Alexis Steinberg, MD, is focused on improving outcomes of patients with acute neurological illness and disorders of consciousness. Her work has confirmed that the process of neurologial prognostication is common, imprecise, variable and may result in many preventable deaths. Therefore, she studies physicians' cognitive approach to neurologic prognostication after acute injury with a focus on anoxic brain injury. Dr. Steinberg's goal is to develop interventions to improve prognostication, which will prevent both the inappropriate withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies in recoverable cases and futile care in cases where recovery is impossible.
Dr. Steinberg is board-certified in neurology and neurocritical care and attends in a mixed neurologic and medical intensive care unit and on the University of Pittsburgh Post-Cardiac Arrest Service.
A full list of Dr. Steinberg's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.
- BA, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Physiology & Pharmacology
- MD, Technion Institute of technology, Haifa, Israel
- Intern, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Internal Medicine
- Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Neurology
- Fellow/Chief Fellow, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Neurocritical Care
- MS, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Clinical Research
- Fellow, Beckwith Institute for Shared Decision Making, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Shared Decision Making
Education & Training
A full list of Dr. Steinberg's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.