Brendan Steiner
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
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About
Overview:
Dr. Brendan Steiner is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Illinois Chicago Retzky College of Pharmacy. His clinical expertise lies in solid organ transplantation, with prior advanced training at Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center and the University of Chicago Medicine. He is actively involved in transplant patient care at UI Health and contributes to institutional committees focused on immunosuppression, infectious complications, and multidisciplinary transplant care.
Research Interests:
Dr. Steiner’s research focuses on optimizing pharmacologic management in solid organ transplantation, with particular emphasis on the infectious implications of augmented immunosuppressive therapy, with a growing focus on opportunistic fungal pathogens and invasive mold infections. His work has been presented nationally and internationally and appears in several peer-reviewed journals.
Teaching Statement:
Dr. Steiner is engaged in both didactic and experiential teaching at UIC, serving as a lecturer for the Advanced Transplant Therapeutics elective and a preceptor for PharmD students on inpatient medicine, ambulatory care, and transplant rotations. He also mentors international visiting scholars and is dedicated to fostering clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making among future pharmacists.
Teaching and Supervision
Pre-Transplant (PMPR 390), 8/25/2025 – 12/5/2025
Advanced Transplant Therapeutics (PMPR 347), 1/8/2025 – Present
Selected Publications
Liu, Xinqi, Trofe‐Clark, Jennifer, Sawinski, Deirdre, Steiner, Brendan, Sharma, Shahreen, Witek, Stephanie, Fallah, Tara, Norris, Maxwell, Sammons, Chelsea, Malat, Gregory. (2025). Decreasing the Risk of Early Sub‐Therapeutic Tacrolimus Troughs on Short‐Term Outcomes in Low‐Moderate Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Rabbit Anti‐Thymocyte Globulin Induction. Clinical Transplantation, 39, (4), e70156. doi:10.1111/ctr.70156.
Persun, Nicole, Johnson, David, Leonberg-Yoo, Amanda, Bahrainwala, Jehan, Reese, Peter P, Steiner, Brendan, Witmer, Brooke, Rashid, Jamal, Naji, Ali, Trofe-Clark, Jennifer. (2020). Dietary Supplement Use in Live Kidney Donors and Recipients. Transplant Research and Risk Management, 12, 9-14. doi:10.2147/trrm.s235488.
Professional Leadership
National Kidney Foundation- Kidney Connections, National Kidney Foundation, 10/19/2024 - 10/19/2024
Education
Degrees:
PharmD, Wilkes University, United States
Postgraduate Training:
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, United States
PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency, University of Chicago Medical Center, United States
Professional Memberships
Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, 4/9/2025 - Present