John Fergason

John Fergason is the chief prosthetist at the Center for the Intrepid at San Antonio Military Medical Center. He was formerly an instructor and clinical manager for the Prosthetics-Orthotics Program at UT Southwestern in Dallas, Texas, and proceeded to become the director of the Division of Prosthetics-Orthotics at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He currently is adjunct or secondary faculty for multiple prosthetics-orthotics and DPT programs. He has presented extensively on all topics in lower limb prosthetics, has many peer-reviewed articles, and has authored multiple book chapters. While at Brooke Army Medical Center, he developed the services from a small laboratory serving the local needs of the hospital to an international center aimed at improving function for service members who have sustained catastrophic limb injury. His staff continues to treat the most complex patients who have sustained limb loss or are in the limb preservation and limb salvage service.