The Schteingart Lecture in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes (MEND) honors David Eduardo Schteingart, renowned University of Michigan Professor of Internal Medicine for nearly 40 years.
David Schteingart, MD, gained widespread recognition in the field of Endocrinology. Throughout his remarkable career, Dr. Schteingart authored 98 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 33 book chapters, and 80 abstracts. One of his most notable collaborations was with his wife of more than 50 years, Monica Starkman, MD, MS, of the Michigan Department of Psychiatry, and their groundbreaking research on the brain effects of chronic glucocorticoid exposure, using Cushing’s disease as a model.
Dr. Schteingart was also a recognized international expert in the treatment of adrenal cancer. With support from U-M football coach Bo Schembechler in honor of his wife, Millie, who was stricken with adrenal cancer, Dr. Schteingart founded the Millie Schembechler Adrenal Cancer Program in 1993 and served as its Director through 2005. He and his collaborators went on to publish collectively in the New England Journal of Medicine, and the U-M Adrenal Cancer Program gained national and international recognition for its leadership in the management of patients with this rare disease. From these beginnings emanated the current Endocrine Oncology Program of the U-M Rogel Cancer Center.
Dr. Schteingart supported and trained more than 100 young investigators in clinical research across disciplines, including individually mentoring many of them himself. In March 2012, Dr. Schteingart was honored with a special Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Clinical and Translational Research from the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) for his commitment to excellence in research training.
Dr. Schteingart showed a never-give-up spirit in his academic and personal life. He was committed, through and through, to the essential missions that make the University of Michigan Medical School strong: care of people who needed him, the quest for knowledge, and the passing of that knowledge to others.