Suzanne Steinbaum

Early life and education

Steinbaum was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey to Eleanor and Frederick Steinbaum. Her nephews include Noah and V Matthew Steinbaum. Prior to her 10th birthday, the family moved to Livingston, New Jersey. She attended Mt. Pleasant Middle School and then graduated from Livingston High School in 1986. Steinbaum has completed fellowships in both preventive cardiology and non-invasive cardiology, with a subspecialty in prevention and women and heart disease. After graduating from Tufts University with a B.A., she attended the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. After receiving her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree, she trained at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, in both internal medicine and cardiology. After achieving board certification, she became a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

Career

Steinbaum began her career as a rotating intern at St. Barnabas Hospital in The Bronx, and then went on to do a residency in Internal medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. While in her residency, Steinbaum met Steve Horowitz, chief of Cardiology at Beth Israel Center, who was conducting research for Dean Ornish’s Lifestyle Heart Trial at the Center for Cardiac and Pulmonary Health. Steinbaum later became medical director of the Center for Cardiac Health after completing her fellowship in Cardiology.

After observing women patients repeatedly misdiagnosed, or inadvertently neglected in the treatment of heart disease, her interest in women’s hearts grew. While in her fellowship training, she focused on women’s hearts, later receiving grant money to help women in receiving early detection and prevention. After joining Lenox Hill Hospital in 2006 to head the Women and Heart Disease Program, becoming a mother, going through a divorce and juggling her career, she wrote her book, Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum’s Heart Book: Every Woman’s Guide to a Heart-Healthy Life.

She has been on network news health segments for ABC News and Good Morning America, NBC, CNN and CBS News and The Doctors as a consultant in the field of women and heart disease, preventive cardiology and topics of lifestyle management. She has featured on The Early Show, The Doctors, Good Morning America, The Dr. Steve Show, Inside Edition, The Dr. Oz Show and 20/20. She has written on topics of cardiac prevention and nutrition and has been quoted in many publications and magazines, such as Self, Glamour, More, Fitness, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and Family Circle. She is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and to Dr. Oz’s web site. She is a resource for on-line medical references including Healthday, WebMD, Live Science and Bottom Line Health.

From 2000 to 2012, Dr. Steinbaum served as medical director for the Young Professionals division of the American Heart Association.

On behalf of the American Heart Association, Steinbaum is a national spokesperson for the Go Red for Women campaign. This position involves her with education, empowering and delivering the message about women and heart disease. She has lectured and taken part in radio and television.

Steinbaum practices Transcendental Meditation and recommends it to her patients.

Award and honors

In 2010, after serving as the Medical Director for the Young Professionals division of the American Heart Association, Steinbaum was awarded the American Heart Association's: Young Hearts Award for her Achievement in Cardiovascular Science and medicine.

In 2012, Go Red for Women honored Dr. Steinbaum with the Women of Heart award, in recognition of leadership in Women’s Heart Health in Westchester and Fairfield counties in New York and Connecticut.

She is the recipient of the Castle and Connolly’s Top Doctors award in Cardiovascular Disease for 2013 and 2014.

Steinbaum was named Super Doctor by the New York Times in 2013 and 2014, and has been included in New York Magazine’s selection of Top Doctors in 2013 and 2014.

Author

Steinbaum has written articles which have been published in The Huffington Post, Everyday Health, The Dr. Oz Blog, LiveScience and CNN. The medical journal Progress in Cardiovascular Disease published Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum's article "The Metabolic Syndrome: An Emerging Health Epidemic in Women" in its 2004 Volume 46, Issue 4 publication.

In January 2013 Steinbaum wrote, "Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum's Heart Book: Every Woman's Guide to a Heart-Healthy Life, published by the Penguin Group. The book details the traditional risk factors for heart disease, including suggestions for how to control weight and blood pressure, and also discusses the role of emotional awareness and self-image in heart health. Steinbaum describes methods for integrating diet, exercise, sleep, and lifestyle.

In 2014, Rodale Inc. published Lowering Your Blood Pressure Naturally: Drop Pounds and Slash Your Blood Pressure in 6 Weeks Without Drugs, which Steinbaum co-authored with Sarí Harrar.