Professional Bio
Dr. DiGiovanni sees adolescent and adult patients. His special expertise includes ankle arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction, arthritic conditions, sports medicine injuries, and fractures and dislocations of the foot and ankle. He is an active researcher, with a particular interests in plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis/tendonopathy, and chronic ankle pain in the athlete.
Dr. DiGiovanni earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he also completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery and research. Then, he completed Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle fellowships at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. In addition to being an active clinician, he is a researcher and medical educator. He has authored numerous medical journal articles and orthopaedic surgery textbook chapters. Dr. DiGiovanni is Director of the Foot and Ankle Fellowship program at URMC Orthopaedics and Director of Musculoskeletal Curriculum at University of Rochester School of Medicine. He is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and Professor of Orthopaedics. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2001 Fellow class), and the American Orthopaedic Association (2011 class).
Patient Care Bio
Dr. DiGiovanni sees patients of all ages. His special expertise includes ankle arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction, arthritic conditions, sports medicine injuries, and fractures and dislocations of the foot and ankle. He is an active researcher, with a particular interests in plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis/tendonopathy, and chronic ankle pain in the athlete.
Dr. DiGiovanni earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he also completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery and research. Then, he completed Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle fellowships at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. In addition to being an active clinician, he is a researcher and medical educator. He has authored numerous medical journal articles and orthopaedic surgery textbook chapters. Dr. DiGiovanni is Director of the Foot and Ankle Fellowship program at URMC Orthopaedics and Director of Musculoskeletal Curriculum at University of Rochester School of Medicine. He is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and Professor of Orthopaedics. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2001 Fellow class), and the American Orthopaedic Association (2011 class).
| Elected To Membership | American Orthopaedic Association | Chicago, Illinois |
2011 - Present |
| Promotion to Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (Teacher-Clinician-Scholar Tract) | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | Rochester, New York |
2011 - Present |
| 2nd Prize, Outstanding Research Poster | Annual Summer Meeting, American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society | Baltimore, Maryland |
2010 |
| 2011 Patient and Family Centered Care Award: For achieving the 90th % or above on inpatient satisfaction scores | University of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester, New York |
2010 - 2011 |
| Appointed Director of Musculoskeletal Curriculum, Directorship of Medical Student Years 1-4 | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | Rochester, New York |
2009 - Present |
| Program Director, Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Fellowship | Department of Orthopaedics | University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York |
2008 - Present |
| Guide to America's Top Orthopaedists, 2007 edition | Consumer Research Council of America | Washington, DC |
2007 |
| Awarded 2007-2009 Dean's Teaching Fellowship | Dean's Teaching Fellowshiip Program, University of Rochester Sch | Rochester, New York |
2007 - 2009 |
| Marshal A. Lichtman Dean's Teaching Fellow | Dean's Teaching Fellowship Program, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York |
2007 - 2009 |
| Selected member of Editorial Review Board | Journal: Foot and Ankle International |
2005 - Present |
| Promotion to Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (Teacher-Clinician-Scholar Tract) | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | Rochester, New York |
2005 |
| Elected Fellow | American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | Chicago, Illinois |
2001 |
| Selected member of Editorial Review Board | The American Journal of Orthopaedics |
2001 - Present |
| Finalist, Roger A. Mann, MD Award | American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society | Annual Summer Meeting, Monterey, California |
1997 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | Cleveland, Ohio |
1990 |
| First Prize, Paul H. Curtiss, Jr., MD Musculoskeletal Essay Competition | Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, Ohio |
1988 |
| Magna Cum Laude Graduate | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
1986 |
| James B. Angell Scholar, Awarded for consecutive semesters of 4.0 GPA | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
1984 - 1985 |
