University of Pittsburgh Department of Human Genetics
Primary Faculty



Secondary Faculty

David N. Finegold
Position: Professor
Office:Medical Genetics Suites, Keystone building
Phone:412-692-5194
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Education:B.S., Physics, University of Pittsburgh, 1968
M.D., School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 1972
Residency, and Internship, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1975
Other, Research Fellow under Albert I. Winegrad, M.D., George S. Cox Medical Research Institute, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1977
Other, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , JDF Fellowship under Lester Baker, M.D., 1978
 


Research Interests:
He is a consultant for the biochemical genetics laboratory of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is a member of an analytical chemistry group developing novel biomolecular sensors. The group is currently working on both an ammonia sensor and phenylalanine sensor for point of care use in the home setting.
 
Recent Publications:

Evidence supporting a role for the calcium-sensing receptor in Alzheimer disease.
Yvette P Conley, Ankur Mukherjee, Candace Kammerer, Steven T DeKosky, M Ilyas Kamboh, David N Finegold, Robert E Ferrell
Am. J. Med. Genet. B Neuropsychiatr. Genet. 2009 Jul;150B:703-9

Candidate gene analysis in primary lymphedema.
Robert E Ferrell, Mark A Kimak, Elizabeth C Lawrence, David N Finegold
2008 ;6:69-76

HGF and MET mutations in primary and secondary lymphedema.
David N Finegold, Vivien Schacht, Mark A Kimak, Elizabeth C Lawrence, Etelka Foeldi, Jenny M Karlsson, Catherine J Baty, Robert E Ferrell
2008 ;6:65-8

Research perspectives in inherited lymphatic disease: an update.
Robert E Ferrell, David N Finegold
Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2008 ;1131:134-9

Predicting scoliosis progression from skeletal maturity: a simplified classification during adolescence.
James O Sanders, Joseph G Khoury, Shyam Kishan, Richard H Browne, James F Mooney, Kali D Arnold, Sharon J McConnell, Jeanne A Bauman, David N Finegold
2008 Mar;90:540-53

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Finegold's Links:
lymphedema family study home page


 
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