J. Michael Finley

J. Michael Finley DO is an independent clinician – educator with expertise in ambulatory medical care and education of medical students, residents and practicing physicians. Dr. Finley received his Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology and public health from Michigan State University and DO degree from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, now Midwestern University. He completed internal medicine residency at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital in Highland Park, Michigan and a rheumatology fellowship at the Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, California.

Dr. Finley most recently was Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Kansas Health Science Center/Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. At KHSC he successfully guided KansasCOM’s Candidate and Preaccrediation applications with the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, hired the faculty team, and established the curriculum. In 2018, Dr. Finley served as the inaugural Senior Vice President for Assessment at the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to moving to NBOME, he retired as Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education at Western University/COMP, Pomona, California, after 18 years of service. While at WesternU, Dr. Finley worked as Chief Academic Officer and ACGME Designated Institutional Official for OPTI – West, an Educational Consortium sponsor of 18 ACGME residency programs. Under Dr. Finley’s direction more than 40 new residency training programs in California, Nevada, Oregon and Utah were developed. He is past Chair of the COMP Department of Internal Medicine and was founding Internal Medicine residency program director at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, California from 2004 – 2012. As a clinician, he specializes in adult ambulatory Internal Medicine.

Dr. Finley has been member of the faculty of UCLA School of Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and currently is an invited lecturer at the UC Riverside School of Medicine. Dr. Finley served as a member of the United States Food and Drug Administration, Arthritis

Advisory Committee from 2004 – 2006. In 2015, he was recognized as W. Douglas Ward PhD Educator of the Year by the American Osteopathic Foundation.

Dr. Finley is the proud father of two adult sons, RJ and Casey, and is a resident of Orange County, California where he lives with his wife of 32 years, Shelley, and Black Labrador, Carley.