Steven Paul Proper, DO, PhD

Steven Proper, DO, PhD
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
    • Primary Address
    • Office
    • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
    • 1000 Oakland Drive
    • Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Biography

Steven Proper, DO, PhD, is a board-certified allergist and immunologist. He received his undergraduate degree at Kettering University (Environmental Chemistry, 2005) before completing the DO-PhD Program at Michigan State University in 2015. His PhD thesis was investigating the role of hypoxia signaling (hypoxia-inducible factors or HIFs) in cobalt toxicity and development of lung epithelium. He then completed a pediatrics residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, 2018), followed by a clinical fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2020). He then completed an Advanced Allergy and Immunology Research Training Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's (2022) prior to his appointment as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Dr. Proper's primary clinical interests include allergy and immunology, especially asthma care, oral immunotherapy for food allergy, atopic dermatitis (eczema), hereditary angioedema and immune deficiency. He enjoys teaching all levels of trainees and is interested in pursuing clinical outcomes-based research in allergy and immunology.

Education

  • Advanced Fellowship 2022, Allergy and Immunology Research Training Fellowship, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Fellowship 2020, Allergy and Immunology, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Residency 2018, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • DO 2015, Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • DO 2015, Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • PhD 2013, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Environmental Toxicology, College of Natural Sciences, Michigan State University
  • PhD 2013, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Environmental Toxicology, College of Natural Sciences, Michigan State University
  • BS 2005, Environmental Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kettering University
  • BS 2005, Environmental Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kettering University