LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
 
North Carolina License to Practice Medicine
Certified American Society of Addiction Medicine 1994
Certified American Board of Family Practice since 1984
Certified American Board of Medical Examiners 1981
Certified Authorization to prescribe buprenorphine (Subutex/Suboxone) 2003

CURRENT POSITIONS
 
Private Practice, Addiction Medicine, Durham, NC, June 2002 - present
 
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
 
Medical Director, Southlight Wakeview Methadone Treatment Center, Raleigh, NC, 1998 - 2007
 
Medical Director, Addiction Medicine Services, Durham County Mental Health Center, Durham, NC, 1990 – 2006 
 
Director, Community-Based Substance Abuse Hospital Consult Project, Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse Research Triangle Park, NC, 1995-1997 
 
Education Director, Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1991-1999
 
Assistant Director/Medical Director, Duke Alcoholism and Addictions Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1987 - 1989
 
Assistant Professor, Duke Family Practice Residency Program, Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC, 1985-1990
 
Medical Director, Oakleigh at Durham, Residential Treatment Program for Substance Abuse, Durham, NC, 1987

Medical Consultant, Durham County Substance Abuse Services, Durham, NC, 1985 - 1990
 
Detoxification Counselor, Cambridge City Hospital Alcohol Detoxification Unit, Cambridge, MA 1974 - 1976

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
 
Trainer, Lecturer and Small group facilitator, ASAM sponsored trainings: “Buprenorphine in Office Based Treatment of Opioid Dependence,” 2003-2006

Trainer, National Alcohol Screening Day, 2002-2003
 
Consultant, "Helping Children and Adolescents in Families Affected by Substance Use: A Guide for Health Care Professionals,”  funded by CSAP through the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, 2000-2002
 
Consultant, “Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment for Health Care Providers,” supported by SAMHSA funding through the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, 1999-2002

Trainer, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and American International Health Association, Workshop on Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention in Moscow, Russia, 1999 and 2000

Medical Advisor, Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, NC Law School Initiative, 1998-1999

Consultant, Robert Wood Johnson funded “Project Cutting Back,” 1997-1999
 
Trainer, NIAAA International Medical Education Model for the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders. Warsaw, Poland, 1996 and Mexico City, Mexico, 1997
 
Participant, Second Policy Report of the Physician Consortium on Substance Abuse Education: "Substance Abuse and Addiction: The Interface of the Health and Criminal Justice Systems,", 1996

Consultant, NIAAA: “The Physician’s Guide to Helping Patients with Alcohol Problems,” 1995-1996
 
Consultant, CSAP Medical Specialists Project: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Problem Prevention, 1994-1996

Project Director, Regional STFM (Society of Teachers of Family Medicine) Planning Group, 1991
 
National Chair, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Substance Abuse Work Group, 1991

Member, Physician Consortium on Substance Abuse Education, U.S. Public Health Service, 1989-1991

Faculty Development Coordinator, Project SAEFP: Substance Abuse Education for Family Physicians, 1988-1990

                                                   James Finch, MD, is an addiction medicine specialist in Durham, NC.

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