Robert D. Steiner, M.D.
- Specialty:
- Pediatrics
- Special Interest:
- Metabolic Diseases
- Accepting Patients:
- Yes
- Languages:
- English
"My career has been built upon my desire to help develop, identify, and deliver the best possible care for patients with inherited metabolic diseases. "
Biography
Dr. Steiner enjoys seeing patients who have or are suspected of having metabolic diseases. He finds the specialty challenging and rewarding. As new treatments are developed for various metabolic diseases, it is hugely rewarding to be able to offer those treatments to affected patients. Dr. Steiner has been Principal Investigator for more than a dozen clinical trials and clinical research studies involving rare diseases including Pompe Disease, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (SLOS), phenylketonuria, osteogenesis imperfecta, Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, mucopolysaccharidoses, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis and others. Most of Dr. Steiner’s free time is spent with his wife and four children. He and his family and the child they have mentored since 2004 were the “2005 Oregon Mentor and Mentee match of the year” for Family of Friends, a mentoring organization for at-risk kids. In whatever free time is left, Dr. Steiner jogs, plays tennis, skis, and goes hiking with family or friends.
Clinical Position
Attending Physician, OHSU Hospital and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital; Staff Consultant and Director: Metabolic Bone Disease Clinic, Shriners Hospital Portland
Education
- Degree:
M.D., University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison,
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Residency:
Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Medical Center,Cincinnati, 1990 -
Fellowship:
Clinical Genetics, Clinical Biochemical Genetics, -Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center and University of Washington, 1992 -
Certifications:
American Board of Pediatrics, 1990, Recertified 1997, 2004
American Board of Medical Genetics, 1993. Recertified 2009
