John is Founder of the Meadows Edge Recovery Center, a multidisciplinary medical and mental health group practice, and substance abuse treatment program in North Kingstown, RI. He received his MD from Brown University, and is board certified in addiction medicine and internal medicine. Dr Femino has received a number of grants for alcohol and substance abuse-related projects, and was the recipient of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Career Teacher in Alcohol and Drug Abuse grant at Brown University, where he taught for nearly 20 years.
Dr Femino has been active in ASAM for over 30 years, serving on the national board of directors as New England Regional Director and as President of the Rhode Island Society of Addiction Medicine. He has been an addiction medicine consultant for Dominion Diagnostics for many years and past presenter at the winter and summer schools. He frequently lectures and conducts workshops on topics including the neurobiology of addiction and recovery, pain management in the addicted patient, diagnostic criteria for addiction, drug testing in addiction medicine, the SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) approach, MAT, Cannabis Risks and Benefits and insurance coding and billing. He has participated as writer/reviewer for ASAM buprenorphine publications, drug testing and public policy on marijuana and is on the ASAM Quality Improvement Council, Payor Relations Committee and Legislative Advocacy Committee. As a consultant to the RI DOH and the RI Attorney General, he has provided evidenced based addiction advocacy and was a member of the RI marijuana legalization commission. He co-authored a book on neurobiology of 12 step programs and is currently working on data analysis of the relationship between MAT and counseling. Dr Femino has also produced/coproduced 2 prime-time television specials on alcoholism and 9 substance abuse-related videotapes, as well as been a grant recipient on development of web based medical education and text messaging for pain management.