Rate My Professor Michael Fink

Fink's research specializations centre on liver transplantation, encompassing optimisation of donation after cardiac death donors, ex vivo perfusion of liver grafts, waiting list mortality risk, organ allocation, post-transplant mortality risk, and complications. He has contributed to key publications including 'Different knots, same outcome: evaluating the role of surgical technique on biliary anastomotic strictures after liver transplantation', 'Outcomes of contemporary management of gangrenous and non-gangrenous acute cholecystitis', 'Risk Indices in Deceased-donor Organ Allocation for Transplantation: review from an Australian perspective', and 'Safety and effectiveness of umbilical hernia repair in patients with cirrhosis'. With approximately 1,700 citations, his scholarship impacts transplantation practices. Fink holds prominent appointments such as Chair of the Clinical Examination Committee and Transplantation Section of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Chair of the General Surgeons Australia Transplant Training Committee, Co-chair of the Doctor of Medicine Assessment Committee at the University of Melbourne, Fellowship Examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and Member of the Transplant Liaison Reference Group of the Australian Organ and Tissue Authority. He actively participates in teaching and assessment of medical students and surgical trainees.