James H. Finigan, MD
Special Interests
Research Interests
My research focuses on how cells of the lung adhere and how cell-cell junctions are altered during lung injury and repair. This process is relevant to numerous pulmonary diseases including acute lung injury as well as lung cancer initiation and progression.
Education
Education
- 2000 - 2002
- University Hospitals of Cleveland, Resident in Internal Medicine
- 1995 - 1999
- University of Rochester School of Medicine, MD
- 1989 - 1993
- Colgate University, BA, English Literature
Residency
- 2002 - 2003
- University Hospitals of Cleveland, Chief Resident
Fellowship
- 2003 - 2007
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow
Board Certification
2010: BLS, ACLS, Colorado License
2008: Critical Care Medicine
2007: Pulmonary Medicine
2006: Medical License: Ohio
2003: American Board of Internal Medicine
Professional Memberships
American Association for Cancer Research
American Thoracic Society
Pulmonary Circulation Assembly
Publications
Wilson KC, Kaminsky DA, Michaud G, Sharma S, Nici L, Folz RJ, Barjaktarevic I, Bhakta NR, Cheng G, Chupp GL, Cole A, Dixon AE, Finigan JH, Graham B, Hallstrand TS, Haynes J, Hankinson J, MacIntyre N, Mandel J, McCarthy K, McCormack M, Patil SP, Rosenfeld M, Senitko M, Sethi S, Swenson ER, Stanojevic S, Teodorescu M, Weiner DJ, Wiener RS, Powell CA. Restoring Pulmonary and Sleep Services as the COVID-19 Pandemic Lessens. From an Association of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Division Directors and American Thoracic Society-coordinated Task Force. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Nov;17(11):1343-1351. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202005-514ST. PubMed PMID: 32663071; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7640724.
Kern JA, Kim J, Foster DG, Mishra R, Gardner EE, Poirier JT, Rivard C, Yu H, Finigan JH, Dowlati A, Rudin CM, Tan AC. Role of mTOR As an Essential Kinase in SCLC. J Thorac Oncol. 2020 Sep;15(9):1522-1534. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2020.05.026. Epub 2020 Jun 26. PubMed PMID: 32599072; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7483946.
Hospital Affiliations
- Colorado Acute Long Term Hospital
- Rose Medical Center
- St. Joseph Hospital - Denver
- Swedish Medical Center
Academic Affiliations
Professor, University of Colorado Denver
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Conflicts of Interest
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