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Michelle Finkel, MD, Emergency Medicine, Torrance, CA

MichelleAmyFinkelMD

Emergency Medicine Torrance, CA

Founder, Insider Medical Admissions Attending, Emergency Medicine

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  • Office

    2785 Pacific Coast Highway #151
    Torrance, CA 90505
    Phone+1 320-634-6535

Summary

  • Dr. Michelle Finkel is a specialist in Emergency Medicine, based in Torrance, CA. She's a Harvard Medical School alumnus who pursued her residency training in Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital between 1996 and 2000. She was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School as an Attending Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital from 2000 to 2005. There, she was the Assistant Program Director for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency. She worked at Little Company of Mary in Torrance from 2005 to 2016 and served as an Attending Physician at Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center from 2016 to 2021. She has been published multiple times in notable outlets including Op-Med and The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, covering a range of topics such as sexism in medicine, career satisfaction among Emergency Physicians, and medical education. In 2007, she founded Insider Medical Admissions, a medical school and residency admissions consulting company, where she currently works.

Education & Training

  • Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1996 - 2000
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1998 - 2006

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Authored Content

  • The Medical School Admissions Process Is Falling ShortMarch 2024
  • How Virtual Interviews Might Mitigate Systemic Sexism in MedicineAugust 2020
  • Do It Yourself Exit Strategy: How I Started My Own Company Outside of Clinical MedicineSeptember 2019

Press Mentions

  • How Virtual Interviews Might Mitigate Systemic Sexism in Medicine
    How Virtual Interviews Might Mitigate Systemic Sexism in MedicineAugust 17th, 2020
  • Podcast #96 Show Notes: An Interview with Michelle Finkel of Insider Medical Admissions
    Podcast #96 Show Notes: An Interview with Michelle Finkel of Insider Medical AdmissionsMarch 7th, 2019
  • Emergency Medicine: Can a Sizzling Hot Specialty Burn You to a Crisp?
    Emergency Medicine: Can a Sizzling Hot Specialty Burn You to a Crisp?August 16th, 2018
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  • Spanish