Dr. Finn received both his undergraduate degree and M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1985 and 1989, respectively. He completed residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Northwestern University and also received subspecialty training in Hematopathology at Northwestern. He remained at Northwestern as an Assistant Professor until January 1998, when he joined the Department of Pathology at the University of Michigan. From 1995-1998, Dr. Finn was the Director of the Thorson-Goodall Molecular Oncology Laboratory at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. In March 2001, Dr. Finn was appointed Director of Hematopathology at the University of Michigan.
From 2002 to 2011, Dr. Finn served as Associate Director of Clinical Laboratories at the University of Michigan. In 2011 Dr. Finn stepped down from active faculty status and was appointed Adjunct Professor of Pathology. Dr. Finn currently is the Medical Director of Warde Medical Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a member of the Michigan Multispecialty Physicians practice group.
Dr. Finn is a diplomate of the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and is also certified by the ABP in Hematologic Pathology. He is active in diagnostic hematopathology and laboratory medicine. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).