Steven R. Leuthner, MD
Titles
Professor of Pediatrics, division of Neonatology, professor of Bioethics at the Center for the Study of Bioethics, department of Population Health, Medical College of Wisconsin.
Division
Neonatology
Research interests
Bioethics, environmental health, fetal concerns/prematurity diseases, genetic diseases/genomics
Study interests
Congenital anomalies, prematurity, birth defects, bioethics, palliative care, fetal interventions.
Education
Medical degree, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1989; residency, Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 1992; Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 1995; Masters of Art in Health Care Ethics, Loyola University of Chicago, 1996.
Honors
Department of Pediatrics top ten for resident teaching, 2001; recognized by American Academy of Family Physicians for participation as an Active Teacher in Family Medicine, 2001; Department of Pediatrics Clinical Physicians Award-Program Development-Fetal Concerns Program, 2002; March of Dimes Wisconsin Chapter Volunteer of the Year Award, 2005; Small Business Times Health Care Hero Award, Physician Category, Medical Director, Fetal Concerns Program, 2007.
Representative publications
- Pierucci RL, Kirby RS, Leuthner SR. End-of-Life Care for Neonates and Infants: The Experience and Effects of a Palliative Care Consultation Service. Pediatrics. 2001; 108:653-60.
- Trasande L, Cronk CE, Leuthner SR, Hewitt JB, Durkin MS, McElroy JA, Anderson HA, Landrigan PJ. The National Children's Study and the Children of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Medical Journal. 2006; 105(2):50-54.
- Hewitt JB, Leuthner SR, Weiss M, Whelan D, Athey L, McElroy JA, Durkin MS, Cronk CE. The National Children's Study Waukesha County, Wisconsin Vanguard Center. Wisconsin Medical Journal. 2006; 105(2):55-58.
- Leuthner SR. Fetal Palliative Care. Clinics in Perinatology; Current controversies in Perinatal Medicine. 2004; 31:649-665.
- Leuthner SR. Futility: Interpretation and Usefulness in Clinical Practice. Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine. Case Western Reserve University School of Law. 2008; 18(2):245-259.
- Leuthner SR and Committee on Bioethics, Ralston S and ACOG. Maternal-Fetal Interventions and Fetal Care Centers. Pediatrics. 2011; 128:e473-e478.
Grants
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NICHD, The National Children's Study Waukesha County Vanguard Center, co-investigator.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NICHD, The National Children's Study Waukesha County Vanguard Center, co-principal investigator.
Contact
Children's Corporate Center
Suite C410
999 N. 92nd Street
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-6706
Fax: (414) 266-6979
E-mail: sleuthne@mcw.edu
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