Mark Steele, MD

Professor of Clinical Practice, Medicine-Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care


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Medical School
  • MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine (1982)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign (IL) (1978)
Fellowships
  • Boston University Medical Center Program, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine (1990)
Department
Medicine-Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care

Publications

  • 56. Smith, JB, Peterson RA, Pomponio R, Steele M, Gray AL. Donor Derived cell free DNA in Lung Transplant Recipients Rises in Setting of Allograft Instability. Front. Transplant. 2024. PMID 11683734
  • Steele MP, Peljto AP, Mathai SK, Humphries S, Bang TJ, Oh A, Teague S, Giuseppe C, Sigakis C, Kropski JA, Loyd JE, Blackwell TS, Brown KK, Schwarz, MI, Warren RA, Powers J, Walts AD, Markin C, Fingerlin TE, Yang IV, Lynch DA, Lee JS, Schwartz, DA. Incidence and Progression of Fibrotic Lung Disease in an At-Risk Cohort. Am J Resp Crit Care Med: 207:587-593, 2023 PMID: 36094461.
  • Peljto AL, Blumhagen RZ, Walts AD, Cardwell J, Powers J, Corte TJ, Dickinson JL, Glaspole I, Moodley YP, Vasakova MK, Bendstrup E, Davidsen JR, Borie R, Crestani B, Dieude P, Bonella F, Costabel U, Gudmundsson G, Donnelly SC, Egan J, Henry MT, Keane MP, Kennedy MP, McCarthy C, McElroy AN, Olaniyi JA, O'Reilly KMA, Richeldi L, Leone PM, Poletti V, Puppo F, Tomassetti S, Luzzi V, Kokturk N, Mogulkoc N, Fiddler CA, Hirani N, Jenkins RG, Maher TM, Molyneaux PL, Parfrey H, Braybrooke R, Blackwell TS, Jackson PD, Nathan SD, Porteous MK, Brown KK, Christie JD, Collard HR, Eickelberg O, Foster EE, Gibson KF, Glassberg M, Kass DJ, Kropski JA, Lederer D, Linderholm AL, Loyd J, Mathai SK, Montesi SB, Noth I, Oldham JM, Palmisciano AJ, Reichner CA, Rojas M, Roman J, Schluger N, Shea BS, Swigris JJ, Wolters PJ, Zhang Y, Prele CMA, Enghelmayer JI, Otaola M, Ryerson CJ, Salinas M, Sterclova M, Gebremariam TH, Myllärniemi M, Carbone RG, Furusawa H, Hirose M, Inoue Y, Miyazaki Y, Ohta K, Ohta S, Okamoto T, Kim DS, Pardo A, Selman M, Aranda AU, Park MS, Park JS, Song JW, Molina-Molina M, Planas-Cerezales L, Westergren-Thorsson G, Smith AV, Manichaikul AW, Kim JS, Rich SS, Oelsner EC, Barr RG, Rotter JI, Dupuis J, O'Connor G, Vasan RS, Cho MH, Silverman EK, Schwarz MI, Steele MP, Lee JS, Yang IV, Fingerlin TE, Schwartz DA. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Is Associated with Common Genetic Variants and Limited Rare Variants. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 May 1;207(9):1194-1202. PubMed PMID: 36602845
  • 53. Steele MP, Peljto AP,, Mathai SK, Humphries S, Bang TJ, Oh A, Teague S, Giuseppe C, Sigakis C, Kropski JA, Loyd JE, Blackwell TS, Brown KK, Schwarz, MI, Warren RA, Powers J, Walts AD, Markin C, Fingerlin TE, Yang IV, Lynch DA, Lee JS, Schwartz, DA. Incidence and Progression of Fibrotic Lung Disease in an At-Risk Cohort. Am J Resp Crit Care Med: 2022 PMID: 36094461
  • 54. Peljto, AP, Blumhagen RZ, …Steele MP, Lee JS, Yang IV, Fingerlin TE ,Schwartz, DA and NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is Associated with Common Genetic Variants and Limited Rare Variants Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2022. PMID: 36602845
  • Publications: Raghu G, Flaherty KR, Lederer DJ, Lynch DA, Colby TA, Myers JL, Larsen BT, Chung JH, Steele MP, et al.  Use of a molecular classifier to identify usual interstitial pneumonia in conventional transbronchial biopsy samples: a prospective validation study.  The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. In press: April 01, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30059-1.  
  • Moore C, Blumhagen  RZ,Yang IV,Walts A, Powers J,Walker T,Bishop M, Russell P, Vestal B, Cardwell J, Markin CT,Matha SK,Schwarz MI, Steele MP, et al. Resequencing Study Confirms Host Defense and Cell Senescen­­­ce Gene Variants Contribute to the Risk of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.  Am J Resp Crit Care Med. 200:199-208, 2019. PM ID 31034279.  
  • Mathai SK, Humphries S, Kropski JA, Blackwell TS, Powers J, Walts AD, Markin C, Woodard J, Chung JH, Brown KK, Steele MP, Loyd JE, Schwarz MI, Fingerlin T, Yang IV, Lynch DA, Schwartz DA.  MUC5B variant is associated with visually and quantitatively detected preclinical pulmonary fibrosis. Thorax.  74:1131-1139, 2019.  PMID 31558622. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212430
  • TITLE: Among Individuals At-Risk, Pre-Clinical Pulmonary Fibrosis Occurs Commonly and is Progressive. AUTHORS: Mark P. Steele, MD1‡, Susan K. Mathai, MD2‡, Jonathan A. Kropski, MD4, Timothy S. Blackwell, MD4, Rachel Bochantin1, Julia Powers, MPH1, Avram D. Walts1, Cheryl Markin4, Kevin K. Brown, MD7, James E. Loyd, MD4, Marvin I. Schwarz, MD1, Joyce S. Lee1, David A. Lynch, MD3, Tasha E. Fingerlin, PhD6, Ivana V. Yang, MD1, David A. Schwartz, MD1*
  • MUC5B polymorphism is associated with usual interstitial pneumonia pathologically and less lung injury Jian Jing1, Carlyne Cool1-3, Steve D. Groshong2,3, Joyce S. Lee2, Gregory P. Cosgrove2,3, Jonathan Cardwell2, Janet L. Talbert4**, Cheryl R. Markin5, Raven N. Kidd6*, Max A. Seibold3, Elissa Murphy7**, Tasha E. Fingerlin8,9, James E. Loyd5, Kevin K. Brown2,3, Marvin I. Schwarz2, Ivana V. Yang2,10, Mark P. Steele3, David A. Schwartz2,3,10, Anna L. Peljto2. AJRCCM (in Press)
  • 57. Rose, J, Steele M, Kosak L, Esteban A, Gisli ; Galecio Chao A; Waich A; Regan K; Gulati S; Maeda A; Sultana S; Cutting C; Tukpah AM; Synn A; Rice M; Goldberg H; Lee J; Lynch D; Putman R; Hatabu, Hiroto H,Raby B; Schwartz D; Rosas I; Hunninghake G. Protein Biomarkers of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in Relatives of Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Eur. Resp J. 2024

Professional Memberships

  • Mark Steele, Fellow American College Chest Physicians
  • Member, American Thoracic Society

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Center Affiliations

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Board Certification
Conditions & Treatments
  • Lungs and Breathing - Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Lungs and Breathing
  • Surgery - Lung Transplant Surgery
  • Surgery
Clinical Interests
Lung Transplantation Interstitial Lung Diseases

Care Philosophy
Optimizing and maximizing excellence and compassion.

Personal Interests
I enjoy being outdoors; cycling, running, swimming.

Volunteer Activities
Indigent Medical Care