 | Steven Steinberg, Ph.D. Dr. Steven J. Steinberg is a geneticist at Kennedy Krieger Institute. He is board certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics in clinical biochemical genetics and clinical molecular genetics. Dr. Steinberg is also an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and co-director of the DNA Diagnostic Lab at Johns Hopkins University. |
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Steinberg earned a BA in zoology from Drew University and a PhD in genetics from University of London in 1995. He completed his postdoctoral training in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University from 1996-1999. He joined the Hopkins/KKI faculty in 2000. He is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics and the Society of Inherited Metabolic Disease.
Recent Publications/Presentations:
Steinberg S, Katsanis S, Moser A, Cutting G. Biochemical analysis of cultured chorionic villi for the prenatal diagnosis of peroxisomal disorders:biochemical thresholds & molecular sensitivity for maternal cell contamination detection. 2005 Journal of Medical Genetics. 42:38-44.
Steinberg S, Chen L, Wei L, Moser A, Moser H, Cutting G, Braverman N. The PEX gene screen: molecular diagnosis of peroxisome biogenesis disorders in the Zellweger syndrome spectrum. 2004 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 83:252-263.
Setchell KDR, Heubi JE, O’Connell NC, Brewsaugh T, Steinberg SJ, Moser A, Squires, Jr RH Neonatal liver disease caused by failure to racemize trihydroxycholestanoic acid: gene mutation and effect of bile acid therapy. 2003 Gastroenterology 124:217-232.
Corzo D, Gibson W, Johnson K, Mitchell G, LePage G, Cox GF, Casey R, Zeiss C, Tyson H, Cutting GR, Raymond GV, Smith KD, Watkins PA, Moser AB, Moser HW, Steinberg SJ Contiguous Deletion of the X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy Gene (ABCD1) and DXS1357E: A Novel Neonatal Phenotype Similar to Peroxisomal Biogenesis Disorders 2002 American Journal of Human Genetics. 70:1520-1531.
Steinberg S, Chen L, Wei L, Moser A, Moser H, Cutting G, Braverman N. The PEX gene screen: molecular diagnosis of peroxisome biogenesis disorders in the Zellweger syndrome spectrum. 2004 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 83:252-263.
Setchell KDR, Heubi JE, O’Connell NC, Brewsaugh T, Steinberg SJ, Moser A, Squires, Jr RH Neonatal liver disease caused by failure to racemize trihydroxycholestanoic acid: gene mutation and effect of bile acid therapy. 2003 Gastroenterology 124:217-232.
Corzo D, Gibson W, Johnson K, Mitchell G, LePage G, Cox GF, Casey R, Zeiss C, Tyson H, Cutting GR, Raymond GV, Smith KD, Watkins PA, Moser AB, Moser HW, Steinberg SJ Contiguous Deletion of the X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy Gene (ABCD1) and DXS1357E: A Novel Neonatal Phenotype Similar to Peroxisomal Biogenesis Disorders 2002 American Journal of Human Genetics. 70:1520-1531.
Contact Information:
Steven J. Steinberg, Ph.D.
Peroxisomal Diseases Laboratory
Kennedy Krieger Institute
707 North Broadway, Baltimore MD 21205
(map & directions)
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Telephone: 443 923 2759
Facsimile: 443 923 2755
Email Address: steinbergs@kennedykrieger.org
Faculty | Clinical Programs | Research
Peroxisomal Diseases Laboratory
Kennedy Krieger Institute
707 North Broadway, Baltimore MD 21205
(map & directions)
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Telephone: 443 923 2759
Facsimile: 443 923 2755
Email Address: steinbergs@kennedykrieger.org