About
Personal Statement
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It is my priority to treat every patient with a personalized and compassionate approach, while striving to offer state-of-the-art treatment options for complex endocrine and general surgical diseases. Understanding the importance of delivering thorough and timely care, I provide diagnostic services during your initial surgical consultation, including neck ultrasound, fine needle aspiration biopsy, and flexible laryngoscopy. If surgery is necessary, I offer minimally-invasive surgical approaches such as laparoscopic and robotic techniques in order to minimize post-operative pain, scarring, and length of hospitalization. Using a multidisciplinary approach to treat these complex diseases, I work closely with colleagues in endocrinology, oncology, gastroenterology, radiology, and pathology to integrate medical and surgical treatment options, as well as to orchestrate attentive long-term follow-up. Lastly, I deeply value advancing diagnostic and treatment quality for patients, which is why I dedicate time outside of the clinic and operating room to actively lead research investigations in Endocrine Oncology and General Surgery.
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Endocrine Surgery
- Surgery
- General Surgery
Expertise
- Endocrine Surgery
- Adrenal Surgery
- Disorder of Adrenal Gland
- Cushing's Syndrome
- Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Aldosteronoma
- Pheochromocytoma
- Adrenal Cancer
- Adrenal Laparoscopic Surgery
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer, Medullary Carcinoma
- Hyperthyroidism
- Thyroid Nodule
- Thyroid Goiter
- Thyroid Biopsy
- Thyroid FNA (Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy)
- Thyroidectomy With Nerve Integrity Monitoring
- Alcohol Ablation Using Ultrasound Guidance
- Parathyroid Disease
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Parathyroid Cancer
- Parathyroid Surgery
- Parathyroidectomy With Nerve Integrity Monitoring
- Minimally Invasive Parathyroid Surgery
- Endocrine Tumor
- Endocrine Cancer
- Neuroendocrine Tumor of Pancreas
- Insulinoma
- Gastrinoma
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Robotic Surgery
- Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery
- EGD (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy)
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Surgery
- Hiatal Hernia
- Paraesophageal Hernia
- Achalasia
- Stomach and Small Intestine Surgery
- Carcinoid Tumor
- Carcinoid Tumor of Stomach
Biography
Brendan M. Finnerty, MD, FACS, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and an attending surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center.Dr. Finnerty is a board-certified general surgeon with expertise in endocrine and neuroendocrine surgical oncology, which includes benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland, and gastrointestinal tract. He has a focus in providing minimally-invasive surgical options, including laparoscopic and robotic techniques, with the main goal of decreasing post-operative pain, scarring, and length of hospital stay. Dr. Finnerty also provides bedside diagnostic services during your initial surgical consultation, including neck ultrasound examination, fine needle aspiration biopsy, and flexible laryngoscopy to evaluate your vocal cords.Dr. Finnerty is also the Director of Interventional Endocrine Surgery. He has expertise in radiofrequency ablation and ethanol ablation of thyroid nodules and cysts. These treatments are non-surgical options to treat carefully-selected thyroid nodules, cysts, and cancers (https://weillcornell.org/endocrine-oncology). Dr. Finnerty’s academic interests are in clinical and translational research in the field of Endocrine Oncology, with a focus in studying the mechanisms of tumor growth and metastasis in endocrine and neuroendocrine tumors. He has authored many publications in peer-reviewed journals as well as book chapters in surgical textbooks, and has presented his research at national surgical meetings including the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society, and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. Dr. Finnerty is a member of professional associations including the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES), American College of Surgeons (ACS), North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS), and American Thyroid Association (ATA).
Dr. Finnerty graduated from Northwestern University in 2005 with a B.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with a specialization in Biotechnology. He then obtained his medical degree in 2010 from the University of Illinois College of Medicine where he was awarded the Bamberger Scholarship for academic excellence. After medical school, Dr. Finnerty completed his surgical residency at the New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center in 2017, where he was selected as Administrative Chief during his final year. During his residency, he also dedicated two years to complete a research fellowship in Endocrine Oncology, where he studied the biological mechanisms of metastasis in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and published articles investigating thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and neuroendocrine diseases. After residency, Dr. Finnerty then completed a clinical fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2018.
Click here for a list of Dr. Finnerty’s peer-reviewed publications:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/brendan.finnerty.1/bibliography/public/
Research
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Attending Surgeon - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Surgery - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., University of Illinois College of Medicine, 2010
- B.S., Northwestern University, 2005
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee Managed Care Plan
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee PPO Plan
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell New York
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY
- WorldWide Medical
Locations and Appointments
External Relationships
External Relationships
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