Jonathan Finlay

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About Jonathan Finlay

JONATHAN FINLAY: AN INFORMAL BIOGRAPHIC SKETCH Jonathan Lester Finlay is internationally recognized as a leading authority in the management of children, adolescents and young adults with brain tumors. He attended medical school between 1967 and 1973 at Birmingham University, earning a B.Sc.(Hons.) in Biochemistry (1970) and MB, ChB (1973). He then undertook residencies in Birmingham University Hospitals. Between 1976 and 1980, he undertook Fellowships in Pediatric Immunology and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Between 1980 and 2003, he held faculty positions in Pediatric Oncology at Stanford University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and New York University (NYU). He also held the posts of Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at MSKCC, and of Director of the Pediatric Oncology Program at NYU. Between 2003 and 2014, he served as Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, and Director of the Neuro-oncology Program at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP, London) in 2012. In July 2014, he assumed his current position as Professor of Pediatrics at the Ohio State University and Director of Neuro-oncology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and has since been appointed to the Elizabeth and Richard Germain Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cancer at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He has authored/co-authored over 270 peer-reviewed publications, and 90 review articles and book chapters. He has delivered some 300 invited lectures globally, mainly on childhood brain tumors. Since 1982, he has mentored over 100 students, residents and fellows, from around the world in clinical training and research projects.