Daniel Steigelman MD

Education

University of California, Berkeley, BS, 1999
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, MD, 2004
SAUSHEC Pediatrics Residency, 2007
SAUSHEC Allergy / Immunology Fellowship, 2014

Biography

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and commissioned by its Naval ROTC program, he attended medical school at USUHS and there transferred to the US Air Force. He completed pediatric residency at SAUSHEC and was Chief of Residents following graduation. As a general pediatrician at Wilford Hall Medical Center he acted as the USUHS MS-III Clerkship Coordinator and deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Dr. Steigelman was then assigned to Travis AFB as Medical Director for the Pediatric Clinic and served as rotation coordinator for Family Medicine residents and physician assistant students, returning to Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center for SAUSHEC’s Allergy and Immunology Fellowship and has remained in its faculty. As staff allergist he has served as Immunizations OIC and Assistant Program Director of the Transitional Year Program before assuming the Program Director position. He is currently the Product Line Lead for Allergy/lmmunology in the San Antonio Market and Chair of the Council for Transitional Year Program Directors in the Association for Hospital Medical Education.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, USUHS, 2020 - present

Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General for Allergy/Immunology, 2019 - present

Program Director, SAUSHEC Transitional Year Program, 2016 - 2022

Assistant Program Director, SAUSHEC Transitional Year Program, 2015-2016

Faculty, SAUSHEC Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, 2014 - present

Pediatrician, Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram AB, Jul 2009 - Jan 2010

Faculty, SAUSHEC Pediatric Residency, 2008-2010

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, USUHS, 2008 - 2020

Chief of Residents, SAUSHEC Pediatric Residency, 2007-2008

Representative Bibliography

Atchley TJ, Steigelman DA, Trevino S. The sterility of extracts in skin prick testing reservoirs: A quality assurance initiative. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Apr;8(4):1472-1473. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.12.042.

Atchley TJ, Steigelman DA. Fasciotomy following immunization: A cautionary case. Vaccine. 2019 Jul 9;37(30):3938-3939. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.02.075.

Steigelman DA, Freeman TM. Imported fire ant allergy: case presentation and review of incidence, prevalence, diagnosis, and current treatment. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol, Oct 2013; 111(4):242-5. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2013.07.006

Pace S, Steigelman D, Norton SA, Krivda S. Field-based PCR for rapid diagnosis of cutaneous anthrax in the deployed setting using the joint biological agent identification and diagnostic system. Military Medicine, Aug 2013; 178(8):e944-7. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00062.

Steigelman DA, LaShell MS. Alternatives to chlorinated pools for those with asthma and allergic rhinitis. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol, Aug 2011; 107(2):183-4. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.05.015.