Professor Mayo Mail Code 94 420 Delaware St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: (612) 626-2755 Fax: (612) 626-2467 stein055@umn.edu
Dr. Steinberger is a Professor in the division of Cardiology. She is the Director of the Pediatric Lipid Clinic at the University of Minnesota, Medical Director of the Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory at the University of Minnesota Medical Center and Director of Research at the University of Minnesota National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Dr. Steinberger earned her M.D. degree at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University in Israel and completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Golda Medical Center, Hasharon Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University in Israel. She completed a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Minnesota and obtained a Master's degree in Clinical Research, School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Steinberger’s research interests are focused on clinical and epidemiologic studies of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk factors in children and young adults. She has been and continues to be funded by the NIH in these studies. She currently serves on several committees of the American Heart Association and on expert panels in areas of preventive cardiology.
Selected Recent Publications
Sivanandam S, Sinaiko AR, Jacobs DR, Steffen L, Moran A, Steinberger J. Relation of Increase in Adiposity to Increase in Left Ventricular Mass from Childhood to Young Adulthood. Am J Cardiol, 2006;98(3):411-415.
Sinaiko AR, Steinberger J, Moran A, Hong CP, Prineas RJ, Jacobs DR. Influence of insulin resistance and BMI at age 13 on systolic blood pressure, triglycerides and HDL-C at age 19. Hypertension, 2006;48:1-7.
Kelly AS, Steinberger J, Kaiser DR, Olson TP, Bank AJ, Dengel DR. Oxidative stress and adverse adipokine profile characterize the metabolic syndrome in children. J CardioMetabolic Syndrome, 2006; 1(4):248-252.
Kavey RW, Allada V, Hayman LL, Newburger JW, Steinberger J. Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in High Risk Pediatric Patients. AHA Scientific Statement. Circulation, 2006;114:2710-2738.
Steinberger J, Kelly AS. Cardiovascular risk at the extremes of body composition. J Pediatr, 2006;149(6):739-40.
McCrindle BW, Urbina EM, Dennison BA, Jacobson MS, Steinberger J, Rocchini AP, Hayman LL, Daniels SR. Drug Therapy of Lipid Abnormalities in Children and Adolescents. AHA Scientific Statement. Circulation, 2007;115(14);1948-67.
Baker KS, Ness KK, Steinberger J, Carter A, Francisco L, Burns LJ, Sklar C, Forman S, Weisdorf D, Gurney JG, Bhatia S. Diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular events in survivors of hematopoietic cell transplantation: a report from the bone marrow transplant survivor study. Blood, 2007;109(4):1765-72.
Dengel DR, Kelly AS, Steinberger J, Sinaiko A. Effect of Oral Glucose Loading on Endothelial Function in Normal Weight and Overweight Children. Clin Sci (Lond), 2007;112(9):493-8.
Perkins JL, Kunin-Batson AS, Youngren NM, Ness KK, Ulrich KJ, Hansen MJ, Petryk A, Steinberger J, Anderson FS, Baker KS. Long-term Follow-up of Children who Underwent Hematopoeitic Cell Transplant (HCT) for AML or ALL at Less Than Three Years of Age. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2007. Epub May 1, 10.1002/pbc.21207.
Kaufman CL, Kaiser DR, Steinberger J, Dengel DR. Relationships between Heart Rate Variability, Vascular Function, and Adiposity in Children. Clinical Autonomic Research, 2007;17(3):165-171.
Kelly AS, Steinberger J, Olson TP, Dengel DR. In the absence of weight loss, exercise training does not improve adipokines or oxidative stress in overweight children. Metabolism, 2007;56(7):1005-9.
Steinberger J, Kelly AS. Challenges of Existing Pediatric Dyslipidemia Guidelines: Call for Reappraisal. Circulation, 2008;117:9-10.
Saro HA, Sun CL, Liton F, Steinberger J, Kurian S, Wong FL, Sharp J, Sposto R, Forman SJ, Bhatia S. Late congestive heart failure after hematopoietic cell transplantation. Jour. Clin Oncol, 2008;26(34):5537-5543.
Holt EM, Steffen LM, Moran A, Basu S, Steinberger J, Ross JA, Hong CP, Sinaiko AR. Fruit and vegetable consumption and its relation to markers of inflammation and oxidative stress in adolescents. J Am Diet Assoc, 2009;109:414-421.
Kelly AS, Steinberger J. Sorting through the relations among metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and endothelial dysfunction. Am J Cardiol, 2008;101(1):127-128.
Steinberger J, Daniels SR, Eckel RH, Hayman LL, Lustig RH, McCrindle BW, Mietus-Snyder ML. Progress and Challenges in Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in the Young Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular Nursing; and Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism. Circulation, 2009;119(4):628-47. Epub 2009 Jan 12.
Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Pankow JS, Jacobs DR Jr, Steinberger J, Moran AM, Sinaiko AR. Influence of waist on adiponectin and insulin sensitivity in adolescence. Obesity (Silver Spring), 2009;17(1):156-61. Epub 2008 Oct 30.
Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Pankow JS, Jacobs DR Jr, Steinberger J, Moran A, Sinaiko AR. The association of SNPs in ADIPOQ, ADIPOR1, and ADIPOR2 with insulin sensitivity in a cohort of adolescents and their parents. Hum Genet, 2009;125(1);21-28. Epub 2008 Nov 27.
