He received his B.A. in Biology from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and attended the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he received his medical degree. Harvey Finkelstein MD did five years of residency in both Long Island Jewish Hospital and University Hospital at Stony Brook. In the year 2000 Dr. Finkelstein opened a pain management clinic in Plainview, Pain Care Medicine of Long Island, PLCC. In September 2010 Dr. Harvey Finkelstein was appointed to be part of the team of examiners for the prestigious Fellowship in Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) Exam, a rigorous exam that Dr. Finkelstein passed the previous year, which is sponsored by the World Institute of Pain.