Dr. Michael L. Steinberg, FASTRO, FACR, FACRO is a board-certified
specialist in radiation oncology. He is a founding partner
of the Santa Monica Cancer Treatment Center and Cancer
Care Consultants Medical Associates and is a Senior Vice
President of 21st Century Oncology. In addition to his
clinical practice in radiation oncology, Dr. Steinberg
is also involved
in clinical research as the Principle Investigator for
the Cancer Disparity Research Program grant from the National
Cancer Institute . Dr. Steinberg is a member of the Board
of Directors of radiation oncology's national specialty
organization, ASTRO, where he is the Chair of the Health
Policy Council which oversees issues of health policy and
healthcare economics for the specialty of radiation oncology.
Dr. Steinberg attended the University of Southern California
where he earned his M.D. degree and completed specialty
training in Radiation Oncology at UCLA. Dr. Steinberg has
special clinical expertise in prostate cancer, gynecological
cancer, and breast cancer. He has served as President of
the California Radiation Oncology Society, as a Councilor
to the American College of Radiology and on the Board of
Chancellors of the American College of Radiation Oncology.
Dr. Steinberg is Chair of the cancer program committee
at Santa Monica / UCLA Medical Center and rose to the level
of Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology at the UCLA's
Geffen School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Steinberg continues
his association with the RAND Corporation conducting health
services research in the area of quality of care and disparity
in care.
Dr. Steinberg is the ASTRO representative to the American
Medical Association's (AMA) CPT Editorial Panel which defines
the nomenclature for medical procedures and the American
College of Radiation Oncology representative to the AMA's
Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) which defines valuation
for medical procedures. He has been appointed to the Medicare
Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC). He currently serves
on Carrier Advisory Committee (CAC) for the California
Medicare carrier.
Dr. Steinberg has been instrumental in providing meaningful
input into critical health policy and economic issues on
behalf of patients and the specialty through his various
leadership positions in radiation oncology. In recognition
of his contribution and professional leadership in the
field of radiation oncology, Dr. Steinberg was elected
to the first group of Fellows of ASTRO and was also honored
as a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and the
American College of Radiation Oncology. In recognition
of his superior medical skills, Dr. Steinberg was selected
by his peers to be included in Best Doctors in America.
