Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD

Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD is a practicing orthopaedic surgeon at Magee-Womens Hospital. Dr. DiGioia specializes in the treatment of hip and knee disorders including total joint replacement and other surgeries for the treatment of arthritis in these joints.

Dr. DiGioia received a Bachelor of Science degree and Master’s degree in civil and biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and graduated with Honors in a Special Field from Harvard Medical School. His internship in general surgery and residency in orthopaedic surgery were completed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He then completed a fellowship in adult reconstructive surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. DiGioia is a pioneer in the development of computer assisted surgical technologies and processes to promote patient focused care. Dr. DiGioia is a senior research scientist, founder and co-director of the Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery at Carnegie Mellon University. He has received numerous professional awards for his clinical and technical achievements and received the Design News Special Achievement Award and the Pittsburgh History Makers Award in the area of medicine and health. He has authored or co-authored many scientific papers, book chapters and serves on several Editorial Advisory Boards.

Dr. DiGioia has also developed a series of educational conferences to train practicing orthopaedic surgeons. One example is the MIS meets CAOS Symposium Series and is the first ever conference that merges the concepts of less and minimally invasive surgery and computer assisted orthopaedic surgery. This conference series was specifically developed to educate surgeons on these new techniques and technologies and focuses on the development of less and minimally invasive surgery for partial and total joint replacement. Dr. DiGioia has also recently developed a new Patient and Family Centered Care (PFCC) conference series which brings together all constituencies focusing on technology and re-engineering of processes coupled with unique training and educational programs in order to develop innovative solutions to support PFCC.  The goal of this conference is to ultimately improve every phase of healthcare delivery with the focus on the patients’ experience.   In addition, he is conducting Bone and Joint Health Series (BJHS)Workshops geared towards patient education.  The goal of the BJHS is to provide participants with information that will improve communication and knowledge so that physicians and patients can make informed choices regarding conservative and operative treatments of bone and joint health.