Her numerous honors include being named among America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly every year since 2011 and induction into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.
[1] After she completed a pediatric internship and residency at Harvard University and the University of Colorado, she went to National Jewish Health and Children's Hospital Colorado to do specialty training in pediatric rheumatology, where she greatly enhanced the general public's knowledge of autoimmunity, HIV/AIDS, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and cancer.
[2] She was attracted to the job as her grandmother had died from rheumatic fever, and Finkel wanted to ensure other people would not suffer similar effects.
Here she leads national and international research efforts on the use of big data, genomics, and artificial intelligence to address the causes and cures of rare diseases afflicting children and families worldwide.
Her name was entered into the Congressional Record in 2014 when her biography was read in the House of Representatives to honor her leadership and contributions in the field of healthcare.