Michael Fingerhood, MD, MPH

Dr. Michael Fingerhood, MD, MPH, is the Associate Director of Critical Care Services, Medical ICU director and medical director of respiratory therapy at University Hospital at Downstate. Dr. Fingerhood previously worked at Saint Barnabas Health System in the Bronx, where he was an instrumental part of the Covid-19, GME and quality improvement initiatives; he also previously worked as a pulmonary critical care physician at NYC-HHC Elmhurst hospital.

Dr. Fingerhood holds MD and MPH degrees from the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, where he was a DDRF fellow. Dr. Fingerhood completed his residency in Internal Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center and his fellowship in Pulmonary Disease at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, where he won awards for best presentation at both the NYS Thoracic Society and the ACCP CHEST conferences. He also completed a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr Fingerhood is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine.

In addition to focusing on quality improvement, Dr. Fingerhood’s clinical research interests include sepsis, alcohol withdrawal, pulmonary venous thromboembolism and variables effecting pulse oxygenation accuracy in critical illness.

Education

• Undergraduate: Wesleyan University
• Medical School: Columbia University
• Internship: New York University
• Residency: New York University
• Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center / Montefiore Medical Center

Research Interests

• Sepsis
• Alcohol Withdrawal
• Ethics and Palliative Care in the ICU
• Pulse-Ox/oxygen Saturation divergence in sepsis
• ICU QI