John G McGinnity
Chairperson & Professor PA Medicine
Fellow
Member Since: 1998
Professional Bio
John G. McGinnity, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA is the founding chairperson of the PA Medicine Program and Professor at Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, in East Lansing, Michigan. He has developed a team-based program, training PAs alongside medical students to improve access to care for Michigan citizens. Mr. McGinnity has three decades of experience as a PA and was an Athletic Trainer early in his career.
He has also served in various leadership capacities in the PA profession over the course of the past three decades, including past president of the American Academy of PAs and the Michigan Academy of PAs, past chairman of the State of Michigan PA Task Force Licensing Board, member of the State of Michigan Board of Medicine and a member of the National Institutes of Health, National Heart Attack Alert Program, Coordinating Committee.
Mr. McGinnity has been the principal investigator or co-investigator for several studies that evaluated diagnostic and therapeutic coronary catheterization procedures and practices. He is well published, having authored or co-authored more than 60 papers, abstracts and poster presentations covering his research. His work is published in such journals as Circulation, American Journal of Cardiology, and the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. He is a frequent speaker at regional and national professional meetings and has twice received the Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Mr. McGinnity earned a Bachelor of Science degree in applied biology from Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan. He completed his master’s degree in physician assistant studies at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has a long history of volunteering with the Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp and the National Ski Patrol. He lives in Attica, Michigan with his wife Cathy.
He has also served in various leadership capacities in the PA profession over the course of the past three decades, including past president of the American Academy of PAs and the Michigan Academy of PAs, past chairman of the State of Michigan PA Task Force Licensing Board, member of the State of Michigan Board of Medicine and a member of the National Institutes of Health, National Heart Attack Alert Program, Coordinating Committee.
Mr. McGinnity has been the principal investigator or co-investigator for several studies that evaluated diagnostic and therapeutic coronary catheterization procedures and practices. He is well published, having authored or co-authored more than 60 papers, abstracts and poster presentations covering his research. His work is published in such journals as Circulation, American Journal of Cardiology, and the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. He is a frequent speaker at regional and national professional meetings and has twice received the Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Mr. McGinnity earned a Bachelor of Science degree in applied biology from Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan. He completed his master’s degree in physician assistant studies at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has a long history of volunteering with the Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp and the National Ski Patrol. He lives in Attica, Michigan with his wife Cathy.