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MEMORIALS
In memory of their outstanding achievements and contributions to ISAKOS and the field of Orthopaedics.
John A. Feagin, MD 1934–2019
On the first of September, John Autrey Feagin, MD, peacefully passed away in his home in
Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Feagin was born on May 9, 1934. He was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and received his medical degree from Duke University. Feagin was an active ISAKOS Member since the Society’s creation in 1995 and became an Honorary Member in 2013. He was also president and founding member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine as well as co-founder of the society’s Traveling Fellowship Program. He also founded the ACL Study Group by organzing and motivating a group of interested and eager orthopedic surgeons to collaborate on their research.
Feagin was a remarkable person with much global impact and influence—his personality was characterized by respect for all human beings, and his ethic and modest personality valued a humanistic philosophy. He was a knowledgeable and outstanding leader who often searched for competition and scientific excellence. He valued cooperation and the idea of working
together to find solutions—this was his way of bringing people together. He was skilled at recognizing potential leadership in young men and women and guided and inspired them to strive for successful research and improvements. He looked critically at the outcomes of daily treatments, always aiming to continually improve. Along with his successes as organizer, John was an extraordinary gentleman—teaching and inspiring young sports medicine students and doctors who were eager to learn from his scientific experience and wisdom.
Feagin is an unforgettable person and will live forever in our memories.
Werner Müller, MD SWITZERLAND
ISAKOS Honorary Member and close friend of John Feagin, MD
John B. McGinty, MD 1930–2019
John “Jack” McGinty, MD was a pioneer in the field of arthroscopy. McGinty was born in Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts and graduated from Boston Latin school and Harvard University. He went to medical school at Tufts followed by Yale surgery and Harvard orthopaedic residencies. He also served as chief of orthopaedics in the US Army in the 1960’s.
McGinty was the first person to put a video camera on an
arthroscope and connect it to a TV for viewing.
His research on partial versus complete meniscectomy’s revolutionized the treatment of torn cartilage in the knee. In 1981 he helped establish the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) and became its first president. From 1984 to 1987, McGinty served as President of the International Arthroscopy Association (IAA)—the group that merged with the International Society of the Knee (ISK) to form ISAKOS in 1995. In 1990 he was elected president of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery (AAOS) and spearheaded the
development of the Orthopaedic Learning Center in Chicago. He published the first textbook on “Operative Arthroscopy” on all joints in 1991. An Active ISAKOS member since ISAKOS’ beginning, McGinty was made an ISAKOS Honorary member in 2001 during the ISAKOS Biennial Congress in Montreux, Switzerland. Known for his “Irish wit”, McGinty loved golf, sailing and spending time with his family. He is survived by his first wife, Beth, and their three children, Kathy, Ellen, and John, as well as his second wife Ro and son, Ryan.
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