[3] During three months spent working in Nepal she realised she no longer fainted, and was able to train as a pediatric surgeon at Green Lane Hospital.

[4] Finucane was Chief Surgeon of the Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Service at Starship Hospital in Auckland for almost 20 years, retiring in 2024.

[7] Finucane attributed the problem to both changes in public expectations around consent since the collection began, and to under resourced medical staff working under pressure.

[9][6] In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours, Finucane was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to medicine, in particular paediatric heart surgery.

[10] In the 2021 New Year Honours Finucane was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health, particularly paediatric heart surgery.