Inside RiverSpring Livings Remarkable Transformation [Video]

“I lasted about one-and-a-half semesters but realised it wasn’t for me,” admits David Finkelstein, recalling his brief stint as a pre-medical student at the University of Rochester, New York, in the late-1970s. 

“This was a time when med school was very cutthroat. There was a lot of sabotaging of other students’ work to get better grades and, as much as I felt medicine was important, I couldn’t see a career in it for me.”

Finkelstein, who these days works as CIO at RiverSpring Living—a post-acute and long-term care provider—quickly pivoted to business and computers, taking relevant grad school classes before spending a few months working in California and Boston. 

Following this he wound up back in his native Long Island, where he completed his bachelor’s degree at Hofstra University with a …