Dr. Irving Steinberg has been with USC as a faculty member since 1985 and is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at USC Mann, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics at USC Mann and the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and is director of the Division of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy in the Department of Pediatrics at the Los Angeles General Medical Center. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he completed his residency and an endowed fellowship in infectious diseases and pharmacokinetics.
Dr. Steinberg maintains a clinical consultation practice with teaching of medical residents and attending physicians, represents the Department of Pediatrics on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and on the Antimicrobial and Medication Safety Subcommittees at LA General Medical Center, and has served on medical expert panels for the Department of Health Services, and has served for several years on the Credentialing and Peer Review Subcommittee of University Clinical Services. He is an active member of the Deans of Faculty Council at the university. He has published and presented numerous scientific papers and book chapters on pharmacokinetics, antimicrobials and drug resistance, antiepileptic and cardiovascular drugs. He has been a primary editor for antivirals and antifungals for the forthcoming the 31st and 32nd editions of the American Academy of Pediatrics Redbook: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. He is a frequent reviewer for numerous high impact journals including Pediatrics, Epilepsia, and the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Areas of scholarship include predictive performance of pharmacokinetic models for dosing in children, novel pharmacotherapeutic applications of drugs such as amphotericin and erythromycin in neonates, and anticoagulation in high-risk pregnancies. This diversity in areas of expertise is reflected in his programmatic efforts and teaching, from bedside to classroom, at USC. He has trained numerous pediatric pharmacotherapy residents and fellows who have gone on to distinguished careers.
Dr. Steinberg is a noted national speaker for many physician and pharmacist audiences, and has given hundreds of lectures and continuing education programs in 42 states in the U.S. His expertise in legal medicine is nationally regarded and sought after in court and arbitration disputes involving pharmacologic and toxicologic issues. He is a regularly invited speaker at the International Congress on Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy.
