PEOPLE

Laura S. Finn, MD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Contact InformationDepartment of Pathology
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard, 5NW13


Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Office: 215-590-1728

Education

B.S. Pennsylvania State University, 1985
M.D. Pennylsvania State University, 1989

Specialty Certification

National Board of Medical Examiners, 1990
American Board of Pathology (Anatomic/Clinical), 1994
American Board of Pathology (Pediatric Pathology), 1997

Postgraduate Training

Resident, Anatomic/Clinical Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1989-1993
Chief Resident, Anatomic/Clinical Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993-1994
Fellow, Pediatric Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994-1996

Awards and Honors

Authur Purdy Stout,Society of Surgical Pathologists Study Stipend, 1994
Ethel Brown Foerderer Fund for Excellence, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 1997
Research Endowment Award, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 1999
A. James McAdams Study Stipend, Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2000
“Top Doctor” Pathology, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, 2006
“Best Doctors”, Pathology Expert, 2010

Memberships and Professional Organizations

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 1989 - Present
Society for Pediatric Pathology:, 1994 - Present
College of American Pathologists, 1997 - Present
Clinical Cytometry Society, 1997 - 2019
International Society for Analytical Cytometry, 1997 - 2019
National Institutes of Health, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Clinical Trial – Pathology Review Committee, 2004 - 2006
Children's Oncology Group, 2005 - Present
National Institutes of Health, Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network (ChiLDREN) – Pathology Committee, 2007 - Present
American Board of Pathology, Test Development and Advisory Committee,
Pediatric Pathology, 2010 - 2021
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2014 - 2016
International Pediatric Pathology Association, 2015 - present
Washington Society of Pathology, 2015 - 2019
American Board of Pathology, CertLink Test Development Committee, 2016 - 2021
West Coast Renal Pathology Society, 2018 - Present
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2018 - 2022
American Board of Pathology Cooperating Society, 2021 - 2023
American Board of Pathology, Test Development and Advisory Committee,
Pediatric Pathology, 2021 - 2021
Intercouncil Pathology Society, 2021 - 2023
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2021 - 2022
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2022 - 2023
International Pediatric Pathology Association, 2023 - 2024
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2023 - 2024
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2023 - 2024

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Selected Publications