William Finn, MD
Professor of Medicine; Chief Medical Director, Carolina Donor Services; Medical Director, Renal Transplantation Program
Email: william_finn@med.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 966-2561 x 253
Fax: (919) 966-4251
Office Location: 7030 Burnett-Womack
Specialty Areas: Transplantation; Renal Failure
Chronology: MD: State University of New York, Syracuse, 1966
Dr. Finn's research interests include acute renal failure, nephrotoxicity and disorders of vitamin D and mineral metabolism. He is the recipient of over 30 research grants and has served as principle or co-investigator for scientific and clinical studies of renal failure and transplantation. Finn serves as editor-in-chief of Renal Failure; he has held this post since 1989. He co-edited the textbook, Acute Renal Failure, a companion to Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. He has held executive posts in numerous medical and scientific committees and advisory boards at the state, national, and international levels. These positions include chief medical director of Carolina Organ Donor Services, president of the North Carolina affiliate of the National Kidney Foundation, and southeast regional vice-president of the National Kidney Foundation.
Selected Bibliography:
Acute Renal Failure: A Companion to Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. BA Molitoris and WF Finn Eds., WB Saunders and Company, Philadelphia, PA, 2001.
Finn WF and Porter GA: Urinary Biomarkers and Nephrotoxicity. In: Clinical Nephrotoxins: Renal Injury from Drugs and Chemicals, 2nd Edition. GA Porter, ME De Broe, WM Bennett, GA Verpooten Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht-Boston-London, 2003
Finn WF, Joy MS, Hladik G and the Lanthanum Study Group: Efficacy and safety of lanthanum carbonate for reduction of serum phosphorus in patients with chronic renal failure receiving hemodialysis. Clinical Nephrology 2004;62:193-201.
Finn WF: Phosphorus Management in End-Stage Renal Disease. Seminars in Dialysis (2005;18:8-12)
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