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 »

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 (formerly One Health Plan) (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