Visit our foundation to give a gift.
 View Locations Near Me
Main Campus – Hartford
Connecticut Children’s – Waterbury
Urgent Care – Farmington
Specialty Care Center – Danbury
Connecticut Children’s Surgery Center at FarmingtonÂ
Specialty Care Center – Westport
Search All LocationsÂ
Find a doctorÂ
Contact Us Â
Search SpecialtiesÂ
Find A DoctorÂ
Appointments
Locations
Amenities and Services
Who’s Who on Care Team
Getting Ready for Surgery
What to Expect—Picture Stories
Disney Initiative
Pay a Bill
Understanding the Different Fees
Pricing Transparency and Estimates
Child Life
Raytheon Technologies Family Resource Center
Family Advisory Council
Transition Programs
Advocacy
Legal Advocacy: Benefits, Education, Housing
Electronic Health Records
MyChart
Share Your Story
Pay a BillÂ
Login to MyChartÂ
Specialty Referrals
Clinical Support Services Referrals
Inpatient Referrals
ED/Transport Referrals
About the Network
Join the Network
Graduate Medical Education
Continuing Medical Education
MOC/Practice Quality Improvement
Educating Practices in the Community (EPIC)
For Nurses
Learning & Performance
Research
Resources
Meet our Physician Relations Team
Request Medical Records
Join our Referring Provider Advisory Board
View our Physician Callback Standards
Read & Subscribe to Medical NewsÂ
Register for Email Updates
Update Your Practice Information
Refer a Patient Â
Contact OneCall Â
Surgeon-in-Chief Chief, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery Peter Deckers Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery
Education: BS, Boston University, 1990 MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, 1994 Residency: Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, 1994-2000 Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 2000-2002
Associate Vice Chair of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Dr. Finck is the Surgeon-in-Chief at Connecticut Children’s and the Peter J. Deckers Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Finck’s clinical interests include neonatal surgery, diseases of premature newborns, lung abnormalities, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), bariatric surgery for adolescents, and minimally invasive surgery
Roszell BR, Mondrinos MJ, Seaton A, Simons DM, Koutzaki SH, Fong GH, Lelkes PI, Finck CM. Efficient Derivation of Alveolar Type II Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells for In Vivo Tissue Eng Part A. 2009 Nov;15(11):3351-65 Montegudo J, Ruscher K, Finck, C. Congenital Subcostal Hernia with Unusual Contents. Journal of Pediatric Surgery- 2010 Feb;45(2):435-7.
Weiss, D, Finck C. Embryonic Stem Cells and Repair of Lung Injury. Molecular Therapy, Mar;18(3):460-1.. 2010.
Dressler AM, Finck CM, Carroll CL, Bonanni CC, Spinella PC. Use of a massive transfusion protocol with hemostatic resuscitation for severe intraoperative bleeding in a child. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Jul;45(7):1530-3.
Thatch KA, Yoo EY, Arthur LG 3rd, Finck C, Katz D, Moront M, Prasad R, Vinocur C, Schwartz MZ. A comparison of laparoscopic and open Nissen fundoplication and gastrostomy placement in the neonatal intensive care unit population. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Feb;45(2):346-9. Review Scarpato KR, Makari JH, Agaronov M, Balarezo F, Parikh N, Finck CM, Ferrer FA. Primary renal synovial sarcoma in a 13-year-old boy. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 46(9), 1849-51, 2011.
Todd Jensen1, MSc; Blair Roszell2, PhD; Fan Zang3, MSc, Eric Girard, MD4, Adam Matson5, MD; Roger Thrall, PhD6; Diane M. Jaworski, PhD7 ; Cayla Hatton8; Daniel J. Weiss9, MD, PhD; Christine Finck, MD10. A Rapid Lung De-cellularization Protocol Supports Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation In Vitro and Following Implantation. Tissue Engineering, Part C 18(8); 632-46, 2012.
View Dr. Finck’s full list of publications
Two NIH grants supporting research in premature lung disease, stem cell therapy and tissue engineering.
Dr. Finck owns two dogs and enjoys horseback riding and football.