Steven A. Finkler, Ph.D., CPA

Dr. Finkler is Professor of Public and Health Administration, Accounting, and Financial Management at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. At NYU he is the Director of the Specialization in Public Finance and Financial Management. An award winning teacher, Dr. Finkler is currently engaged in a variety of research topics in the areas of health care economics and accounting. He is the 2002 recipient of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' Pioneering Spirit Award.

Among his publications are seven books. The most recent are Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers, 3rd Edition (Prentice Hall, 2002), Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations (Prentice Hall, 2001), Budgeting Concepts for Nurse Managers, 3rd Edition (W.B. Saunders, 2001), Financial Management for Nurse Managers and Executives, 2nd Edition (W.B. Saunders, 2000, with Christine Kovner), and Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations: Concepts and Applications, 2nd Edition (Aspen Publishers, 1999, with David Ward).

He has also published over 200 articles in many journals including, Hospitals and Health Services Administration, Healthcare Financial Management, Health Care Management Review, The New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Academic Medicine, Nursing Economics, Journal of Nursing Administration, and Health Services Research. A full list of his publications can be found on his web-site at: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/finkler.

He received a B.S. in Economics and M.S. in Accounting from the Wharton School. His M.A. in Economics and Ph.D. in Business Administration were awarded by Stanford University. Dr. Finkler, who is also a Certified Public Accountant, worked for several years as an auditor with Ernst and Young and was on the faculty of the Wharton School before joining NYU.

He serves on the editorial boards of Health Care Management Review and Research in Healthcare Financial Management. He is the former Editor of Hospital Cost Management and Accounting, and served on the editorial board of Health Services Research. Dr. Finkler was a member of the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1997-2001.