James W. Berry, MD, FASAM. I am a physician specializing in Family Practice and Addiction Medicine.

I graduated from Temple University Medical School and did postgraduate training at the University of Arkansas Medical Center and the University of Southern California.

I worked in family practice in rural Maine from 1975 through 2008. I then spent 3 years on the faculty of the Eastern Maine Medical Center Family Practice Residency. From 1990 through 2009 addiction medicine took over an ever-expanding proportion of my practice.

From 2009 through 2022 I worked full-time in addiction medicine primarily in the Mercy Hospital system in Portland Maine. I have been in semi-retirement for the past 2 years, continuing with a small private addiction medicine practice, work in several county jails, and as medical director for two mental health agencies. As I cut back on remunerative employment, I have been increasing involvement with NNESAM, ASAM, advocacy in the Maine legislature, giving talks, and volunteering.