Director
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Michael Fingerhood is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University. He is the Chief of the Division of Addiction Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The mission of his career has been to promote and improve the provision of medical care to patients with substance use disorder, including the treatment of HIV and hepatitis C, with the development, maintenance and evaluation of innovative programs related to the care of these individuals. Dr. Fingerhood created the Comprehensive Care Practice in 1994, a Ryan White funded primary care practice largely devoted to providing care to individuals with substance use disorder. The practice has been innovative in integrating buprenorphine treatment into the primary care setting for over 700 individuals. He has also co-created novel buprenorphine treatment programs at a community center, at a church and in a mobile van outside the Baltimore detention center. He has received the Health Equity Leadership award from the Baltimore City Health Department and is co-author of the ASAM Handbook of Addiction Medicine.
