Dr. Michael DiMaio, 99, of Park Row West, formerly of Prospect Street, died Tuesday. Born on December 7th, 1912, in the Federal Hill section of Providence, the son of Cristoforo and Maria DiMaio. He attended Rhode Island State College, now the University of Rhode Island. He was a member of Sigma Xi, the National Honorary Scientific Research Society, and Phi Kappa Phi, the National Honorary Scholastic Fraternity, and he was a charter member and the first president of the Rhode Island Chapter of Phi Sigma, the Biological Sciences Honor Society.
The first graduate of RISC to attend the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he obtained an M.D. in 1939. He volunteered for military service soon after Pearl Harbor was attacked on his 29th birthday. He saw action as a flight surgeon with the 9th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations, including the Battle of the Bulge, and was honorably discharged as a major.
After the War, he was a resident at the Rhode Island Hospital and in 1947 was the first co-recipient of the Haffenreffer Fellowship in Medical Sciences at Brown University and the Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. DiMaio entered into private medical practice in Providence in 1948 and served on the medical staff of the Rhode Island Hospital until he retired in 1983. He specialized in internal medicine and was an early advocate of sodium restriction in patients with hypertension. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Rhode Island Department of Health and was the recipient of the American College of Physicians Irving A. Beck Award for distinguished service to patients.
He was a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He held several leadership roles in the Rhode Island Medical Society and the Providence Medical Association. For twenty-five years, he served as the Chief Proctor of the Providence Subsidiary Board of the National Boards of Medical Examiners. Initially appointed by Governor Christopher Del Sesto in 1959, he served on and chaired the Rhode Island Board of Medical Examiners and its successor Board of Medical Review until 1983. He took great pride that his signature was on the medical licenses of the great majority of the physicians practicing medicine in the state.
Dr. DiMaio was also a skilled artist in several media including pencil, pastel, water color, clay and papier mache, and he was an avid photographer. Using a second-hand camera he purchased on the eve of his departure to Europe during World War II, he documented the liberation of Europe in thousands of photographs, some of which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and exhibited in Newport, Providence, and New York City.
He met Livia (Lee) Chiovoloni, a student nurse at the Rhode Island Hospital, while he was an intern, and travelled through Europe during the war with "Lee" stenciled on his ambulance.
They were married soon after the war and were approaching their 65th wedding anniversary. He is survived by Lee and their children, Michael, Jr., a Professor of Classics and Philosophy at Salve Regina University; Judith, an architect and the Dean of the School of Architecture and Design at the New York Institute of Technology; and Daniel, a Professor of Genetics at Yale School of Medicine. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Alexandra, John, and Jonathan, his sister Josephine, and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held Saturday at 11am in the Chapel at Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd. Providence to which relatives and friends are invited. Call hours Friday 5 – 8 in the Monahan, Drabble Sherman Funeral Home, 230 Waterman St Providence.
In lieu of flowers, gifts may be sent to:
The Johns Hopkins University
Basic Sciences Discovery Fund in honor of Michael DiMaio, M.D.
attn: Director of Development
Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Rangos 554
855 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205
Calling hours Friday 5 to 8 pm
Funerasl Service Saturday at 11am
Swan Point Chapel
Blackstone Blvd
Providence, RI
The first graduate of RISC to attend the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he obtained an M.D. in 1939. He volunteered for military service soon after Pearl Harbor was attacked on his 29th birthday. He saw action as a flight surgeon with the 9th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations, including the Battle of the Bulge, and was honorably discharged as a major.
After the War, he was a resident at the Rhode Island Hospital and in 1947 was the first co-recipient of the Haffenreffer Fellowship in Medical Sciences at Brown University and the Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. DiMaio entered into private medical practice in Providence in 1948 and served on the medical staff of the Rhode Island Hospital until he retired in 1983. He specialized in internal medicine and was an early advocate of sodium restriction in patients with hypertension. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Rhode Island Department of Health and was the recipient of the American College of Physicians Irving A. Beck Award for distinguished service to patients.
He was a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He held several leadership roles in the Rhode Island Medical Society and the Providence Medical Association. For twenty-five years, he served as the Chief Proctor of the Providence Subsidiary Board of the National Boards of Medical Examiners. Initially appointed by Governor Christopher Del Sesto in 1959, he served on and chaired the Rhode Island Board of Medical Examiners and its successor Board of Medical Review until 1983. He took great pride that his signature was on the medical licenses of the great majority of the physicians practicing medicine in the state.
Dr. DiMaio was also a skilled artist in several media including pencil, pastel, water color, clay and papier mache, and he was an avid photographer. Using a second-hand camera he purchased on the eve of his departure to Europe during World War II, he documented the liberation of Europe in thousands of photographs, some of which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and exhibited in Newport, Providence, and New York City.
He met Livia (Lee) Chiovoloni, a student nurse at the Rhode Island Hospital, while he was an intern, and travelled through Europe during the war with "Lee" stenciled on his ambulance.
They were married soon after the war and were approaching their 65th wedding anniversary. He is survived by Lee and their children, Michael, Jr., a Professor of Classics and Philosophy at Salve Regina University; Judith, an architect and the Dean of the School of Architecture and Design at the New York Institute of Technology; and Daniel, a Professor of Genetics at Yale School of Medicine. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Alexandra, John, and Jonathan, his sister Josephine, and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held Saturday at 11am in the Chapel at Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd. Providence to which relatives and friends are invited. Call hours Friday 5 – 8 in the Monahan, Drabble Sherman Funeral Home, 230 Waterman St Providence.
In lieu of flowers, gifts may be sent to:
The Johns Hopkins University
Basic Sciences Discovery Fund in honor of Michael DiMaio, M.D.
attn: Director of Development
Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Rangos 554
855 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205
Calling hours Friday 5 to 8 pm
Funerasl Service Saturday at 11am
Swan Point Chapel
Blackstone Blvd
Providence, RI
Dr. Michael DiMaio, 99, of Park Row West, formerly of Prospect Street, died Tuesday. Born on December 7th, 1912, in the Federal Hill section of Providence, the son of Cristoforo and Maria DiMaio. He attended Rhode Island State College, now the University of Rhode Island. He was a member of Sigma Xi, the National Honorary Scientific Research Society, and Phi Kappa Phi, the National Honorary Scholastic Fraternity, and he was a charter member and the first president of the Rhode Island Chapter of Phi Sigma, the Biological Sciences Honor Society.
The first graduate of RISC to attend the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he obtained an M.D. in 1939. He volunteered for military service soon after Pearl Harbor was attacked on his 29th birthday. He saw action as a flight surgeon with the 9th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations, including the Battle of the Bulge, and was honorably discharged as a major.
After the War, he was a resident at the Rhode Island Hospital and in 1947 was the first co-recipient of the Haffenreffer Fellowship in Medical Sciences at Brown University and the Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. DiMaio entered into private medical practice in Providence in 1948 and served on the medical staff of the Rhode Island Hospital until he retired in 1983. He specialized in internal medicine and was an early advocate of sodium restriction in patients with hypertension. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Rhode Island Department of Health and was the recipient of the American College of Physicians Irving A. Beck Award for distinguished service to patients.
He was a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He held several leadership roles in the Rhode Island Medical Society and the Providence Medical Association. For twenty-five years, he served as the Chief Proctor of the Providence Subsidiary Board of the National Boards of Medical Examiners. Initially appointed by Governor Christopher Del Sesto in 1959, he served on and chaired the Rhode Island Board of Medical Examiners and its successor Board of Medical Review until 1983. He took great pride that his signature was on the medical licenses of the great majority of the physicians practicing medicine in the state.
Dr. DiMaio was also a skilled artist in several media including pencil, pastel, water color, clay and papier mache, and he was an avid photographer. Using a second-hand camera he purchased on the eve of his departure to Europe during World War II, he documented the liberation of Europe in thousands of photographs, some of which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and exhibited in Newport, Providence, and New York City.
He met Livia (Lee) Chiovoloni, a student nurse at the Rhode Island Hospital, while he was an intern, and travelled through Europe during the war with "Lee" stenciled on his ambulance.
They were married soon after the war and were approaching their 65th wedding anniversary. He is survived by Lee and their children, Michael, Jr., a Professor of Classics and Philosophy at Salve Regina University; Judith, an architect and the Dean of the School of Architecture and Design at the New York Institute of Technology; and Daniel, a Professor of Genetics at Yale School of Medicine. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Alexandra, John, and Jonathan, his sister Josephine, and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held Saturday at 11am in the Chapel at Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd. Providence to which relatives and friends are invited. Call hours Friday 5 – 8 in the Monahan, Drabble Sherman Funeral Home, 230 Waterman St Providence.
In lieu of flowers, gifts may be sent to:
The Johns Hopkins University
Basic Sciences Discovery Fund in honor of Michael DiMaio, M.D.
attn: Director of Development
Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Rangos 554
855 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205
Calling hours Friday 5 to 8 pm
Funerasl Service Saturday at 11am
Swan Point Chapel
Blackstone Blvd
Providence, RI
The first graduate of RISC to attend the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he obtained an M.D. in 1939. He volunteered for military service soon after Pearl Harbor was attacked on his 29th birthday. He saw action as a flight surgeon with the 9th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations, including the Battle of the Bulge, and was honorably discharged as a major.
After the War, he was a resident at the Rhode Island Hospital and in 1947 was the first co-recipient of the Haffenreffer Fellowship in Medical Sciences at Brown University and the Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. DiMaio entered into private medical practice in Providence in 1948 and served on the medical staff of the Rhode Island Hospital until he retired in 1983. He specialized in internal medicine and was an early advocate of sodium restriction in patients with hypertension. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Rhode Island Department of Health and was the recipient of the American College of Physicians Irving A. Beck Award for distinguished service to patients.
He was a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He held several leadership roles in the Rhode Island Medical Society and the Providence Medical Association. For twenty-five years, he served as the Chief Proctor of the Providence Subsidiary Board of the National Boards of Medical Examiners. Initially appointed by Governor Christopher Del Sesto in 1959, he served on and chaired the Rhode Island Board of Medical Examiners and its successor Board of Medical Review until 1983. He took great pride that his signature was on the medical licenses of the great majority of the physicians practicing medicine in the state.
Dr. DiMaio was also a skilled artist in several media including pencil, pastel, water color, clay and papier mache, and he was an avid photographer. Using a second-hand camera he purchased on the eve of his departure to Europe during World War II, he documented the liberation of Europe in thousands of photographs, some of which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and exhibited in Newport, Providence, and New York City.
He met Livia (Lee) Chiovoloni, a student nurse at the Rhode Island Hospital, while he was an intern, and travelled through Europe during the war with "Lee" stenciled on his ambulance.
They were married soon after the war and were approaching their 65th wedding anniversary. He is survived by Lee and their children, Michael, Jr., a Professor of Classics and Philosophy at Salve Regina University; Judith, an architect and the Dean of the School of Architecture and Design at the New York Institute of Technology; and Daniel, a Professor of Genetics at Yale School of Medicine. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Alexandra, John, and Jonathan, his sister Josephine, and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held Saturday at 11am in the Chapel at Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd. Providence to which relatives and friends are invited. Call hours Friday 5 – 8 in the Monahan, Drabble Sherman Funeral Home, 230 Waterman St Providence.
In lieu of flowers, gifts may be sent to:
The Johns Hopkins University
Basic Sciences Discovery Fund in honor of Michael DiMaio, M.D.
attn: Director of Development
Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Rangos 554
855 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205
Calling hours Friday 5 to 8 pm
Funerasl Service Saturday at 11am
Swan Point Chapel
Blackstone Blvd
Providence, RI
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