David M. Steinhorn, MD

Medical director, The Bridges Program - Pediatric Palliative and End of Life Care; Medical director and co-founder, Judith Nan Joy Integrative Medicine Initiative

Academic title

Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine

Languages (other than English)

French, German

Specialties (click links to view descriptions)

• 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 about Integrative medicine at Children's Memorial

Special interests

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

Sees patients at

Children's Memorial Hospital
2300 Children's Plaza (Lincoln and Fullerton)
Chicago, IL 60614
1.800.KIDS DOC

Medical school

University of Minnesota, 1979

Postgraduate training

University of Minnesota, 1985; Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, 1983

Certifications

Board certified in Hospice and Palliative Care, 1997, recertified, 2006; Pediatrics, 1985, recertified, 1995; Pediatric Critical Care, 1987, recertified, 1995, 2001

Health care plans accepted (show)