Christopher Steffes, M.D.
Biography
Christopher Steffes, M.D., is the associate dean of Clinical Medical Education for the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Dr. Steffes has been a faculty member of the Department of Surgery for more than 20 years. He joined the WSU faculty in 1993. He served as professor (clinician-educator) in the Department of Surgery since 2009, as the Year III Clerkship director and Year IV Surgery director in the WSU Department of Surgery and for Henry Ford Hospital since 1997.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 1982 from Cornell University and his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison School of Medicine in 1986. His additional training includes the American College of Surgeons, Surgeons as Leaders Course in 2015, the Stanford Clinical Teaching Program Development Course, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Surgeons as Educators Course, American College of Surgeons in 2002. He has held several hospital appointments, including attending for Detroit Receiving, Harper University, Hutzel Women’s and Karmanos hospitals; co-chief of Surgical Oncology for Karmanos Cancer Hospital; and senior staff surgeon for Henry Ford Hospital.
The recipient of numerous teaching awards, he also received the Golden Apple Faculty Award in 2016, was named Teacher of the Year in 2014 and was listed in Hour Magazine’s Detroit Top Docs in 2014-2015.
Location
310 Mazurek Educational Commons