Edward G McFarland is the Wayne H. Lewis Professor of Shoulder Surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery[1] at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
He attended Clark Elementary School, Brazelton Junior High School and then Paducah Tilghman High School, where he was team captain for the 1973 State Championship football team, and was selected first team All-State in football as a defensive back by the Louisville Courier Journal.
He attended Murray State University where he lettered four years in football as a defensive safety, and he was All-Ohio Valley Conference first team his sophomore, junior and senior years.
He was appointed assistant professor in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Florida, and was also a team physician for the University of Florida baseball, volleyball, track, tennis and swim teams.
He left in 1992 to go to The Johns Hopkins University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in Baltimore, MD where he began the Division of Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery.