Dr. Finkler is Professor Emeritus of Public and Health Administration, Accounting, and Financial Management. He served as Director of the Specialization in Healthcare Financial Management at Wagner for over twenty years. He is an award winning teacher and author.
He received a B.S. with joint majors in finance and accounting (Summa Cum Laude) and M.S. in Accounting (with Highest Distinction) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His M.A. in Economics and Ph.D. in Business Administration were awarded by Stanford University. Dr. Finkler, who is also a CPA, worked for several years as an auditor with Ernst and Young and was on the faculty of the Wharton School before joining NYU.
Among his publications are eighteen books. Several of them are Essentials of Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations, 3rd Ed. (with David Ward and Judith Baker), Accounting Fundamentals for Health Care Management(with David Ward), Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations, 2nd Ed., and Budgeting Concepts for Nurse Managers, 3rd Ed.
He has published over 200 articles in many journals including Hospitals and Health Services Administration, Healthcare Financial Management, Health Care Management Review, Health Services Research, The New England Journal of Medicine, Academic Medicine, Nursing Economics, The Journal of Nursing Administration, and Medical Care.
He is the former Editor of Hospital Cost Management and Accounting, and has served on the editorial boards of Health Services Research, Health Care Management Review and Research in Healthcare Financial Management. Dr. Finkler was a national advisory council member at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1997-2001, and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Research in Healthcare Financial Management. He is also a member of the Board of Governors and is Treasurer of Daughters of Israel Geriatric Center.
Dr. Finkler teaches an online Budgeting course at Wagner, and teaches in executive educational programs for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the Wharton J&J Fellows Program, the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE), and many health care provider organizations.