Louis M. Fink, M.D.
Director, Core Laboratory Services
lfink@nvcancer.org
Louis M. Fink, M.D., is NVCI’s Director of Core Laboratory Services. Currently, Dr. Fink is responsible for leading the Institute’s Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, while also coordinating the Shared Resources in support of NVCI and other cooperative researchers. Dr. Fink is a clinical pathologist certified by the American Board of Pathology and has over 45 years of experience with expansive expertise in the areas of coagulation and hemostasis, tumor biomarkers, radiation injury and repair, and on the development of iPS stem cell technology. These areas overlapped many times where he has studied the relationships between tumor markers, markers of hemostasis, and circulating tumor cell assays.
Currently, Dr. Fink has been studying the role of coagulation in radiation injury. Dr. Fink has used iPS stem cells to treat mouse models of hemophilia. He has been extensively involved in studying the hypercoagulability and thrombosis associated with the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma. Dr. Fink’s role has been as a basic and a translational scientist working with clinical materials and with clinicians. Dr. Fink joined us from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) where he was professor and vice chairman of the Department of Pathology in the UAMS College of Medicine.
He was president of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) in 1999-2000, served five years on the organization’s Academic Council, and in 1991 hosted the national meeting in Little Rock. In 2003, Dr. Fink received the prestigious 2003 Gerald T. Evans Award from the ACLPS for “outstanding leadership and/or service to the society” of pathology. While at UAMS, Dr. Fink helped develop and patent the Veniscope, a device that uses infrared light to locate blood vessels underneath skin.
In 2005, Dr. Fink was honored by the Veterans Administration for his service and leadership in support of 10 tertiary care centers and seven outpatient clinics serving veterans in the South Central VA Health Care Network, which covers Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.
