Along with serving as KIFFIK’s CMO, Doctor McKinley is an Orthopedic Surgeon and professor at Indiana University School of Medicine. Having developed an interest in trauma during a secondary fellowship, he is considered one of the Department of Defense’s leading researchers in poly-trauma and field survivability and was appointed Chair of the Orthopedic Trauma Association Research Committee. He has been the principal investigator on nine peer-reviewed grants, including six from the Department of Defense, one from the Centers for Disease Control and two from National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.