Patricia W. Finn
Patricia W. Finn | |
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| Alma mater | Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Spouse | David L. Perkins |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pulmonology |
| Institutions | Harvard University University of California, San Diego University of Illinois Chicago University of New Mexico |
Patricia W. Finn is an American pulmonologist and academic administrator specialized in the microbiome and immune-mediated pulmonary diseases. She has served as the fifth dean of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine since 2022.
Life[edit]
Finn was raised by Irish immigrants parents in Alphabet City, Manhattan.[1] She was a first-generation college student and the first in her family to become a physician.[1] She earned an undergraduate degree in 1976.[2] Finn completed a M.D. in 1980 at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine followed by a residency at the Montefiore Medical Center.[2] She conducted a pulmonary medicine fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and a postdoc in immunology at the Harvard School of Public Health.[3]
Finn is a clinical pulmonologist who researches the microbiome and immune-mediated pulmonary diseases.[1] She worked as an educator and investigator at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.[1] Finn was the Kenneth M. Moser professor of medicine and director of the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of California, San Diego.[1] She was inducted in to the Association of American Physicians in 2007.[1] In 2012, Finn moved to Chicago to head the department of medicine at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System.[4] She was the Earl M. Bane endowed professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine.[1] She was also its associate dean for strategic initiatives and the associate program director of the medical scientist training program.[1] Finn was president of the American Thoracic Society from 2013 to 2014 and of the Association of Professors of Medicine.[1] On September 1, 2022, she became the fifth dean of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.[1] She succeeded interim dean Michael Richards.[1] She is its first female dean.[5] The same year, Finn was inducted into the American Clinical and Climatological Association.[1]
Finn is married to physician-scientist David L. Perkins.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "From our Dean | School of Medicine". hsc.unm.edu. September 1, 2022. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ^ a b Holmes, David (May 2013). "Patricia Finn: pulmonary passion". The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 1 (3): 195. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70088-2. PMID 24429123.
- ^ Narducci, Vincent (2022-11-03). "Patricia W. Finn is the new dean of the UNM School of Medicine | Mirage Magazine". Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ^ "Finn, Patricia | Center for CardioVascular Research | University of Illinois Chicago". Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ^ Jarrett, Keke (2022-05-17). "Former ATS President Dr. Finn Outlines Challenges Facing Women in Medicine". ATSConferenceNews.org. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
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- Living people
- Physicians from Manhattan
- Physician-scientists
- American pulmonologists
- Women pulmonologists
- 21st-century American women physicians
- 21st-century American physicians
- American people of Irish descent
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine alumni
- Harvard Medical School faculty
- University of California, San Diego faculty
- University of Illinois Chicago faculty
- University of New Mexico faculty
- Women deans (academic)
- American university and college faculty deans
- American medical researchers
- American women medical researchers