Internal Medicine and Fellowship Programs

Robert L DiGiovanni, D.O., F.A.C.O.I., F.A.C.R.

Robert L. DiGiovanni, D.O., F.A.C.O.I., F.A.C.R. INTERNAL MEDICINE, RHEUMATOLOGY PROGRAM DIRECTOR, RHEUMATOLOGY FELLOWSHIP, SUN COAST HOSPITAL CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, NSUCOM CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, KCOM EDUCATION Undergraduate: BA, The Johns Hopkins University, 1978   Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine,1982   Internship: Sun Coast Hospital, 1983   Residency: Sun Coast Hospital, 1985   Fellowship: University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1987   PAST AND PRESENT POSITIONS Program Director, Fellowship in Rheumatology.  Sun Coast Hospital / Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine / Bay Pines VAMC.   Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine   Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine   Chief of Staff, Sun Coast Hospital.  1998-2000.   Past-Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at Sun Coast Hospital.   Chairman of the subection of Rheumatology of the American College of Osteopathic Internists.   Past-President of the Kirksville Osteopathic Alumni Association Board of Directors.   PUBLICATIONS and ASTRACTS L-Tryptophan Induced Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome. Southern Medical Journal, June, 1990. AIN-457, an anti-IL17 antibody, shows good safety and induces clinical responses in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) despite methotrexate therapy in a randomized double-blind proof-of-concept trial.  EULAR, June, 2009