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Office
3601 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-322-3000Fax+1 615-322-7526
Education & Training
- Vanderbilt owen School of ManagementMMHC, Healthcare Management, 2013 - 2014
- Vanderbilt Owen School of ManagementM.A., Management in Healthcare, 2014
- Ontario Conservatory of Music (Voice)No Degree, Grade VIII (Practical), 1999
- Homewood Health Center/McMaster University, Guelph, ON, CanadaFellowship, 1993 - 1994
- Canadian Medical AssociationNo Degree, Physician Management Institutes I, II & III, 1987 - 1989
- University of TorontoNo Degree, Psychiatrist Executives Course, 1984
- Banff School of ManagementNo Degree, Health Executive Program, 1981
- McMaster University, Hamilton, ON CanadaResidency, 1973 - 1977
- University of Western OntarioClass of 1969, MD, Hippocratic Society Honour Award
- University of Western OntarioPreMed, Pre-medicine, 1963 - 1965
Certifications & Licensure
- TN State Medical License 2001 - 2026
- AZ State Medical License 2000 - 2004
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
- American Board of Addiction Medicine
- American Society of Addiction Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Dinstinguished Life Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2009
- Fellow FASAM, 2009
- Homewood Excel Award Communications Team, 1998
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 49 citationsPredictive factors for relapse in patients on buprenorphine maintenance.Michael J. Ferri, Alistair James Reid Finlayson, Li Wang, Peter R. Martin
The American Journal on Addictions. 2014-01-01 - 29 citationsA plan for identification, treatment, and remediation of disruptive behaviors in physicians.William H. Swiggart, Charlene M. Dewey, Gerald B. Hickson, A. J. Reid Finlayson, William A. Spickard
Frontiers of Health Services Management. 2009-01-01 - 14 citationsExperiences with benzodiazepine use, tapering, and discontinuation: an Internet survey.Alistair J Reid Finlayson, Jane Macoubrie, Christy Huff, Darren E Foster, Peter R Martin
Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology. 2022-01-01
Journal Articles
- SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR AMONG PHYSICIANS REFERRED FOR FITNESS-FOR-DUTY EVALUATIONIannelli RJ, Finlayson AJR, et al., General Hospital Psychaitry, 6/30/2014
- Suicidal Behavior among Physicians referred for Fitness-for-Duty EvaluationIannelli RJ, Finlayson AJR, Brown KP, Neufeld R, Gray R, Dietrich MS, Martin PR, Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 6/1/2014
- Predictive Factors for Relapse in Patients on Buprenorphine MaintenanceFerri, M., Finlayson, Alistair J. Reid, Wang, L., Martin, P., American Journal on Addictions, Online, 6/10/2013
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Using the Fitness for Duty Assessment in the Rehabilitation of Disruptive Behavior in Physicians.Finlayson, R., Canadian Conference on Physician Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 11/16/2013
- Fitness for Duty Evaluations.Finlayson, R., Network Nashville Meeting, Nashville, TN, 5/17/2013
- Hearing Our Patient’s Love Stories.Finlayson, R., AAP Conference, Nashville, TN, 10/12/2012
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Lectures
- Medical Marijuana4/1/2014
- Restoring Professionalism: The Physician Fitness-for-Duty Evaluation.Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN - 12/17/2013
- Substance Use Disorders Update 2014Beaver Creek, CO - 1/29/2013
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Other
- Predictive Factors for Relapse in Patients on Buprenorphine MaintenanceFerri, M., Finlayson, Alistair J. Reid, Wang, L., Martin, P., American Journal on Addictions, Online
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1521-0391.2013.12074.x/full
6/10/2013 - Restoring professionalism: the physician fitness-for-duty evaluation.Finlayson A.J.R., et al, Gen Hosp Psychiatry, Online
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.06.009
6/1/2013
Authored Content
- Unsolicited Patient Complaints Identify Physicians with Evidence of Neurocognitive DisordersMay 2018
- Unsolicited Patient Complaints Identify Physicians with Evidence of Neurocognitive DisordersMay 2018
Professional Memberships
- Distinguished Life Fellow
External Links
- Vanderbilt Comprehensive Assessment programhttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=vcap
- Vanderbilt Department of Psychiatryhttps://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/psychiatry/faculty/primary/finlayaj
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