ErikBrianFingerMD

General Surgery • Minneapolis, MN

Transplantation

Assistant Professor, Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School

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Office
516 Delaware St SE
# 2A
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone+1 612-626-6100

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 - 2025
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

Bariatric surgery prior to pancreas transplantation: a retrospective matched case-control study.
Abraham J Matar, Matthew Wright, Michael Megaly, Michael Dryden, Karthik Ramanathan
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2025-04-01
Best practices in islet transplantation in mice.
Raphael P H Meier, Moufida Ben Nasr, Brian T Fife, Erik B Finger, Paolo Fiorina
American Journal of Transplantation. 2025-03-13
Nonindexed versus Body Surface Area-Indexed Measured GFR Determinations as a Criterion of Living Donor Acceptance.
Abraham J Matar, Erika S Helgeson, Jesse C Seegmiller, Karthik Ramanathan, Erik B Finger
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2025-03-01

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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Grant Support

Cryopreservation and nanowarming enables whole liver banking for transplantation, cell therapy and biomedical researchUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA2023–2027
Cryopreservation and nanowarming enables whole liver banking for transplantation, cell therapy and biomedical researchUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA2023–2027
Organ banking for transplant--kidney cryopreservation by vitrification and novel nanowarming technologyUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA2018–2027
Neonatal and Young Pediatric Kidney Preservation through Nanowarming and VitrificationEXPANSE BIO LLC2018–2027
Engineering optimization and scaling enables high quality pancreatic islet cryopreservation for banking and transplantUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA2021–2025