Overview
Dr. Finkel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director of the Infectious
Disease Fellowship Program at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She received her Doctor of
Osteopathic Medicine from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences-College
Osteopathic Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine Residency and Infectious Disease
Fellowship at Seton Hall University/ St. Michaels Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Dr. Finkel has been a Faculty member at the New Jersey Medical School since 2018. She has been a
community provider for over 18 years and has been actively involved in patient care, medical
education and clinical research. She is passionately committed to improving health disparities in
marginalized populations and has coordinated community care for diverse populations at risk,
including immigration detainees, LGBQT marginally housed youth and persons who use drugs. She
has served as a Principal and co-investigator in the Rutgers NIH sponsored HIV Clinical Trials Unit in
both treatment and prevention trials. Her clinical and research interests include HIV infection,
transgender community health, telemedicine and the intersection of addiction and infectious diseases.
Education
DO, 1997, University of Health Sciences-College of Osteopathic Medicine
BS, 1993, Rutgers, The State University
Licensure & Certification
Medical LicensureNew Jersey
Curriculum Vitae
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