Steve is Vice President, Medical Affairs for the Mercy Health East Market; he started at Anderson Hospital in November 2009. Previously he was the VPMA for the Springfield region. He also served as the team physician for Wittenberg University from 2001 to 2009.
In 2012, Steve was voted “physician of the year” at Mercy Anderson. He was a 2014 finalist in the Cincinnati Business Courier “healthcare heroes” in community outreach. He writes a weekly Medical Staff Update that is widely read within Mercy Health and which was named a finalist for the American College of Physician communication award. He was named “volunteer of the year” by the Anderson Township chamber of commerce in 2015. He is medical director of the Mercy Care Clinic and team physician for Anderson and Turpin High Schools. He was twice awarded the Nagel PTA “friend of students” award.
Steve earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee, an MBA from the University of Memphis, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. He ran track at the University of Tennessee and was a member of the 1983 national championship team. He holds a CAQ in Sports Medicine and certification in Critical Care Air Transport. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of major in 2001. He served as chief of medicine at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, leading humanitarian missions to Bolivia and El Salvador. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Steve and his wife, Dr. Risa Spieldoch, a family physician at Forest Hills Family Medicine, have two sons, Andrew and Michael, both of whom attended Anderson HS.
