Dr. McShane earned his M.D. degree from Northwestern University Medical School in 1984, followed by surgical internship at Graduate Hospital for the University of Pennsylvania and orthopedic residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopedics Surgery and has served as staff orthopedic surgeon, head of the orthopedic department, physician advisor to quality assurance, and advisor to the podiatry section fort the orthopedic department of the Naval Hospital in Orlando, Florida. His hospital affiliations include Parrish Medical Center and Center for Surgical Excellence. Dr. McShane has co-authored publications and videos, as well as doing presentations on Orthopedic Care of the Multiply Traumatized Patient, Back Pain in Adolescents: Spinal Cord Injury, Osteoarthritis of the Knee, The Effect of Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation on Vertebral Body Rotation in Idiopathic Scoliosis, Conservative Open Anterior Acromioplasty, and Goals of Halo Applications.