Jim is the Director, Chemistry Laboratory, at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. He received his BA from Lehigh University in 1971. Six years later he received a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Lehigh. Jim received his clinical chemistry training from Drs. George Bowers and Robert McComb at Hartford Hospital from 1976-79. He moved to Massachusetts General Hospital as Assistant Director of the Chemistry Lab in 1980. He has directed that lab since 1984. Jim's interests include analytical toxicology, liquid chromatography, and lab automation. His recent publications involve Suboxone monitoring and the specificity of serum and urine amphetamine and tricyclic antidepressant assays. His current R&D efforts involve use of tandem mass spectrometry for testing for drugs in oral fluid.