Benedict F. DiGiovanni, M.D.

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Contact

University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 665
Rochester, New York 14642

Administrative: 585 273-1611

Appointment: 585 275-5321

Fax: 585 756-4725

Portrait

Dr. DiGiovanni's 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 interest in plantar fasciitis 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 Foot and Ankle fellowships at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. He has authored numerous medical 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 Associate Professor of Orthopaedics.

Specialty

Foot and Ankle

Current Appointments

Board Certifications
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Part II Examination 1999
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Part I Examination 1996
Education
Doctor of Medicine Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1990
BA English University of Michigan 1986
Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama: Preceptor: John S. Gould, M.D. 1996 - 1997
Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Preceptors: Jeffrey E. Johnson, MD Michael J. Shereff, MD 1996 - 1997
Residency: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Chairperson: Victor M. Goldberg, MD 1992 - 1996
Allen Fellowship: Basic Science Research Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Preceptors: Victor M Goldberg, MD Sharon Stevenson, DVM, PhD 1991 - 1992
Internship in Department of General Surgery Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio. 1990 - 1991
Awards and Honors
Selected member of Editorial Review Board Journal: Foot and Ankle International 2005 - Present
Selected member of Editorial Review Board Journal: The American Journal of Orthopaedics 2001 - Present
Selected Dean's Teaching Fellow Dean's Teaching Fellowshiip Program University of Rochester School of Medicine 2007 - 2009
Selected for inclusion in: Guide to America's Top Orthopaedics, 2007 edition Consumer's Research Council of America Washington, DC 2007
Selected Dean's Teaching Fellow for the Dean's Teaching Fellowship Program 2007-2009, University of Rochester School of Medicne and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 2007 - 2009
Promotion to: Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (Teacher-Clinician-Scholar Tract) Division of Foot and Ankle Surgery University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 665 Rochester, New York 14642 2005
Elected Fellow American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2001
Finalist, Roger A. Mann, M.D. 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 1990
First Prize, Paul H. Curtiss, Jr., M.D. Musculoskeletal Essay Competition Awarded by Department of Orthopaedics Case Western Reserve University 1988
Magna Cum Laude Graduate University of Michigan 1986
James B. Angell Scholar Awarded for consecutive semesters of 4.0 GPA University of Michigan 1984 - 1985