Education and Training

Medical School

MD - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

Residency

Pediatrics - Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY
Pediatric Neurology - Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Fellowship

Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Research Fellowship - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

Board Certification

Epilepsy

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2017

Prelack M and DiGiovine M: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: a Current Review. Current Pediatrics Reports 2017.

2016

Bearden D, DiGiovine M, Dlugos D, Goldberg E. Reply. Ann Neurol. 2016 Mar;79(3):503-4. 

2014

Rossman IT; Lin L; Morgan KM; DiGiovine M; Van Buskirk EK; Kamdar S; Millonig JH; Dicicco-Bloom E: Engrailed2 modulates cerebellar granule neuron precursor proliferation, differentiation and insulin-like growth factor 1 signaling during postnatal development. Molecular Autism [Mol Autism 5 (1), pp. 9, Feb 2014.

Bearden D, Strong A, Ehnot J, DiGiovine M, Dlugos D, Goldberg EM. Targeted treatment of migrating partial seizures of infancy with quinidine. Ann Neurol. 2014;76(3):457-461.

Abstracts

2012

Boland, K; Arca, M; Diefenbach, K; Gundlach, M; DiGiovine, M; Rosenberg, A; Thattaliyath, B; Von Oettingen, J; Nwomeh, B: Assessing the Need for a Surgery Curriculum for Pediatric Residency Training. Poster Presentation for the APPD's 2012 Annual Spring Meeting in San Antonio 2012.

Posters and Presentations

2017

Massey S, Clancy R, Digiovine M, Fitzgerald MP, Fung F, Shou H, Farrar J, Abend NS. Inter-rater agreement in neonatal electroencephalogram background scoring. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Dec. 2017, Washington, D.C.

Invited Lectures

2018

DiGiovine, M. "Pediatric Epilepsy: Things to Know for the Medical Professional," Central Jersey Speech and Hearing Association, Hopewell, NJ. May 2018.

2017

DiGiovine, M. Pediatric Grand Rounds - AtlantiCare Medical Center - "Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes". Feb 2017.

Awards and Honors

2008, Sidney J. Sussman, MD, Award in Pediatrics

2007, Distinction in Service to the Community (DISC) - UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

2006-2007, 2006-2007 Coccia Annual Scholarship, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

  • 2013-present, American Epilepsy Society
  • 2012-present, Child Neurology Society
  • 2010-present, American Academy of Neurology
  • 2008-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
    • 2017-present, Chair, External Affairs Committee within the Section on Neurology
    • 2014-present, Early Career Physicians
    • 2008-present, Section on Neurology