopathology of Critical Illness
Use of rFVIIa in Non-Hemophiliac Populations
Coagulopathy in Congential Cardiac Disease
Coagulopathy in Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantaion
Selected Recent Publications
Steiner ME, Key NS. Anecdotal reports of rFVIIa use in off-label settings. (In Press, Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine, 2005)
Levy JH, Tanaka KA, Steiner ME Evaluation and management of bleeding during cardiac surgery. (In Press, Current Hematology Reports, 4(5)
Steiner ME. Oncologic Emergencies. Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care Course, pp 37-49, 2005
Steiner, ME, Key NS, Levy JH. Recombinant VIIa use in cardiac surgery. Current Opinions in Anesthesiology 18 (1): 89-92, 2005
Schultz KAP, Sencer SF, Messinger Y, Neglia JP, Steiner ME. Pediatric ovarian tumors: A Review of 67 Cases Ped Blood & Cancer 44:167-173, 2005
Kumar A, Saltzman D, Lewis V, Wendorf R, Baker RS, MacMillan M, Steiner M. Diagnostic peritoneal lavage in pediatric oncology patients. J Ped Hem/Oncology 26 (12): 824-826, 2004
Gulbache HE, Pambuccian SE, Jessrum J, Woodard P, Steiner M, Manivel JC, Hite S, Ramsay NKC, Baker KS. Pulmonary nodular lesions in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients: impact of histologic diagnosis on patient management and prognosis. Am J Clin Path 121(2):205-210, 2004
Gimino V, Manivel C, Leonard A, Steiner, M. A rare cause of respiratory distress in an 11 month-old. Clinical Pediatrics 41:121-123, 2002
Sauer M, Rydholm N, Piatkowski J, Lewis V and Steiner M. Nephrotoxicity due to intermediate dose methotrexate without rescue in an obese adolescent with acute lymphoblastic lymphoma. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 19:135-140, 2002
