About Robert Steer:
Dr. Robert Steer lives with his wife, Sheila, two sons, Henry and Robert, and their dog, Fenway in Bernardsville, NJ. He graduated from Amherst College with a BA with Honors in Neuroscience. He graduated from Cornell University Medical College in New York City and received three awards:
- The George Ladas Prize in Gynecology
- The J.G. Noback Prize in Anatomy
- The Roger Weiss Prize in Clinical Medicine
Dr. Steer did his residency in OB/GYN at The New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center, where he was a Chief Resident. He has been an Attending physician at Morristown Medical Center since 1990. He is also an assistant Clinical Professor of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
Dr. Steer is a Diplomate of the American Board of OB/GYN, Board Certified, a Fellow of the American College of OB/GYN, a member of the American Medical Society, the Medical Society of New Jersey, and has sat on the Executive Committee of the Morris County Medical Society.
He has been a member of:
- Aetna’s National Women’s Health Quality Advisory Committee
- Cornell University Committee on Alumni Trustee Nominations
- Board of Directors of Cornell University Medical College Alumni Association
- Board of Directors for the Morristown Red Cross
Dr. Steer loves to teach medical students and residents. He earned a Physician Recognition Award for Outstanding Participation in MMH Department of OB/GYN Resident and Medical Student Teaching Programs. Dr. Steer has also researched, written and given many Grand Rounds Presentations including “An Evidence-Based, Standardized Protocol for the Safer Administration of Oxytocin in this Era of Patient Safety,” and “An Evidence-Based, Massive Transfusion Protocol to Improve Safety in the Hemorrhaging OB Patient.”
Dr. Steer has served as a member of several Departmental and Hospital Committees:
- OB/GYN Residency Review
- OB/GYN Resident Advisory
- OB Quality and Patient Safety
- Morristown Memorial Executive
- Chairman of Credentialing/Quality Management
- Morristown Memorial Education Committee
