ErikBrianFingerMD

General Surgery • Minneapolis, MN

Transplantation

Assistant Professor, Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School

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Office
909 Fulton St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone+1 612-625-5115

Fax+1 763-782-9558
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Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1998 - 2005
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1998

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2001 - Present
MN State Medical License 2009 - 2024
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

On Chip Sorting of Stem Cell-Derived β Cell Clusters Using Traveling Surface Acoustic Waves.
Sethia, N., Rao, J., Khashim, Z., Schornack, A., Etheridge, M., Peterson, Q., Finger, E., Bischof, J., Dutcher, C.> ;Langmuir. 2024 Feb 6
CPA toxicity screening of cryoprotective solutions in rat hearts.
Casey J Kraft, Bat-Erdene Namsrai, Diane Tobolt, Michael L Etheridge, Erik B Finger, John C Bischof> ;Cryobiology. 2024 Mar 1
1 citations
Conduction-Dominated Cryomesh for Organism Vitrification.
Zongqi Guo, Nikolas Zuchowicz, Jessica Bouwmeester, Amey S Joshi, Amanda L Neisch, Kieran Smith, Jonathan Daly, Michael L Etheridge, Erik B Finger, Suhasa B Kodandaram...> ;Advanced Science. 2024 Jan 1
Transportability of causal inference under random dynamic treatment regimes for kidney-pancreas transplantation.
Grace R Lyden, David M Vock, Erika S Helgeson, Erik B Finger, Arthur J Matas, Jon J Snyder> ;Biometrics. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Model-Guided Design and Optimization of CPA Perfusion Protocols for Whole Organ Cryopreservation.
Zonghu Han, Joseph Sushil Rao, Srivasupradha Ramesh, Jan Hergesell, Bat-Erdene Namsrai, Michael L Etheridge, Erik B Finger, John C Bischof> ;Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2023 Oct 1
16 citations
Vitrification and nanowarming enable long-term organ cryopreservation and life-sustaining kidney transplantation in a rat model.
Zonghu Han, Joseph Sushil Rao, Lakshya Gangwar, Bat-Erdene Namsrai, Jacqueline L Pasek-Allen, Michael L Etheridge, Susan M Wolf, Timothy L Pruett, John C Bischof, Erik...> ;Nature Communications. 2023 Jun 9
Correction: Cryopreservation of Whole Rat Livers by Vitrification and Nanowarming.
Anirudh Sharma, Charles Y Lee, Bat-Erdene Namsrai, Zonghu Han, Diane Tobolt, Joseph Sushil Rao, Zhe Gao, Michael L Etheridge, Michael Garwood, Mark G Clemens, John C B...> ;Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2023 Mar 1
1 citations
Orchialgia After Living Donor Nephrectomy: An Underreported Entity.
Jamee Schoephoerster, Arthur Matas, Scott Jackson, Timothy L Pruett, Erik Finger, Raja Kandaswamy, Ty Dunn, Varvara Kirchner, J Kyle Anderson, Vanessa Humphreville> ;Transplantation Direct. 2022 Nov 1
10 citations
Cryopreservation of Whole Rat Livers by Vitrification and Nanowarming.
Anirudh Sharma, Charles Y Lee, Bat-Erdene Namsrai, Zonghu Han, Diane Tobolt, Joseph Sushil Rao, Zhe Gao, Michael L Etheridge, Michael Garwood, Mark G Clemens, John C B...> ;Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2023 Mar 1
27 citations
Pancreatic islet cryopreservation by vitrification achieves high viability, function, recovery and clinical scalability for transplantation.
Li Zhan, Joseph Sushil Rao, Nikhil Sethia, Michael Q Slama, Zonghu Han, Diane Tobolt, Michael Etheridge, Quinn P Peterson, Cari S Dutcher, John C Bischof, Erik B Finger> ;Nature Medicine. 2022 Apr 1
15 citations
Vitrification and Rewarming of Magnetic Nanoparticle-Loaded Rat Hearts.
Zhe Gao, Baterdene Namsrai, Zonghu Han, Purva Joshi, Joseph Sushil Rao, Vasanth Ravikumar, Anirudh Sharma, Hattie L Ring, Djaudat Idiyatullin, Elliott C Magnuson, Paul...> ;Advanced Materials Technologies. 2022 Mar 1
2 citations
Solid Organ Transplant Graft-Versus-Host Disease in a Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Patient: Use of Chimerism Testing and a Rare Presentation of Cutaneous GVHD.
Amrita Goyal, Jeremy Allred, Raja Kandaswamy, Erik B Finger, Daniel O Keys, Samy Riad, Alessio Giubellino, Daniel D Miller, Christine G Lian, Shernan G Holtan> ;Case Reports in Transplantation. 2022 Jan 1
1 citations
Survival benefit of the homologous kidney allograft in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants and its potential protective role
Oscar K. Serrano, Raja Kandaswamy, Erik B. Finger> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2021 Aug 17
30 citations
Vitrification and Nanowarming of Kidneys.
Anirudh Sharma, Joseph Sushil Rao, Zonghu Han, Lakshya Gangwar, Baterdene Namsrai, Zhe Gao, Hattie L. Ring, Elliott C. Magnuson, Michael L. Etheridge, Brian Wowk, Greg...> ;Advanced Science. 2021 Aug 11
4 citations
Challenges, highlights, and opportunities in cellular transplantation: A white paper of the current landscape.
Ronald F. Parsons, Angeles Baquerizo, Varvara A. Kirchner, Sayeed K. Malek, Chirag S. Desai, Austin D. Schenk, Erik B. Finger, Todd V. Brennan, Kalpaj R. Parekh, Malco...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2021 Jul 1
14 citations
Diffusion Limited Cryopreservation of Tissue with Radiofrequency Heated Metal Forms
Zonghu Han, Anirudh Sharma, Zhe Gao, Timothy W. Carlson, M. Gerard O'Sullivan, Erik B. Finger, John C. Bischof> ;Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2020 Sep 2
3 citations
Enteric Conversion of Bladder-drained Pancreas as a Predictor of Outcomes in Almost 600 Recipients at a Single Center.
Samy Riad, Daniel O. Keys, Scott Jackson, Viral Vakil, Danielle Berglund, Arthur J. Matas, Erik B. Finger, Raja Kandaswamy> ;Transplantation Direct. 2020 Apr 22
41 citations
Preparation of Scalable Silica‐Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Nanowarming
Zhe Gao, Hattie L. Ring, Anirudh Sharma, Baterdene Namsrai, Nam Tran, Erik B. Finger, Michael Garwood, Christy L. Haynes, John C. Bischof> ;Advanced Science. 2020 Jan 7
2 citations
Delivery of transplant care among Hmong kidney transplant recipients: Outcomes from a single institution.
Marjorie Odegard, Oscar K. Serrano, Kent J. Peterson, Steven J. Mongin, Danielle Berglund, David M. Vock, Srinath Chinnakotla, Ty B. Dunn, Erik B. Finger, Raja Kandasw...> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2019 Apr 6
11 citations
Influence of the procurement surgeon on transplanted abdominal organ outcomes: An SRTR analysis to evaluate regional organ procurement collaboration.
Oscar K. Serrano, David M. Vock, Jon J. Snyder, Srinath Chinnakotla, Raja Kandaswamy, Timothy L. Pruett, Arthur J. Matas, Erik B. Finger> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2019 Aug 1
34 citations
The Relationships Between Cold Ischemia Time, Kidney Transplant Length of Stay, and Transplant-related Costs.
Oscar K. Serrano, David M. Vock, Srinath Chinnakotla, Ty B. Dunn, Raja Kandaswamy, Timothy L. Pruett, Roger Feldman, Arthur J. Matas, Erik B. Finger> ;Transplantation. 2019 Feb 1
4 citations
Maximizing Utilization in Pancreas Transplantation: Phenotypic Characteristics Differentiating Aggressive From Nonaggressive Transplant Centers.
Oscar K. Serrano, David M. Vock, Ty B. Dunn, Raja Kandaswamy, Erik B. Finger> ;Transplantation. 2018 Dec 1
8 citations
Incidence and magnitude of post-transplant cardiovascular disease after pediatric kidney transplantation: Risk factor analysis of 1058 pediatric kidney transplants at ...
Oscar K. Serrano, Ananta S Bangdiwala, David M. Vock, Srinath Chinnakotla, Ty B. Dunn, Erik B. Finger, Raja Kandaswamy, Timothy L. Pruett, John S. Najarian, Arthur J. ...> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2018 Aug 27
23 citations
Implications of excess weight on kidney donation: Long-term consequences of donor nephrectomy in obese donors.
Oscar K. Serrano, Bodhisatwa Sengupta, Ananta S Bangdiwala, David M. Vock, Ty B. Dunn, Erik B. Finger, Timothy L. Pruett, Arthur J. Matas, Raja Kandaswamy> ;Surgery. 2018 Nov 1
12 citations
Age alone is not a contraindication to kidney donation: Outcomes of donor nephrectomy in the elderly.
Oscar K. Serrano, Kunal Yadav, Ananta S Bangdiwala, David M. Vock, Ty B. Dunn, Erik B. Finger, Timothy L. Pruett, Arthur J. Matas, Raja Kandaswamy> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2018 Aug 1
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Journal Articles

Significant Arterial Complications After Pancreas Transplantation—A Single‐Center Experience and Review of Literature
Jafar Golzarian, Ty B Dunn, Raja Kandaswamy, Erik B Finger, Clinical Transplantation

Press Mentions

Researchers at U of M Working to Create World's 1st Human Organ Storage BankMay 3rd, 2021
University of Minnesota Launches Nation's 2nd Organ Preservation CenterApril 27th, 2021
Donor Network West Joins as a Founding Member to Fund Launch of Biostasis Research Institute (Sponsored)April 21st, 2021
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