Peter Steel, M.D.

Dr. Peter Steel earned a pre-clinical M.A. (Hons) at Oxford University and received his medical degree at University College London-Royal Free Medical School, England. He completed emergency medicine residency at NewYork-Presbyterian-University Hospitals of Columbia & Cornell, serving as chief resident in 2010-11. Dr. Steel has since practiced as a Board Certified Attending Emergency Medicine Physician and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College.

In his current role as Vice Chair of Clinical Services, Dr. Steel oversees clinical services and leads collaborative operational, quality and patient safety initiatives at both Weill Cornell Medical Center and Lower Manhattan Hospital Emergency Departments. Dr Steel's areas of research interest include technological innovations in care delivery, post-ED care transitions and sepsis.