Brendan Finnerty, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
NCIS

NANETS congratulates Brendan Finnerty, MD of Weill Cornell Medicine as the NANETS 2020 Clinical Investigator Scholarship (NCIS) award recipient. The NCIS award focuses on supporting a clinical project as well as the investigator's potential to make future clinical contributions to the neuroendocrine tumor field. This award is in honor of Edda Gomez-Panzani, MD for her dedication and work on behalf of patients living with neuroendocrine tumors.  

Dr. Finnerty received the scholarship for his proposal, "Developing a Predictive Molecular Model for Cytologic Detection of Aggressive Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Multi-Institutional Study." Dr. Finnerty will be mentored by Dr. Thomas Fahey, III, Chief of Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery and Professor of Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine.

The NCIS grant is a two-year, $100,000 award funded through the generous support of Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, who has been a funding partner of NANETS since the research grant program’s inception in 2009. The NCIS award focuses on supporting a clinical project as well as the investigator's potential to make future clinical contributions to the neuroendocrine tumor field. This award is in honor of Edda Gomez-Panzani, MD for her dedication and work on behalf of patients living with neuroendocrine tumors. The NANETS Scientific Review & Research Committee establishes the award criteria, reviews process, and independently selects the recipient.