Madelon Finkel

Who is Madelon Finkel?

Madelon Lubin Finkel, Ph.D. is Professor of Clinical Public Health and Director Office of Global Health Education at Weill Cornell Medical College. She holds a doctorate in epidemiology and health services research from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of New York University. In addition to her faculty appointment at Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr Finkel was a Visiting Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney in 2004. In 2008, she was named a Fulbright Senior Specialist awarded by The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Program promotes linkages between U.S. academics and professionals and their counterparts at universities abroad.

Dr Finkel has been involved in epidemiological research and health care policy studies. Her pioneering work on second surgical opinion programs led to the widespread adoption and implementation of the second opinion benefit required by almost all insurance companies, corporations, and unions. She has published numerous articles in the area of health care cost management. Women's health issues have been the focus of past and present research projects. Dr Finkel, in consultation with the New York City Board of Education, conducted many studies in the area of teenage pregnancy and childbearing. Her work led to the revision of the sexual education curriculum, which was implemented by the Board of Education in the early 1980s. Her work in the area of hormone replacement therapy focused on alternatives for women experiencing the menopause. She is now working on a cervical cancer screening project in rural India, and is studying the health impact of hydraulic fracturing.