David M. Steinhorn, MD

Specialties

• Critical care (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit)

  Treats critically ill infants, children and adolescents with respiratory failure, cardiovascular collapse, renal failure, increased pressure in the skull, coma and seizures; also postoperative care. Learn more »

• Integrative medicine

  Integrative medicine -- as defined by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health -- combines mainstream medical therapies and CAM therapies for which there is some high-quality scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness. Learn more »

• Palliative care

  Palliative care assists families and their children who have complex or life-threatening medical conditions with symptom management, care coordination and help making decisions about treatment options and care. Learn more »

• Cardiac critical care

  Pediatric cardiac intensivists (physicians specially trained in pediatric cardiac intensive care) treat children with congenital or acquired cardiac disease in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). They also conduct research studies in children with heart disease and and provide oversight for quality improvement efforts in the CICU. Highly specialized pre- and post-surgical care is key to the Heart Center's unique approach to multidisciplinary pediatric care Learn more »

Special interests

Advanced respiratory failure, free radical damage in clinical medicine, palliative care, complementary and humanistic medicine

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Health care plans accepted

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• Aetna (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Beech Street (PPO)
• Best Doctors (PPO)
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (HMO, POS, PPO)
• CCN (PPO)
• CIGNA (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Employer Coalition on Health (HMO)
• First Health (PPO)
• Great West Health Care (PPO)
• Harmony Health Plans of Illinois (HMO)
• Health Alliance Medical Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
• HealthNetwork - Wellmark (PPO)
• HFN Inc. (EPO, PPO)
• Humana Inc. (HMO, POS, PPO)
• Illinois Health Connect (HMO)
• Managed Care Strategies (PPO)
• Multiplan (PPO)
• National Provider Network (PPO)
• Preferred Plan (PPO)
• Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (POS, PPO)
• Sagamore - Indiana (PPO)
• UniCare (HMO, PPO)
• United Healthcare of Illinois (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• WEA Insurance Group (PPO)

Certifications

Board certified in Hospice and Palliative Care, 1997, recertified, 2006, 2008; Pediatrics, 1985, recertified, 1995; Pediatric Critical Care, 1987, recertified, 1995, 2003

Languages (other than English)

French, German

Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Steinhorn's publications

Available from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.