Michael L. Steinberg, MD

Dr. Michael Steinberg holds the academic rank of Professor and is the Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He publishes and speaks on issues related to health policy, including delivery and quality of care, patient safety, evidence-based validation of emerging technology, healthcare economics, disparity, and value as well on a variety of clinical oncology topics. Dr. Steinberg's clinical focuses are prostate cancer, breast cancer, and head and neck cancer. He currently serves as Director of Clinical Affairs for the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA. He served as the PI for a National Cancer Institute Cancer Disparity Research grant ($3.5 million) and as a health services research investigator and manuscript author at the RAND Corporation.

Dr. Steinberg has been influential on a national level in providing input regarding health policy and economic issues on behalf of patients and his specialty through his various leadership roles. He is the founding Chair of the Health Policy Council of American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and from 2010 to 2014, he was ASTRO's President and Chairman of the Board. In 2017, Dr. Steinberg received the ASTRO Gold Medal for his contributions to advancing patient care, research, and service to the specialty. Dr. Steinberg served for 8 years as the radiation oncology representative to the American Medical Association's CPT Editorial Panel and two terms on the CMS Medicare Evidence and Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC). He is currently a member of the California Technical Assessment Forum, a public technology, and drug assessment organization that addresses comparative effectiveness of medical treatments.

From 2010 to 2014, Dr. Steinberg served as Chair of the Electronic Health Record Oversight Board (EOB), which strategically directed the implementation of the UCLA Health System's electronic health record, Care Connect. He now Chairs the IT Steering Committee for UCLA Health Sciences which includes oversight of Research Connect, the link between the enterprise clinical trials management system, and the electronic health record. In 2012, Dr. Steinberg was elected and then appointed by the Vice Chancellor as Chair of the Clinical Chairs in the David Geffen School of Medicine. He was re-elected and appointed to this position again in 2017. He also currently serves on the Governing Group of UCLA Health.

Dr. Steinberg graduated Occidental College Phi Beta Kappa, was elected to AOA at University of Southern California School of Medicine, and did his radiation oncology residency and fellowship at UCLA.