Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Dr. McGinn is a Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where also serves as Vice Chair and Residency Program Director. Originally a Pennsylvania native, he graduated from Penn State University in 1991, and went on to pursue medical school at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA. In 2001, he completed one of the last 6-year Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery programs at the time, at Eastern Virginia Medical School, in Norfolk, Virginia. Upon graduation he initially joined a private Otolaryngology group in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, but after few short years realized his calling was in academic medicine. He returned to his alma mater, Penn State College of Medicine, in 2003. Since that time, he has dedicated himself to a busy clinical practice in general Otolaryngology, with an emphasis on rhinology. While he has enjoyed success as a long-term Residency Program Director since 2006, he also enjoys engaging the undergraduate medical trainees as well. He serves on several key internal committees, such as the Medical School Admissions Team and Graduate Medical Education Leadership Team, as well as serving as course director for the Otolaryngology experiences for medical students. He also has worked for the specialty at state and national levels, including the multiple committees and courses at the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. He has served on the Executive Council of the Otolaryngology Program Director’s Organization, a part of the Society of University Otolaryngologists, and currently continues to serve on the ACGME Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Residency Committee. He is also past Presidents of the Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. His research interests include inflammatory sinus disease and medical education.