Youngstown State University has been a big part of the lives of
Drs. Michael and Dianne Miladore, and the Penguin Club is honored
to celebrate these two highly-respected alumni and enthusiasts as
2011 Penguins of the Year.
The Miladores have made contributions to Youngstown State and
the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics in numerous ways. The
Miladore Family Penguin Club Loge in Stambaugh Stadium offers
football fans a beautiful place to watch both Penguins football and
high school games. They have endowed the Drs. Dianne B. &
Michael J. Miladore Scholarship, which alternates between a male
and female student-athlete who is interested in majoring in
pre-medical studies.
Michael has worked as a team physician for the Department of
Athletics since 1989 and been a member of the YSU President’s
Council since 1997. Dianne served on the Penguin Club Board of
Trustees from 1992-97 and was the organization’s president
from 1996-97, and she was appointed to be a member of the
Youngstown State University Board of Trustees by then Governor Taft
in 2005. She was the chair of the Academic and Student Affairs
Committees of the Board. Dianne is currently a member of the
university’s 2011-20 Strategic Plan as well as the YSU Board
of Trustees Housing Corporation. The Miladores are both lifetime
members of the YSU Alumni Association and have been active members
of the Penguin Club.
Both have been elected to the Youngstown State University
chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. In addition, Dianne
is a member of The Gould Society and The Golden Key International
Honour Society while Michael is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha
medical organization at NEOUCOM.
Most importantly, Dianne and Michael have mentored hundreds of
local high school and Youngstown State students in their pursuit of
a career in medicine and other health-related fields for the past
25 years.
Dianne, who is the business/financial manager for University
Orthopaedics, has been a member of the Northeastern Ohio
Universities College of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) Board of
Trustees since 2007. She is an instructor in Emergency Medicine and
is a clinical advisor for medical students at the College.
She has worked as an emergency medicine physician at The Medical
College of Ohio at Toledo, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, and
Beeghly Medical Center’s Urgent Care Center.
Dr. Bitonte Miladore received her B.S. degree Summa Cum Laude
from Youngstown State University and her M.D. as a member of the
Charter Class of the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of
Medicine in 1981. She completed residencies in emergency medicine
at Akron General Medical Center and St. Vincent Medical Center in
Toledo.
An Orthopaedic Surgeon for University Orthopaedics, Michael is a
staff member at Northside Medical Center, the Surgical Hospital of
Southwoods and the Humility of Mary-St. Elizabeth Health
Center.
Dr. Miladore is on the Board of Directors and the Medical
Executive Committees at Northside Medical Center and the Surgical
Hospital of Southwoods. He is involved in a teaching capacity as an
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery at NEOUCOM. He
is also a Preceptor at the University of Mount Union for the
Physician Assistant Program.
Previously, he was on the Board of Directors at Forum Health,
served as the President of Medical Staff Forum Health Northside
Medical Center and participated on the Joint Advisory Committee on
Sports Medicine for the Ohio State Medical Association. He was on
the Board of Trustees of NEOUCOM from 1992-2001 where he was the
chairman from 1998-2000 and served as the vice chairman twice.
Dr. Miladore received his B.S. degree from Youngstown State and
an M.D. degree from the Northeastern Ohio University College of
Medicine. He completed an orthopaedic residency at The Medical
College of Ohio at Toledo. He was also the Chief Resident for the
Medical College of Ohio and Associated Hospitals.
Michael has been awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award for both
NEOUCOM and YSU and is a recipient of the Distinguished Clinical
Faculty Award for Orthopaedic Surgery at NEOUCOM.
The Miladores have three successful sons, Dr. Michael, Nicholas
and Joseph, who all attended Youngstown State as undergrads. Dr.
Michael, a 2006 Summa Cum Laude graduate of YSU, earned his M.D.
degree from NEOUCOM in 2010 and is completing a medical residency
in orthopaedic surgery at the University at Buffalo School of
Medicine. Nicholas, a 2008 Summa Cum Laude graduate of YSU, is
attending NEOUCOM and will graduate in 2012. Joseph is graduating
from YSU and will attend NEOUCOM this fall.
