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ANTHONY FESTA VINCENT McINERNEY TEAM PHYSICIANS SECOND SEASON Dr. Festa completed his undergraduate education at Boston College. He subsequently received his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Festa completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. He then went on to complete a fellowship in sports medicine at the San Diego Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Program, where he served as an assistant team physician for the San Diego Padres and San Diego State University. Dr. Festa is an Associate Clinical Professor at Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, where he also serves as the Assistant Director of the Sports Medicine Program and Director of the Shoulder and Elbow Service. Dr. Festa is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is also a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the New Jersey Medical Society. Dr. Festa is a team physician for Seton Hall University and also serves as an orthopaedic surgery consultant for Montclair State University and the New Jersey Jackals baseball team. Dr. Festa is actively involved in orthopaedic research. He has authored multiple journal articles and textbook chapters. His work has also been presented at numerous national orthopaedic surgery society meetings.
Dr. McInerney graduated from St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ, Summa Cum Laude as a Biology Major, and Top Student in the pre-medical program. He subsequently received his Medical Degree from UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, where he was the recipient of the Lange Award as one of the top two students in the Basic Sciences and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. McInerney completed his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at the Seton Hall University/ St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center program and his Sports Medicine Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. While in Boston, he was assistant to the team physician for the Boston Bruins hockey team and the New England Patriots football team. He has served as President of the New Jersey Orthopaedic Society; President of the Academy of Medicine of NJ; Board of Trustees, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; and Executive Committee Member, Board of Councilors, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He was elected Physician of the Year, Eastern Athletic Trainers Association (1994, Philadelphia) and Physician of the Year, Passaic County Medical Society (1997), and Educator of the year in NJ as part of the Edward J. Ill Excellence in Medicine Awards (2007). Dr. McInerney is Assistant Dean and Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of Sports Medicine at the Seton Hall University School of Health Medical Sciences, South Orange. He is the Director of Orthopedic Education, Director of Sports Medicine, and Foundation Board member at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson. Dr. McInerney is the team physician for Montclair State University, Seton Hall University, New Jersey Jackals Professional Baseball Team, NJ Outlaws Professional Hockey Team, and numerous high schools in northern New Jersey.
FR. JOHN DENNEHY TEAM CHAPLAIN SEVENTH SEASON SETON HALL UNIVERSITY ‘78 A fixture at just about every Seton Hall athletics event, Father John Dennehy is now in his sevenh year as men’s basketball team chaplain.
Widely known around campus as simply, “Father John,” he received a bachelor’s degree in history from Seton Hall in 1978, and earned his Masters of Divinity in 1984. Dennehy received a Master of Theology from Princeton Seminary in 2002, and returned to Seton Hall in 2003. Father Dennehy has been a New Jersey native his entire life and is an avid hiker, fisherman, and golfer.
He regards the Seton Hall community as a family and his passion and support of all athletics programs proves that to be true.
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2012-13 SETON HALL MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE
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