Rate My Professor Daniel Steinfort

Steinfort's research focuses on advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy techniques, particularly endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA), radial probe endobronchial ultrasound, and bronchoscopic ablation for lung cancer. He has pioneered novel applications of interventional technologies, led international collaborations on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) diagnosis and staging, and served as Principal Investigator for multiple first-in-human studies of bronchoscopic radiofrequency ablation catheters targeting peripheral lung tumors. He directs a world-leading interventional bronchoscopy service at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. Steinfort has authored over 140 peer-reviewed publications on lung cancer and respiratory diseases. Key works include 'Radial probe endobronchial ultrasound for the diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis' (European Respiratory Journal, 2011), 'Guideline for the acquisition and preparation of conventional and endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration specimens for the diagnosis and molecular testing' (Respiration, 2014), 'Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for the evaluation of suspected lymphoma' (Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2010), 'Comparative effectiveness of radial probe endobronchial ultrasound versus CT-guided needle biopsy for evaluation of peripheral pulmonary lesions: a randomized pragmatic trial' (Respiratory Medicine, 2011), and 'Systematic mediastinal staging in non-small cell lung cancer: filling in the guideline evidence gap' (Respirology, 2024). In 2022, he received the European Respiratory Society Mid-Career Gold Medal in Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy, the highest international accolade in interventional pulmonology.