Joseph Finkelstein, MD, PhD, FAMIA, FACMI

Joseph Finkelstein HS

Joseph Finkelstein, MD, PhD, FAMIA, FACMI is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Palliative Medicine, Director of Arizona Telemedicine Program, Director of Transformation Health (T-Health) Institute. Prior to the University of Arizona, Dr. Finkelstein served as Vice-Chair of Clinical Data Science and Telemedicine Informatics at the University of Utah where he was a full member of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. After obtaining an MD and PhD degree in Biomedical Cybernetics, Dr. Finkelstein completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, where he also obtained a master’s degree in biomedical informatics. Prior to the University of Utah, he served as the Chief Research Informatics Officer, Senior Associate Dean for Information Technology, and Professor of Population Health Science and Policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He had also been serving as the Associate Director for Cancer Information Technology at the Tisch Cancer Institute, where he led a core service focused on access to information technology and data analysis for cancer researchers. Currently, he serves as Principal Investigator on the DoD-funded clinical trial to evaluate AI-assisted support of patients with metastatic prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy residing in rural areas.

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Cancer Prevention and Control Program

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Joseph Finkelstein, MD, PhD, FAMIA, FACMI