University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s) Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist Pediatric Critical Care
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
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
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