Dr. Rob Steele, Michigan’s Republican National Committeeman, will talk about Michigan’s new GOP leadership and the GOP majority in the U.S. House as he addresses the Eastside Republican Club Forum at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, at The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road.
First elected in 2016, the Ann Arbor cardiologist serves the RNC as Michigan’s National Committeeman.
“Dr. Steele is the right person to brief us on the direction of the Republican Party which now controls the U.S. House and on GOP prospects for 2024,” said ERC chairman Mike Vethacke in a statement in advance of the meeting.
“Next week we look forward to his insider’s view of the Republican National Committee, as well as the Michigan GOP, which elects new leadership at the state convention this weekend.”
Vethacke added, “The Forum is open to the public at no charge, so we invite anyone interested in current events to attend and take part in the discussion following Dr. Steele’s presentation.” Forum doors open for coffee and networking at 7 p.m.
Dr. Steele grew up in Greenville, Mich., and was educated at the University of Michigan where he earned his bachelor’s degree with High Honors followed by his MD degree at age 23. After further training at the University of Cincinnati and Washington University in St Louis, Steele returned to Ann Arbor and joined one of his medical school mentors in private practice at St Joseph Mercy Hospital.
In practice since 1987 he was a founding member of a practice that grew to 35 physicians and 300 employees, chairing the Finance and Benefits Committee. He holds Board Certifications in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology and Echocardiography and has performed approximately 25,000 heart catheterization procedures.
In 2010, Steele’s challenge to the longest-serving congressman in history, the late John Dingell, was Dingell’s closest race ever. Steele raised over $1 million in individual donations, the most by any U.S. House challenger in the country. In 2012 and 2014, he was a statewide Republican nominee for the U-M Board of Regents.
He and his wife of 30 years, Dr Phyllis Boniface, a psychiatrist, have four adult children.