Dr. Steenhoff is medical director of the Global Health Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He completed pediatric training in South Africa, England, and the United States. Following pediatric residency and chief residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, he did his Infectious Diseases Fellowship at CHOP. Embracing values of kindness, respect, compassion, equity, professionalism, teamwork and integrity, Dr. Steenhoff combines clinical, educational, research and leadership skills to improve child health in low- and middle-income countries.

Dr. Steenhoff is a Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) at Penn, an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at CHOP, and an adjunct senior lecturer in the Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Health at the University of Botswana.

His research focuses on pediatric infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis, neonatal infections, HIV, pneumonia and diarrhea.  As a Global Health Advocate for children, he seeks to optimize mutually beneficial partnerships between clinical and academic institutions in diverse settings. He has practiced clinical medicine in Botswana, England, South Africa, and the United States. He speaks English, and some French, Afrikaans, and Zulu, and hopes to learn Spanish next.