Dr. Joe McGinley, COE '96 & '97 Climbs One of World's Seven Summits

Joseph C. McGinley, noted dual engineering degree holder and MD, who last year received FDA clearance for his innovation of an orthopedic surgery drill, summits the highest peak in Europe. Mt. Mount Elbrus, one of the Seven Summits in the World at 18,510 feet.

He takes his Temple pride with him wherever he goes, and that includes to the mountaintop. As the recent commencement speaker at the College of Engineering graduation, he shared, "as a Temple Owl and an engineer, your biggest takeaway is your problem-solving. I loved my Temple education so much that after I graduated I came back and did it several more times." He continued, "Successful people have common traits. They accept challenges and take them on. Even with the work I do in engineering and medicine, I continue to push myself by taking on physical challenges because I want to see if I can do it."

Our very own Dr. McGinley is truly Temple Made. Now working in Wyoming as a diagnostic radiologist and sports medicine practitioner, he illustrates the myriad possibilities available to engineering graduates. McGinley earned four degrees from Temple University: BS mechanical engineering '96, MS mechanical engineering '97, MD and PhD in physiology, both '04. McGinley founded and is the CEO of McGinley Orthopaedic Innovations LLC, as well as president and CEO of McGinley Manufacturing.

The climb follows his success in other climbs such as Mount Kilimanjaro in 2011. Next month he will also be participating in his fourth Cowboy Tough Adventure Race. For more about Dr. McGinley and McGinley Innovations click here.