Dr. George McGinniss received his Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University. He then went on to receive his medical degree from Georgetown Medical School. He completed his orthopaedic residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. He then completed a sports medicine fellowship with the internationally recognized Dr. Frank Noyes, who established the basic clinical research responsible for the state of the art anterior cruciate reconstructions performed today.

He has helped to take care of the Cincinnati Bengals, the Olympic soccer and diving teams and is a team physician for local high school athletic teams. He was featured in WWF's HBO miniseries, "Tough Enough" as the "Sports Doc" and has treated many wrestlers. He was recently Director of the Stamford Hospital Department of Orthopaedics.

Dr. McGinniss is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon and is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and has been a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North American and the American Society for Sports Medicine.

Dr. McGinniss is the author and co-author of numerous articles on anterior cruciate ligament deficiency.

Education:

• Georgetown University, B.S.
• Georgetown University Medical School, M.D.

Internship:

• Columbia University/St. Lukes - Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY

Residency:

• Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Orthopaedic Surgery

Fellowship:

• Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center
• Olympic Research Center
• Dr. Frank Noyes
• Sports Medicine Fellowship
• Knee & Shoulder Arthroscopies/Anterior Cruciate Reconstruction

Publications:

Functional Disability in the Anterior Cruciate Insuffcient Knee Syndrome. "Review of Rating Systems Utilized for Evaluation Of Ligamentous Instability of the Knee", Frank R. Noyes, M.D., Geroge H. McGinniss, M.D., and Lisa Mooar, SPORTS MEDICINE JOURNAL, 1:278-302, 1984

"The Variable Functional Disability of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficient Knee, Frank R. Noyes, M.D., George H. McGinniss, M.D. and Edwards S. Grood, PhD., ORTHOPAEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA, Vol. 16 No. 1, January 1985, page 47-67

"Controversy About Treatment of the Knee with Anterior Cruciate Laxity", Frank R. Noyes, M.D., and George H. McGinniss, M.D., No. 198, Page 61-76, September 1985

"Musculoskeletal Problems in Tennis Players", Bert Berson, M.D. and George H. McGinniss, M.D., HOSPITAL PHYSICAN & PRACTICE, Page 43-65, August 1986

"Partial Tears of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament", Frank R. Noyes, M.D., Lisa Mooar, Claude Moorman and George H. McGinniss, M.D., JBJS Vol. 71-B, No. 5, Page 825-834 November 1989