National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute of Health, DHHS
Bethesda, Maryland
Organizing Committee
Session Chair: Reactive Oxygen Species Biology, Calcium and the Role
of Mitochondria in Signal Transduction (Oct. 6, 10:25 AM)
Toren Finkel, MD, PhD, joined the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in 1992 as Investigator, Cardiology Branch. He was named Chief of the Cardiology Branch in the Institute's Division of Intramural Research in 2001. Dr. Finkel's primary research interests are in oxidant or free radical-mediated diseases, aging, and the cardiovascular clinical implications of stem cells.
Dr. Finkel received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA in 1986. That same year, he received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Harvard University School of Arts and Sciences. He graduated summa cum laude in 1979 with a B.S. in Physics from the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Finkel pursued a Fellowship in Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital from 1989-1992. He conducted his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1986-1987 and 1987-1989, respectively.
Dr. Finkel is the author or coauthor of over 80 publications. He has edited one book and is Editor-in-Chief of Drug Discovery Today-Disease Mechanisms. Dr. Finkel also is the Associate Editor of Circulation Research and is on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals.
