Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Faculty Members

Joseph Finkelstein, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Department: Division
Epidemiology
Medicine: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care (secondary appointment)

Biography:

MD - Pirogov State Medical University, Moscow, 1984
PhD - Pirogov State Medical University, Moscow, 1988
Research fellowship in Clinical Pulmonology. Institute of Pulmonology. Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, 1992-1994
NIH/NLM post-doctoral research fellowship in Medical Informatics. Columbia University, New York, 1996-1999
MA in Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, 1998

Research Interests:

Dr. Finkelstein's research focuses on development and evaluation of new computer and telecommunication technologies aimed to improve management of patients with chronic health conditions. He is particularly interested in uncovering the potential of computer technologies that can facilitate implementation of current clinical guidelines and support patient self-care in chronic pulmonary diseases. Dr. Finkelstein has active research projects in three major areas where use of computer technologies was shown to facilitate management of chronic health conditions: computer-assisted patient education, telehealth, and data mining and knowledge discovery in large administrative datasets.

Current Grant Support:

1999-2003	Project Director. Impact of a telecommunication system in childhood asthma. NIH/ NHLBI.
2000-2004	Principal Investigator. Evaluation of Home Asthma Telemonitoring (HAT) in Adults. NIH/NHLBI ($1,547,982).
2002-200	Co-Principal Investigator. Home Automated Telemanagement of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy. Equipment grant from International Technidyne Corporation.
2002-2003	Principal Investigator. Home Automated Telemanagement (HAT) in Patients with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Alpha-1 Foundation ($25,000).
2003-2008	Principal Investigator. Evaluation of Home Automated Telemanagement In COPD. NIH/NHLBI (pending)

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