James D. Hundley, M.D. retired from the Wilmington Orthopaedic Group on December 31, 2007.  He is Founder and C.E.O. of Orthopaediclist.com (an orthopaedic surgery website), and President and Chairman of the Board of Wilmington Industrial Development, Inc.  He is past President of the North Carolina Orthopaedic Association, the UNC Medical Alumni Association, the New Hanover-Pender Medical Society, the Cape Fear Academy Board of Trustees, and the Wilmington Rotary Club; past Chief of Staff of the New Hanover Regional Medical Center; past Chairman of the New Hanover Public Library Advisory Board; and was Athletic Team Physician for the University of North Carolina at Wilmington for over 20 years.  He was the Director of the Rotary/Orthopaedic Crippled Children’s Clinic for 20 years and serves on the boards of directors of the Cape Fear Memorial Foundation and the North Carolina Osteoporosis Foundation. He is a member of the American Orthopaedic Association, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and a number of other medical associations.  He is a member of the National Board for Certification of Orthopaedic Physician Assistants and an adjunct professor at UNC Wilmington.  He has received a Distinguished Service Award from the UNC School of Medicine, the William Brooks Distinguished Service Award from the UNCW Department of Athletics, the 2006 Honored Surgeon Award from the North Carolina Orthopaedic Association, was inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in January 2007, and received a Wilmington Star-News Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2007.  Dr. Hundley has been listed in each cycle of the BEST DOCTORS IN AMERICA, SOUTHEAST REGION, 1996-2008. Director since 1990.