Detailed CV - Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ...

EDUCATION:
CURRICULUM VITA
Walter E. Finkbeiner, M.D., Ph.D.
1970-74 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL B.A. Biology
1974-78 University of Illinois, Chicago, IL M.D. Medicine
1978-79 University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, IL Intern Surgery
1979-80 University of California, San Francisco Resident Pathology
1981-82 University of California, San Francisco Chief Resident Pathology
1982-84 University of California, San Francisco, CVRI Research Fellow Lung Cell Biology
1983-89 University of California, San Francisco Ph.D. Experimental Pathology
2000-01 University of California, Davis Fellow Forensic Pathology
LICENSES, CERTIFICATION:
1979 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1980 Medical license, California #G41479
1982 Certification, American Board of Pathology (Anatomic Pathology)
PRINICIPAL POSITIONS HELD:
1984-90 University of California, San Francisco Assistant Professor Pathology
1990-96 University of California, San Francisco Associate Professor Pathology
1996-98 University of California, San Francisco Professor Pathology
1998-01 University of California, Davis Professor Medical Pathology
2001-02 University of California, Davis Professor and Vice Chair Medical Pathology
2002-now University of California, San Francisco Professor and Vice Chair Pathology
OTHER POSITIONS HELD CONCURRENTLY:
1986-91 Fort Miley VA Medical Center Consultant Patholgist
1990-98 University of California, San Francisco Associate Staff, Cardiovascular Research Institute
1990-97 Moffitt-Long Hospital, UCSF Director, Autopsy Service
1994-98 Mount Zion Hospital, UCSF Medical Staff and Director Autopsy Service
1998-02 University of California Davis Medical Center Director of Anatomic Pathology
2002-now San Francisco General Hospital Chief, Department of Anatomic Pathology
2004-now University of California, Davis Research Associate, National Primate Center
HONORS AND AWARDS:
1970 Phi Eta Sigma
1974-78 James Scholar Program for Independent Study

1983-84 Cystic Fibrosis Research Fellowship
1984-85 Strobel Medical Education Research Award
1984-89 Clinical Investigator Award, NIH-HLB
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES:
Chief, Anatomic Pathology, San Francisco General Hospital.
Director, Autopsy Service, San Francisco General Hospital.
HOSPITAL COMMITTEES:
Moffitt-Long Hospitals (UCSF)
1989-94 Lung Tumor Management Conference
1989-91 Department of Pediatrics Quality Assurance—presentation of autopsy findings at:
Pediatric Intensive Care Quality Assurance Committee Meetings
Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Assurance Committee Meetings
1989-92 Decedent Affairs Committee
1989-95 Surgical Case and Hospital Mortality Review Committee
1995-98 Chair, Surgical Case and Hospital Mortality Review Committee
1995-98 Quality Improvement Executive Committee
Walter E. Finkbeiner
UC Davis Medical Center Hospital
1998-02 Quality Improvement Executive Committee
2000-01 Main Hospital Operating Room and Ambulatory Surgery Center Master Planning Committee
San Francisco General Hospital
2002-2004 Diagnostic Services Committee, SFGH
2002-now Chair, Tissue Committee, SFGH
2002-now Medical Executive Committee, SFGH
2002-now Clinical Practice Group Committee, SFGH
2003-2006 Performance Improvement Patient Safety Committee, SFGH
2008-now Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee—Mandated/Recommended Laboratory Testing to
Improve Drug Therapy
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Memberships
1984-1992 American Association for the Advancement of Science
1985-now Society for In Vitro Biology
1986-91 Society for Cardiovascular Pathology
1986-now U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology
1987-96 American Society for Cell Biology
1988-now American Society of Investigative Pathology
1988-now American Thoracic Society
1994-96 Society for Quantitative Morphology
1994-2000 American Physiological Society
1998-now College of American Pathologists
1998-2002 Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology

1998-now Pulmonary Pathology Society
2002-now American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Service To Professional Organizations
1993-now Society for In Vitro Biology Biosafety Committee
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
International
International Union of Physiologists, Glascow, Scotland, 1993 (invited talk)
26th Hakone Symposium on Respiration, Hakone, Japan, 1998 (keynote speaker)
Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, 1998
Kinki Chest Club, Osaka, Japan, 1998 (keynote speaker)
Walter E. Finkbeiner
National
American Society for Cell Biology, Special Interest Subgroup Meeting, San Francisco, CA 1987 (invited talk)
University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 1988 (invited talk)
Transatlantic Airway Conference, Key Biscayne, FL, 1989 (invited participant)
NIDDK Workshop on Epithelial Growth and Transformation, San Francisco, CA, 1990 (instructor)
Transatlantic Airway Conference, Key Biscayne FL, 1991 (invited discussant)
American College of Chest Physicians, 57th Annual Scientific Assembly, San Francisco, CA,1991 (invited talk)
American College of Chest Physicians, 57th Annual Scientific Assembly, San Francisco, CA,1991 (invited talk)
6th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, 1992 (platform)
7th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, 1993 (platform)
World Congress on Cell and Tissue Culture, San Diego, California, 1993
Genzyme Corporation, Framingham, MA, 1995 (invited talk)
World Congress on In Vitro Biology, San Francisco, CA, 1996 (invited talk)
American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society International Conference, Postgraduate Course—Culture of
Primary Lung Epithelium, San Francisco, CA, 1997 (invited talk)
World Congress on In Vitro Biology, San Francisco, CA, 2004 (invited talk)
Providence AK Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska, (grand rounds)
Alaska Thoracic Society Meeting—AK Chapter American College of Chest Physicians, Second Biennial Scientific
Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, 2004 (visiting professor)
Regional and Other Invited Presentations (past 5 years)
Regional Medical Center, San Jose, CA, 2004 (invited talk)
Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, CA, 2004 (invited talk)
San Jose Medical Center, San Jose, CA, 2004 (invited talk)
Bay Area Cystic Fibrosis Research Group, UCSF, 2006 (invited talk)
Lung Biology Research Group. UCSF, 2007 (invited talk)
University of California, Davis, Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine, 2008 (invited talk)
University of California, Davis, Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, 2010
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
1990 Health Effects Institute ad hoc referee
1993-98 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ad hoc grant reviews
1995-98 Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc. Advisory Board
1998-2001 MatTek Corporation, Ashland, MA Consultant

2008 National Institute of Health (NIDDK) Special grant review panel
2009 National Institute of Health (NIHLB) Reviewer, stimulus package grants
UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE:
UCSF Campus-Wide
Ad Hoc Faculty reviews (1 in 1990, 1 in 1991, 1 in 1994, 2 in 1995, 1 in 1997)
Ad Hoc Faculty Reviews, Committee Chair (1 in 1994)
1993-98 Cell Culture Facility Advisory Committee
2004-2007 Committee on Academic Planning and Budget
2006-2008 Organizer, SFGH Dean’s Monthly Seminar Series
Walter E. Finkbeiner
UCSF School of Medicine
1987 Search Committee, Department of Pathology, SFGH Pathologist
1990 Chair, Search Committee, Department of Pathology, for 5 positions (Mount Zion, VAMC,
Moffitt/Long (pediatric pathologist, dermatopathologist, neuropathologist, cytopathologist, surgical
pathologist)
1991-98 Medical Student Advisor Program
1994-98 Admissions Committee, School of Medicine
1996 Committee on Educational Policy/Course Directors Retreat
1996 SAC Committee-Respiratory (integration of respiratory anatomy, cell biology, physiology,
pathology and clinical medicine teaching)
2002-now Research Committee, SFGH
2003 Chair, Search Committee, Robert E. Smith Endowed Chair in Experimental Pathology
2003-04 Chair, Search Committee, Department of Pathology, SFGH pathologist
2003-04 Search Committee, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cytogenetics Lab Director
2004 Chair Search Committee, Department of Pathology, Endowed Chair in Pathology Medical Student
Education
2004-05 Chair, Search Committee, Chief, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, SFGH
2004-05 Search Committee, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Department Chair
2005 Search Committee, Department of Pathology, Experimental Pathologist
2005-07 Chair, Search Committee, Laboratory Medicine, Chief, SFGH
2005-07 SFGH Subcommittee of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the LRDP Amendment
2006 Search Committee, Department of Pathology, Experimental Neuropathologist
2008-09 Search Committee, Department of Anatomy, Faculty and Director of Willed Body Program
2008-10 Chair, Search Committee, Department of Pathology, Experimental Pathologist
2008-09 Chair, Search Committee, Department of Pathology, Medical Educator
2008-09 Clinical Focus Curriculum Working Group
2009-now Chair, Search Committee, Department of Pathology, Experimental Pathologist
2009 Curriculum Design Working Group CCEP Retreat, June 4, 2009
Departmental Service (UCSF Department of Pathology)
1987-88 Executive Committee
1987 Library Committee
1988 Residency Review Committee
1988-89 Educational Policy Committee
1989-93 Anatomic Pathology Committee
1989-90 Resident Education Committee
1989-98 Biosafety Committee, Chair

1989-98 Resident Evaluation Committee
1993-96 Chair, Moon Memorial Lecture Committee
1994-98 Biosafety Officer
1995-96 Department Representative, San Francisco Division of the Academic Senate
2002-now Promotions Committee
2008-now Co-chair, Department of Pathology Bridge Funding Review Committee
2009-now Departmental Facilitator, UCSF Mentorship Program
Public Service
1987-88 UCSF Science Education Partnership Program
2001-02 County of Sacramento Coroner's Office Advisory Committee
2003 City and County of San Francisco Search Committee, Chief Medical Examiner
TEACHING AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:
Walter E. Finkbeiner
1988 Nomination for "Excellence in Small Group Instruction," School of Medicine, Class of 1990
1989 Distinction in Teaching Award for "Excellence in Small Group Instruction," School of Medicine,
Class of 1991
1991 Teaching Award, Pathology Residents and Fellows
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Development of highly differentiated and functional in vitro cell models of the airway epithelium.
2. Pathophysiology of airway surface epithelial cells and gland cells in cystic fibrosis.
3. Tracheobronchial gland cell development.
4. Regulation of mucous gland hyperplasia in the chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.
5. Drug discovery for treatment of mucus hypersecretion and cystic fibrosis.
RESEARCH AWARDS AND GRANTS
1. RFA-DK-04-008 (A. Verkman, Program Director; P. Haggie and W. Finkbeiner, Associate Directors),
Novel Small-Molecule Therapies for CF. Core C: Cell Models (W. Finkbeiner, PI), 7/1/10-5/31/15.
2. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, RDP R613 (A. Verkman, Program Director and W. Finkbeiner, Associate
Program Director), CF Pathophysiology and New Therapies. Core 2: Cell Culture and Tissue Biology (W.
Finkbeiner, PI), 8/1/07-6/30/11
3. 2RO1HL073856-05 (A.Verkman, PI), Role of Airway Submucosal Glands in CF Lung Disease, 9/1/07-
8/31/12.
4. American Cancer Society Research Grant (N. McNamara, PI), Smoke-Induced Lung Cancer: Role of
EGFR, MUC1 and Catenins, 07/01/08 – 06/30/11.
5. 1R01HL090662-01A2 (S. Nishimiura, PI), Role of Squamous Metaplasia in Airway Wall Thickening in
COPD, 09/01/09 – 08/31/11.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
Walter E. Finkbeiner
1. Finkbeiner WE, Egbert BM, Groundwater JR, Sagebiel RW: Kaposi's sarcoma in young homosexual males. A
histopathologic study with particular reference to lymph node involvement. Arch Pathol Lab Med 106:261-264,
1982.
2. Alpers CE, Rosenau W, Finkbeiner WE, DeLorimier AA, Kronish D: Congenital infantile
hemangiopericytoma of the tongue and sublingual region. Am J Clin Pathol 81:377-382, 1984.
3. Basbaum CB, Mann J, Chow A, Finkbeiner WE: Monoclonal antibodies as probes for unique antigens in
secretory cells of mixed exocrine organs. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 81:4419-4423, 1984.
4. Kereiakes DJ, Ports TA, Finkbeiner WE: Cardiac involvement in Henoch-Schoenlein purpura: Results of
endomyocardial biopsy. Am Heart J 107:382-385, 1984.
5. Welch K, Finkbeiner WE, Alpers CE, Blumenfeld W, Davis RL, Smuckler EA, Beckstead JH: Autopsy
findings in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). JAMA 252:1152-1159, 1984.
6. Adzick NS, Harrison MR, Glick PL, Villa RL, Finkbeiner WE: Experimental pulmonary hypoplasia and
oligohydramnios: Relative contributions of lung fluid and fetal breathing movements. J Ped Surg 19:658-665,
1984.
7. Widdicombe JH, Coleman DL, Finkbeiner WE, Tuet I: Electrical properties of monolayers cultured from cells
of human tracheal mucosa. J Appl Physiol 58:1729-1734, 1985.
8. Hunter JA, Finkbeiner WE, Nadel JA, Goetzl EJ, Holtzman MJ: Predominant generation of 15-lipoxygenase
metabolites of arachidonic acid by epithelial cells from human trachea. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 82:4633-4637,
1985.
9. Widdicombe JH, Welsh MJ, Finkbeiner WE: Cystic fibrosis decreases the apical membrane chloride
permeability of monolayers cultured from cells of tracheal epithelium. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 82:6167-6171,
1985.
10. Bernstein D, Finkbeiner WE, Soifer S, Teitel D: Perinatal myocardial infarction: A case report and review of
the literature. J Ped Cardiol 6:313-317, 1986.
11. Gashi AA, Borson DB, Finkbeiner WE, Nadel JA, Basaum CB: Neuropeptides degranulate serous cells of
ferret tracheal glands. Am J Physiol 251 (Cell Physiol 20):C223-C229, 1986.
12. Basbaum CB, Chow A, Macher BA, Finkbeiner WE, Vessiere D, Forsberg LS: Tracheal antigens identified by
monoclonal antibodies: Localization, periodate sensitivity, and apparent molecular weight. Arch Biochem Biophys
249:363-373, 1986.
13. Aherne T, Tscholakoff D, Finkbeiner WE, Sechtem U, Derugin N, Yee E, Higgins CB: Magnetic resonance
imaging of cardiac transplants: The evaluation of rejection of cardiac allografts with and without
immunosuppression. Circulation 74:145-156, 1986.
14. Finkbeiner WE, Nadel JA, Basbaum CB: Establishment and characterization of a cell line derived from
tracheal glands. In Vitro Cell Develop Biol 22:561-567, 1986.

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15. Lazarus SC, Devinney R, McCabe LJ, Finkbeiner WE, Gold WM: Isolated canine mastocytoma cells:
Propagation and characterization of two cell lines. Am J Physiol 251 (Cell Physiol 20) C935-C944, 1986.
16. Davis JC, Finkbeiner WE, Ruder MA, DiCarlo L, Matsubara T, Chu W, Winston SA, Bharati S, Scheinman
MM, Lev M: Histologic changes and arrhythmogenicity following transseptal catheter electrode discharge.
Circulation 74:637-644, 1986.
17. Davis J, Scheinman MM, Ruder MA, Griffin JA, Herre JM, Finkbeiner WE, Chin MC, Eldar M: Ablation of
cardiac tissues by an electrode catheter technique for treatment of ectopic supraventricular tachycardia in adults.
Circulation 74:1044-1053, 1986.
18. DeAraujo LML, Schmidt KG, Silverman NH, Finkbeiner WE: Prenatal detection of truncus arteriosus by
ultrasound. Ped Cardiol 8:261-263, 1987.
19. Widdicombe JH, Coleman DL, Finkbeiner WE, Friend DS: Primary cultures of the dog's tracheal epithelium:
fine structure, fluid, and electrolyte transport. Cell Tiss Res 247:95-103, 1987.
20. Garrett JS, Wikman-Coffelt J, Sievers R, Finkbeiner WE, Parmley WW: Verapamil prevents the development
of alcoholic dysfunction in hamster myocardium. J Am Coll Cardiol 9:1326-1331, 1987.
21. Schmeidl U, Mosely ME, Sievers R, Ogan MD, Chew WM, Engeseth H, Finkbeiner WE, Lipton MJ, Brasch
RC: MR imaging of myocardial infarction in rats using albumin-(Gd-DTPA), a macromolecular, blood volume
contrast agent. Invest Radiol 22:713-721, 1987.
22. Ruder ME, Davis JC, Eldar M, Finkbeiner WE, Scheinman MM: The effect of electrical discharges delivered
near the tricuspid annulus in dogs. J Am Coll Cardiol 10:693-701, 1987.
23. DeAraujo LML, Silverman NH, Filly RA, Golbus MS, Finkbeiner WE, Schmidt KG: Prenatal detection of left
atrial isomerism by ultrasound. J Ultrasound Med 6:667-670, 1987.
24. Paul A, Picard J, Mergey M, Veissiere D, Finkbeiner WE, Basbaum CB: Glycoconjugates secreted by bovine
tracheal serous cells in culture. Arch Biochem Biophys 260:75-84, 1988.
25. Webb WR, Stein MG, Finkbeiner WE, Im J-G, Lynch D, Gamsu G: High-resolution lung CT: Correlation with
anatomy in normal and abnormal isolated lungs. Radiology 166:81-87, 1988.
26. Stein MG, Demarco T, Gamsu G, Finkbeiner WE, Golden JA: Computed tomography: Pathology correlation
in lung disease due to tocainide. Radiology 166:81-87, 1988.
27. Finkbeiner WE, Basbaum CB: Monoclonal antibodies directed against human airway secretions: Localization
and characterization of antigens. Am J Pathol 131:290-297, 1988.
28. Wendland MF, White RD, Derugin N, Finkbeiner WE, McNamara MT, Moseley ME, Lipton MJ Higgins CB:
Changes in phosphorus metabolite levels in cat myocardium during regional ischemia and reperfusion measured in
vivo by 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Mag Res Med 7:172-183, 1988.
29. Gruenert DC, Basbaum CB, Welsh MJ, Li M, Finkbeiner WE, Nadel JA: Characterization of human tracheal
epithelial cells transformed by an origin-defective SV40. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85:5951-5955, 1988.

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30. Franklin JO, Langberg JJ, Oeff M, Finkbeiner WE, Herre JM, Griffin JC, Scheinman MM: Catheter ablation of
canine myocardium with radiofrequency energy. Pace. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology 12:170-176, 1989.
31. Madison JM, Basbaum CB, Brown JK, Finkbeiner WE: Characterization of ß-adrenergic receptors in cultured
bovine tracheal gland cells. Am J Physiol 256 (Cell Physiol 25):C310-C314, 1989.
32. Sommerhoff CP, Caughey GH, Finkbeiner WE, Lazarus SC, Basbaum CB, Nadel, JA: Mast cell chymase: A
potent secretagogue for airway gland serous cells. J Immunol 142: 2450-2456, 1989.
33. Byrd B III, Finkbeiner WE, Bouchard A, Silverman NH, Schiller NB: Accuracy and reproducibility of
clinically acquired two-dimensional echocardiographic mass measurements. Am Heart J 118:133-137, 1989.
34. Saeed M, Wagner S, Wendland MF, Derugin N, Finkbeiner WE, Higgins CB: Occlusive and reperfused
myocardial infarcts: Differentiation with Mn-DPDP-enhanced MR imaging. Radiology 172:59-64,1989.
35. Langer JC, Longaker MT, Crombleholme TM, Bond SS, Finkbeiner WE, Rudolph CA, Verrier ED, Harrison
MR: Etiology of intestinal damage in gastroschisis. I. Effects of amniotic fluid exposure and bowel constriction in
a fetal lamb model. J Ped Surg 24:992-997, 1989.
36. Wolfe CL, Moseley M, Widstrom M, Sievers R, Wendland M, Dupon, Finkbeiner WE, Parmley WW, Brasch
RC: Assessment of myocardial salvage after ischemia and reperfusion using magnetic resonance imaging and
spectroscopy. Circulation 80:969-982, 1989.
37. Sommerhoff CP, Finkbeiner WE: Human tracheobronchial submucosal gland cells in culture. Am J Cell
Respir Mol Biol 2:41-50, 1990.
38. Oeff M, Langberg JJ, Franklin JO, Chin MC, Sharkey H, Finkbeiner W, Herre JM, Scheinman MM: Effects of
multipolar electrode radiofrequency energy delivery on ventricular endocardium. Am Heart J 119:599-607, 1990.
39. Holt WW, Wendland MF, Derugin N, Finkbeiner WE, Higgins CB: Effect of repetitive brief episodes of
cardiac ischemia on 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the cat. Mag Res Med 15:70-80, 1990.
40. Glick PL, Guglielmo, BJ, Winter ME, Finkbeiner W, Turley K: Iodine toxicity secondary to continuous
povidone-iodine mediastinal irrigation in dogs. J Surg Res 49:428-434, 1990.
41. Langer JC, Bell JG, Castillow RO, Crombleholme TM, Longaker MT, Duncan BW, Bradley SM, Finkbeiner
WE, Verrier ED, Harrison MR: Etiology of intestinal damage in gastroschisis. II. Timing and reversibility of
histological changes, mucosal function, and contractility. J Ped Surg 25:1122-1126, 1990.
42. Longaker MT, Hanley FL, Goldstone J, Teitel DF, Finkbeiner WE, Verrier ED: Takayasu's arteritis (type III)
in an 8 year old girl: a multimodality approach to staged revascularization of the heart, head, and abdominal viscera.
Vascular Surg 24:616-621, 1990.
43. Levine JD, Coderre TJ, White DM, Finkbeiner WE, Basbaum AI: Denervation-induced inflammation in the
rat. Neurosci Let 119:37-40, 1990.
44. Hendin BN, Longaker MT, Finkbeiner WE, Roberts LJ, Stern R: Hyaluronic acid deposition in cardiac
myxomas: localization using a hyaluronate-specific binding protein. Am J Cardiovasc Pathol 3:209-215, 1990.

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45. Amar A, Davis RL, Finkbeiner WE, Cogen PH, Jeffries IP: An intracranial cause for neonatal pulmonary
hypertension. International Pedatrics 5:364-366, 1990.
46. Longaker MT, Chiu ES, Hendin B, Finkbeiner WE, Stern R: Hyaluronic acid in a cardiac myxoma: a
biochemical and histological analysis. Virchows Archiv A Pathol Anat 418:435-437, 1991.
47. Kondo M, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Simple technique for culture of highly differentiated cells from
dog tracheal epithelium. Am J Physiol 261 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 5):L106-L117, 1991.
48. Yamaya M, Finkbeiner, WE, Widdicombe JH: Ion transport by cultures of human tracheobronchial
submucosal glands. Am J Physiol 261 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 5): L485-L490, 1991.
49. Yamaya M, Finkbeiner, WE, Widdicombe JH: Altered ion transport by tracheal glands in cystic fibrosis. Am J
Physiol 261 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 5): L491-L494, 1991.
50. Chin MC, Schuenemeyer T, Finkbeiner WE, Stern RA, Scheinman MM, Langberg JJ: Histopathology of
monopolar transcatheter radiofrequency ablation at the mitral valve annulus. Pace. Pacing and Clinical
Electrophysiology 14:1956-1960, 1991.
51. Langberg JJ, Wonnell T, Chin MC, Finkbeiner W, Scheinman M, Stauffer P: Catheter ablation of the
atrioventricular junction using a helical microwave antenna: a novel means of coupling energy to the endocardium.
Pace. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 14:2105-13, 1991.
52. Graham CM, Stern EJ, Finkbeiner WE, Webb WR: High-Resolution CT appearance of diffuse alveolar septal
amyloidosis. Am J Radiol 158:265-267, 1992
53. Kondo, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Changes in permeability of dog tracheal epithelium in response to
hydrostatic pressure. Am J Physiol (Lung Cell Mol Physiol.) 262:L176-L182, 1992.
54. Sigal E, Dicharry S, Highland E, Finkbeiner WE: Cloning of human airway 15-lipoxygenase: identity to the
reticulocyte enzyme and expression in epithelium. Am J Physiol (Lung Cell Mol Physiol) 262:L392-398, 1992.
55. Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH, Hu L, Basbaum CB: Bovine tracheal serous cell secretion: role of cAMP and
cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Am J Physiol 262 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 6):L574-L581, 1992.
56. Cozens AL, Yezzi MJ, Chin L, Simon EM, Finkbeiner, WE, Wagner JA, Gruenert DC: Characterization of
immortal cystic fibrosis tracheobronchial gland epithelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89:5171-5175, 1992.
57. Yamaya M, Finkbeiner WE, Chun SY, Widdicombe JH: Differentiated structure and fuction of cultures from
human tracheal epithelium. Am J Physiol 262 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 6):L713-724, 1992.
58. Oeff M, Langberg JJ, Chin MC, Finkbeiner WE, Scheinman MM: Ablation of ventricular tachycardia using
multiple sequential transcatheter application of radiofrequency energy. Pace. Pacing and Clinical
Electrophysiology 15:1167-1176, 1992.
59. Kondo M, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Cultures of bovine tracheal epithelium with differentiated
ultrastructure and ion transport. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 29A:19-24, 1993.
60. Vartanian RK, Finkbeiner, WE: Endomyocardial biopsy findings in a patient with polymyositisdermatomyositis.
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61. Fahy JV, Steiger DJ, Liu J, Basbaum CB, Finkbeiner WE, Boushey HA: Markers of mucus secretion and DNA
levels in induced sputum from asthmatic and healthy subjects. Am Rev Respir Dis: 147:1132-1137, 1993.
62. Yamaya M, Ohrui T, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Calcium-dependent Cl secretion across cultures of
tracheal surface epithelium and glands Am J Physiol 265 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 9): L170-L177, 1993.
63. Suman VJ, Tazelaar HD, Bailey K, Longaker MT, Stern R, Finkbeiner WE: Are patients with neoplasia at risk
for cardiac myxomas? Hum Pathol 24:1008-1011, 1993.
64. Jiang C, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH, McCray PB Jr, Miller SS: Fluid transport across airway epithelium
in cystic fibrosis. Science 262:424-427, 1993.
65. Aris R, Christian D, Tager I, Ngo L, Finkbeiner WE, Balmes JR: Effects of nitric acid gas alone or in
combination with ozone on healthy volunteers. Am Rev Respir Dis 148:965-973, 1993.
66. Aris RM, Christian D, Hearne PQ, Kerr K, Finkbeiner WE, Balmes JR: Ozone-induced airway inflammation
in human subjects as determined by airway lavage and biopsy. Am Rev Respir Dis: 148:1363-1372, 1993.
67. Finkbeiner WE, Carrier SD, Teresi CE: Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) phenotypic
analysis of cell cultures derived from human tracheal epithelium, tracheobronchial glands and lung carcinomas. Am
J Respir Cell Mol Biol 9:547-556, 1993.
68. Gallagher DM, Mendelson T, Krupski WC, Finkbeiner WE: Primary aortoduodenal fistula caused by severe
atherosclerosis not by aneurysm. Am J Cardiovasc Pathol 4:281-285, 1993.
69. Cozens AL, Yezzi MJ, Kunzelmann K, Chin L, Eng K, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH, Gruenert DC: CFTR
expression and chloride secretion in polarized immortal human bronchial epithelial cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol
Biol 10:38-47, 1994.
70. Steiger DJ, Fahy JV, Boushey HA, Finkbeiner WE, Basbaum CB: Use of mucin antibodies and cDNA probes
to quantify hypersecretion in vivo in human airways. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 10:538-545, 1994.
71. Shen B-Q, Finkbeiner WE, Wine JJ, Mrsny RJ, Widdicombe JH: Calu-3: a human airway epithelial cell line
that shows cAMP-dependent Cl secretion. Am J Physiol 266 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 10): L493-L501, 1994.
72. Haws C, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH, Wine JJ: CFTR in Calu-3 human airway cells: channel properties
and role in cAMP-activated Cl - conductance. Am J Physiol 266 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 10): L502-L512, 1994.
73. Hasegawa H, Lian S-C, Finkbeiner WE, Verkman AS: Extrarenal tissue distribution of CHIP28 water channels
by in situ hybridization and antibody staining. Am J Physiol (Cell Physiol): 266:C893-C903, 1994.
74. Lee MA, Dae MW, Langberg JJ, Griffin JC, Chin MC, Finkbeiner WE, O'Connell JW, Botvinick E,
Scheinman MM, Rosenqvist M: Effects of chronic ventricular apical pacing on left ventricular perfusion,
innervation, and histology. J Am Coll Cardiol 24: 225-232, 1994.
75. Finkbeiner WE, Shen B-Q, Widdicombe JH: Chloride secretion and function of serous and mucous cells of
human airway glands. Am J Physiol 267 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 11): L206-L210, 1994.

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76. Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Serial propagation of cells from human tracheobronchial glands. In Vitro
Cell Devel Biol: 30A:817-818, 1994.
77. Moser KM, Fedullo PF, Finkbeiner WE, Golden JA: Do patients with primary hypertension develop extensive
central thrombi? Circulation 91:741-745, 1995.
78. Eisenberg SJ, Scheinman MM, Dullet N, Finkbeiner WE, Griffin JC, Eldar M, Franz MR, Gonzalez R, Kadis
AH, Lesh MC: Sudden cardiac death and polymorphous ventricular tachycardia in patients with normal QT
intervals and normal cardiac function. Am J Cardiol 75:687-692, 1995.
79. Finkbeiner WE, Zlock LT, Carrier SD, Chun SY, Watt L, Chow A: Expression of airway secretory epithelial
functions by lung carcinoma cells. In Vitro Cell Develop Biol: 31:379-386, 1995.
80. Shen B-Q, Mrsny RJ, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Role of CFTR in chloride secretion across human
tracheal epithelium. Am J Physiol 269 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 13): L561-L566, 1995.
81. Cha I, Adzick NS, Harrison MR, Finkbeiner WE: Fetal congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations: a
clinicopathologic study of eleven cases. Am J Surg Pathol 21:537-544, 1997.
82. Jiang C, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH, Miller SS: Fluid transport across human tracheal glands is altered in
cystic fibrosis. J Physiol 501:647-658, 1997.
83. Balmes JR, Aris RM, Chen LL, Scannell C, Tager IB, Finkbeiner W, Christian D, Kelly T, Hearne PQ,
Ferrando R, Welch, B: Effects of ozone on normal and potentially sensitive human subjects. Part I: airway
inflammation and responsiveness to ozone in normal and asthmatic subjects. Research Report Health Effects
Institute 78:1-37, 1997.
84. LeDizet M, Beck JC, Finkbeiner WE: Differential regulation of centrin genes during ciliogenesis in human
tracheal epithelial cells. Am J Physiol 275 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 19): L145-L1156, 1998.
85. Ware LB, Golden JA, Finkbeiner WE, Matthay MA: Alveolar epithelial fluid transport capacity in reperfusion
lung injury after lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 159:980-981, 1999.
86. Jiang C, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH, Fang SL, Wang KX, Nietupski JB, Hehir KM, Cheng SH:
Restoration of cyclic adenosine monophosphate-stimulated chloride channel activity in human cystic fibrosis
tracheobronchial submucosal gland cells by adenovirus-mediated and cationic lipid-mediated gene transfer. Am J
Respir Cell Mol Biol 20:1107-1115, 1999.
87. Jonosono M, Fang KC, Keith FM, Turck CW, Hall TS, Fukano AK, Rifkin CJ, Gold WM, Webb R,
Edinburgh KJ, Finkbeiner WE, Golden JA: Utility of measuring fibroblast proliferative activity in bronchoalveolar
lavage fluid in the early detection of obliterative bronchiolitis in lung transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant
18:972-985, 1999.
88. Choi HK, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: A comparative study of mammalian tracheal mucous glands. J
Anat 197: 361-372, 2000.
89. Rheinhardt JR, Finkbeiner WE: Protease 24 increases detection of mucin gene expression during in situ
hybridization in archival tissue. J Histochem Cytochem 49:923-924, 2001.

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90. Di YP, Harper R, Zhao Y, Pahlavan N, Finkbeiner W, Wu R: Molecular cloning and characterization of spurt,
a human novel gene that is retinoic acid-inducible and encodes a secretory protein specific in upper respiratory
tracts. J Biol Chem 278:1165-73, 2003.
91. Widdicombe JH, Sachs LA, Finkbeiner WE: Effects of growth surface on differentiation of cultures of human
trachea. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 39:51-55, 2003.
92. Sachs LA, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Effects of media on differentiation of cultured tracheal
epithelium. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 39:56-62, 2003.
93. Carlson JR, Li L, Helton CL, Munn RJ, Wasson K, Perez RV, Gallay BJ, Finkbeiner WE: Disseminated
microsporidiosis in a pancreas/kidney transplant recipient. Arch Pathol Lab Med 128:e41-3, 2004.
94. Salinas D, Pedemonte N, Muanprasat C, Finkbeiner W, Nielson D, Verkman A: CFTR involvement in nasal
potential differences in mice and pigs studied using a thiazolidinone CFTR inhibitor. Am J Physiol 287 (Lung Cell
Mol Physiol): L936-943, 2004.
95. Salinas D, Haggie PM, Thiagarahah JR, Song Y, Rosby K, Finkbeiner WE, Nielson DW, Verkman AS:
Submucosal gland dysfunction as a primary defect in cystic fibrosis. Faseb J 19:431-433, 2005.
96. Widdicombe JH, Sachs LA, Morrow JL, Finkbeiner WE: Expansion of cultures of human tracheal epithelium
with maintenance of differentiated structure and function. BioTechniques 39:249-255, 2005.
97. Levin MH, Sullivan S, Nielson D, Yang B, Finkbeiner WE, Verkman AS: Hypertonic saline therapy in cystic
fibrosis: evidence against the proposed mechanism involving aquaporins. J Biol Chem 281:25803-25812, 2006.
98. Araya J, Cambier S, Morris A, Finkbeiner W, Nishimura SL: Integrin mediated TGF- regulates homeostasis
of the pulmonary epithelial-mesenchymal trophic unit. Am J Pathol 169:405-415, 2006.
99. Rajagopal M, Tollner TL, Finkbeiner WE, Cherr GN, Widdicombe JH: Differentiated structure and function of
primary cultures of monkey oviductal epithelium: In Vitro Cell Develop Biol Anim 42:248-254, 2006.
100. Lemjabbar-Alaoui H, Dasari V, Sidhu SS, Mengistab A, Finkbeiner W, Gallup M, Basbaum C: Wnt and
hedgehog are critical mediators of cigarette smoke-induced lung cancer. PLoS ONE 1:e93, 2006.
101. Fischer HB, Illek B, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Basolateral Cl channels in primary airway epithelial
cultures. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 292:L1432-1443, 2007.
102. Araya J, Cambier S, Markovics JA, Wolters P, Jablons D, Hill A, Finkbeiner W, Jones K, Broaddus VC,
Sheppard D, Barzcak A, Xiao Y, Erle DJ, Nishimura SL. Squamous metaplasia amplifies pathologic epithelialmesenchymal
interactions in COPD patients. J Clin Invest 117:3551-3562, 2007.
103. Avdalovic M, Putney L, Tyler N, Finkbeiner W, Pinkerton K, Hyde D: In utero and postnatal exposure to
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) alters alveolar and respiratory bronchiole (RB) growth and development.
Toxicol Pathol 37:256-263, 2009.
104. Namkung W, Song Y, Mills AD, Padmawar P, Finkbeiner WE, Verkman AS: In situ measurement of airway
surface liquid [K + ] using a ratioable K + -sensitive fluorescent dye. J Biol Chem 284:15916-15926, 2009.

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105. Lopez-Souza N Favoreto S, Wong H, Ward T, Yagi S, Schnurr D, Finkbeiner WE, Dolganov GM,
Widdicombe JH, Boushey HA, Avila PC: Greater in vitro susceptibility to rhinovirus infection of bronchial than
nasal airway epithelial cells from human subjects. J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:1384-1390, 2009.
106. Song Y, Namkung W, Nielson DE, Lee J-W, Finkbeiner WE, Verkman AS: Airway surface liquid depth
measured in ex vivo fragments of pig and human trachea: dependence on Na + and Cl - channel function. Am J
Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 297:L1131-L1140, 2009.
107. Roux J, Carles M, Koh H, Ganter MT, Goolaerts A, Chesebro BB, Howard M, Houseman BT, Finkbeiner W,
Shokat KM, Paquet AC, Matthay MA, Pittet J-F: TGF-1 inhibits cAMP-stimulated alveolar epithelial fluid
transport via a PI3K-dependent mechanism. J Biol Chem 285:4278-4290, 2009.
108. Finkbeiner WE, Zlock LT, Mehdi I, Widdicombe JH: Cultures of human tracheobronchial gland cells of
mucous or serous phenotype. In Vitro Cell Mol Dev 46:450-456, 2010.
109. Lachowicz-Scroggins ME, Boushey HA, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Interleukin-13 induced mucous
metaplasia increases susceptibility of human airway epithelium to rhinovirus infection. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
(in press).
110. Chen Y-T, Gallup M, Zlock L, Finkbeiner W, McNamara N: MUC1 cytoplasmic tail bridges tobacco smokeactivated
EGFR and Wnt/-catenin signaling in human airway Am J Pathol (in press).
111. Namkung W, Finkbeiner W, Verkman A: CFTR-adenylyl cyclase I association responsible for UTP
activation of CFTR in well-differentiated primary human bronchial cell cultures. Mol Biol Cell (in press).
112. Fischer H, Finkbeiner WE, Illek B, Zlock LT, Widdicombe: Role of Ca-activated Cl channels in human airway
gland secretion Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (in revision).
113. Cao L, Lao A, Platt VM, Cohen R, Finkbeiner WE, Szoka FC Jr: TSG-Link-mKate, a Fluorescent
Hyaluronan Binding Fusion Protein, Detects Hyaluronan in Cultured Cells and Tissue Sections. J Histochem
Cytochem (in revision).
114. Finkbeiner WE, Zlock LT, Morikawa M, Dasari V, Widdicombe JH: Cystic fibrosis and the relationship
between mucin and chloride secretion by differentiated cultures of human airway gland mucous cells. Am J Physiol
Lung Cell Mol Biol (submitted).
NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITIES:
Review Articles
1. Basbaum CB, Forsberg LS, Paul A, Sommerhoff C, Finkbeiner WE: Studies of tracheal secretion using serous
cell cultures and monoclonal antibodies. Biorheology 24:585-588, 1987.
2. Basbaum CB, Finkbeiner WE: Airway secretion: A cell-specific analysis. Horm Metab Res 20:661-667, 1988.
3. Basbaum CB, Jany B, Finkbeiner WE: The serous cell. Ann Rev Physiology 52:97-113, 1990.
4. Basbaum CB, Madison JM, Brown J, Sommerhoff CP, Finkbeiner WE: Receptors on airway gland cells. Am
Rev Respir Dis 141:S141-S144, 1990.

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5. Gruenert DC, Yezzi MJ, Chin L, Schonberg S, Finkbeiner WE, Cozens AL: Immortalized cell cultures of
cystic fibrosis tissue as a tool to study transport properties. In: Mukoviszidose 1991: Ergebnisse aus Forschung
und Klinik, ed. Döring G, Greger R, Kaiser D, Schmidtke J. Hannover, 1991, 52-64, 1991.
6. Wine JJ, Finkbeiner WE, Haws C. Krouse ME, Moon S, Widdicombe JH, Xia Y. CFTR and other Cl -
channels in human airway cells. Jap J Physiol: 44 Suppl 2:S199-S205, 1994.
7. Widdicombe JH, Miller SS, Jiang C, Finkbeiner WE: Defective function of airway serous gland cells in cystic
fibrosis. Ped Pulm (Suppl 10):146-157, 1994.
8. Gruenert DC, Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Culture and transformation of human airway epithelial cells.
Am J Physiol 268 (Lung Cell Mol Physiol 12) L347-L360, 1995.
9. Finkbeiner WE: Pathophysiology of tracheobronchial gland cells. Respir Physiol 118:77-83, 1999.
Books
1. Finkbeiner WE, Ursell PC, Davis RL: Autopsy Pathology: A Manual and Atlas. Churchill Livingstone, 2004.
2. Finkbeiner WE, Ursell PC, Davis RL: Autopsy Pathology: A Manual and Atlas, 2 nd edition. Saunders, 2009.
Chapters:
1. Welch K, Beckstead JH, Finkbeiner WE, Blumenfeld W, Alpers CE, Davis RL, Smuckler EA: Morbid
anatomy of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). In: Acquired Deficiency Syndrome, UCLA
Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, New Series, Vol. 16, Gottlieb MS, Greenspan JE (Eds), Alan R. Liss,
Inc., New York, pp. 337-343, 1984.
2. Basbaum CB, Finkbeiner WE: Mucus producing cells of the airway. In: Lung Biology in Health and Disease.
Pulmonary Cell Biology, Massaro D (Ed), Dekker, New York, pp. 37-79, 1989.
3. Cheitlin MD, Finkbeiner WE: Cardiac anatomy. In: Cardiology, 3rd ed., Parmley W, Chatterjee K, (Eds), JB
Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, pp 1-19, 1989.
4. Cheitlin MD, Finkbeiner WE: Cardiac anatomy. In: Cardiology,: An Illustrated Text Reference, Chatterjee K,
Cheitlin MD, Karliner J, Parmley W, Rapaport E, Scheinman M (Eds), JB Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, pp 1.1-1.18,
1991.
5. Basbaum CB, Finkbeiner, WE: Mucus production in the airway. In: Endothelial and Mucus Secreting Cells,
Junod A, Olivieri D, Pozzi E (Eds), Masson, Milano, pp. 173-189, 1991.
6. Finkbeiner WE, Widdicombe JH: Control of nasal and airway secretion and ion and water transport. In: A
Comprehensive Treatise on Pulmonary Toxicology: Vol. I. Comparative Pulmonary Biology of the Normal Lung,
Parent RA (Ed), CRC Press, Boca Raton pp 633-657, 1992.
7. Finkbeiner WE: General Features of Lung Pathology. In: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, Murray, JF,
Nadel JA (Eds), 2nd edition, Saunders, Philadelphia, pp 419-468, 1994.

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8. Widdicombe JH, Miller SS, Finkbeiner WE: Altered regulation of airway fluid content in cystic fibrosis. In:
Cystic Fibrosis-Current Topics, Vol. 2, Dodge JA, Widdicombe JH, (Eds), John Wiley and Sons, pp 109-129, 1994.
9. Widdicombe JH, Shen B-Q, Finkbeiner WE: Structure and function of human airway mucous glands in health
and disease. In: Advances in Structural Biology, Vol. 3, Malhotra, SK, (Ed), JAI Press, Inc., pp 225-241, 1994.
10. Finkbeiner WE: Respiratory Cell Culture. In: The Lung: Scientific Foundations, 2nd edition, Crystal RG,
West JB, Weibel ER, Barnes PJ (Eds), Raven Press, New York, pp 415-433, 1996.
11. Finkbeiner WE: General Features of Lung Pathology. In: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, Murray, JF,
Nadel JA, Mason RJ, Boushey HA, (Eds), 3rd edition, Saunders, Philadelphia, pp. 443-493, 2000.
12. Finkbeiner WE: Morphological Procedures In Respiratory Anatomy And Pathology. In: Atlas of Procedures
in Respiratory Medicine, Gold, WM, Murray, JF, Nadel JA (Eds), Saunders, Philadelphia pp. 1-34, 2002.
13. Wu J, Finkbeiner, WE: Respiratory Anatomy. In: Atlas of Procedures in Respiratory Medicine, Gold, WM,
Murray, JF, Nadel JA (Eds), Saunders, Philadelphia pp. 35-74, 2002.
14. Finkbeiner WE: Respiratory Pathology. In: Atlas of Procedures in Respiratory Medicine, Gold, WM, Murray,
JF, Nadel JA (Eds), Saunders, Philadelphia pp. 75-144, 2002.
15. Nishimura S, Finkbeiner WE: General Features of Lung Pathology. In: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine,
Murray, JF, Nadel JA, Mason RJ, Broadus, (Eds), 4th edition, Saunders, Philadelphia pp. 407-448, 2005.
Other Publications
1. Finkbeiner WE: A pound of prevention when there isn't a cure. Arch Pathol Lab Med 115:762-763, 1991.
2. Verkman AS, Sullivan S, Salinas D, Levin M, Haggie P, Finkbeiner WE, Nielson: Submucosal gland
dysfunction in CF. Ped Pulmonol (Suppl 29):177-178, 2006.