Joseph Finkelstein

Joseph Finkelstein, MD, PhD, FAMIA is Chief Research Informatics Officer, Senior Associate Dean for Information Technology, and Professor of Population Health and Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Finkelstein is also the Director of the Center for Biomedical and Population Health informatics and the Associate Director for Cancer Information Technology at the Tisch Cancer Institute, where he leads a core service focused on access to information technology and data analysis for cancer researchers. Dr. Finkelstein has extensive experience in biomedical informatics with a particular emphasis on innovative health information technologies supporting the collection and analysis of heterogeneous data streams, intelligent data aggregation, predictive analytics, and the conduct of clinical trials. He has made significant contributions to developing predictive analytics for home-based telemanagement of chronic health conditions. The focus of his current research is intelligent integrative informatics aimed at utilizing harmonized heterogonous data streams in innovative prediction algorithms, artificial intelligence applications, and identification of new risk factors and delivery of personalized health in the context of a learning healthcare system.