Russell Steele, MD
- Sr Physician-Section Head, St. Tammany West Region
- 71380 LA-21, Covington, LA, 70433
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Overview
Overview
- Dr. Steele graduated with honors from Tulane University School of Medicine in their 6 year combined undergraduate/MD program. He is a member of the AOA Honor Medical Society. Following a rotating internship at Walter Reed General Hospital and pediatric residency at USA Tripler General Hospital, he completed a fellowship in both infectious diseases and immunology at Georgetown University Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health. Before coming to Ochsner in 2005 he was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas in San Antonio, Professor of Pediatrics with tenure at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Professor of Pediatrics with tenure at LSU Medical School. Awards include the Ogden Bruton Research Award, 14 Teacher of the Year and 4 Golden Apple awards, and most recently a Lifetime Contribution to Education Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has been named one of "Americas Top Pediatricians" and "Top Doctors in New Orleans" repeatedly. He has published over 300 journal articles
Publications
Selected publications
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2019Health Care Without Borders: A Case Report of an Immigrant Child Who Lost His Voice. Clinical Pediatrics. 58:1019-1021.
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2019PROCALCITONIN: A POTENTIAL ROLE IN DIFFERENTIATING INFECTION AND MALIGNANCY. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 66.
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2018CONCOMITANT ACUTE TUBULAR INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS AND ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS IN A CHILD TREATED WITH VANCOMYCIN AND PIPERACILLIN/TAZOBACTAM. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 66:505-505.
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2017Knee Pain in a Boy With Hyper IgE Type 1 Syndrome (Job Variant). Clinical Pediatrics. 56:882-884.
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2015Congenital Human Parvovirus B19 Infection With Persistent Viremia. Clinical Pediatrics. 54:409-413.
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2015ETIOLOGY OF THROMBOSIS IN CHILDREN. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 63:436-436.
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2015STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS NEONATAL SEPSIS AND MENINGITIS. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 63:383-383.
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2014Preventative Health Advice for Families Moving to Developing Countries. Clinical Pediatrics. 53:515-523.
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2013Advice for Families Traveling to Developing Countries With Young Children. Clinical Pediatrics. 52:803-811.
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2013An Adolescent With Abdominal Pain and Fever Pyogenic liver abscess caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. Clinical Pediatrics. 52:370-373.
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2013Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Neonates and Young Infants. Clinical Pediatrics. 52:111-114.
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2013Fever, Lymphadenopathy, and Splenomegaly: Did the Cat Do It?. Clinical Pediatrics. 52:1072-1074.
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2012A Neonate With Fever Meningitis in a neonate caused by Streptococcus bovis. Clinical Pediatrics. 51:521-524.
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2012Fever and Stiff Neck Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal meningitis.. Clinical Pediatrics. 51:193-196.
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2012Managing Infection in Cancer Patients and Other Immunocompromised Children. The Ochsner Journal. 12:202-210.
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2011LATE PREGNANCY SCREENING FOR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 30:72-74.
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2009Comparative Severity of Pediatric Osteomyelitis Attributable to Methicillin-Resistant Versus Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 29:85-90.
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2008Should Immunocompromised Patients Have Pets?. The Ochsner Journal. 8:134-139.
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2008What Is Causing This Persistent Diarrhea?. INFECTIONS IN MEDICINE. 25:461.
