Dr. Kimberly McGinn

She did an Osteopathic rotating internship at NYCOM/Long Beach Medical Center and completed her family practice residency at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Osteopathic Program from in 2000 while serving as Chief Resident from 7/1/1999 – 6/30/2000.

Dr. McGinn moved to Las Vegas immediately after Residency and began her career as a Family Practice PCP and Fast Track Physician for Southwest Medical Associates from 08/00 – 06/03. She left there to begin working as a Primary Care Provider for the Department of Veteran Affairs in 6/2003. Although she remained at the VA until her recent move to a permanent position here at Touro in early August 2015, she took on many roles in her time there. In 2004, Dr. McGinn developed, started and worked in the VA’s first OMT clinic.

She established an affiliation between Touro and the VA prior to Touro’s opening in 2004 and was part of the original curriculum development in OMT. Upon Touro’s opening, the VA arranged for Dr. McGinn to be available to Touro to teach one day a week from its opening in 2004 until late August, 2013. She served as a liaison for Touro between them and Nellis Air Force Base from 12/2005-4/2013.

In 2005, Dr. McGinn became the Chair of VASNHS’s Performance Measure Committee and was in charge of facility-wide Clinical Performance improvement. In late 2006, she was selected to be the Associate Chief of Staff for Education at the VA to build its education programs and affiliations. She served in this role from early 4/2007 to the  end of 7/2012. During this time, she also continued 1.5 days of OMT clinic and took on the duties of the Chief of Clinical Informatics and in 2012 became the POC for Simulation development and use.

In 7/2012, Dr. McGinn officially became the Chief of Clinical Informatics and still maintained her positions with Performance Improvement and Simulation development and use while increasing her clinic to 2 full days. She was part of the Executive Leadership Board at the VA (2007-2015)and Air Force Base (2007-2013).

During her VA Career, Dr. McGinn developed and provided oversight for a number of programs/services and also participated in well over 20 Committees or Workgroups locally/regionally and nationally in order to improve veteran care, increase educational opportunities for VA staff and the VA’s affiliations and develop efficient means for staff to perform their jobs and provide patient care.

Dr. McGinn began her full time position here at Touro as an Assistant Professor of OMM Department on 8/10/2015.