Avni P Finn, MD, MBA, FASRS
Vanderbilt Eye Institute
2311 Pierce Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232
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(615) 936-2020 office
https://www.vumc.org/ophthalmology/person/avni-finn-md-mba
Professional Affiliations
Academic Appointments- Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Education and Training
- Retinal fellowship
- Duke University, Duke Eye Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Ophthalmology residency
- Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA
- Internship
- Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
- Medical School
- Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
- College
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Biography
Dr. Finn was born in London and moved to the United States at a young age and grew up in Claremont, California. She earned her BA in Human Biology and minor in Spanish from Stanford University where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Finn pursued her medical degree at the Dartmouth School of Medicine in Hanover, New Hampshire followed by ophthalmology residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Finn then performed a fellowship in medical and surgical diseases of the retina and vitreous at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. During fellowship, she received the Ronald G. Michels Fellowship Foundation award, given to select outstanding fellows in vitreoretinal surgery. Dr. Finn is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Retina Specialists. She has published numerous original research articles on a wide variety of retinal diseases, including new techniques for macular hole surgery, the use of intraoperative OCT imaging, and biomarkers of atrophy and scar in macular degeneration. Dr. Finn has a strong interest in surgical innovation and retinal imaging analysis.