Dr. Stephen J. Klemawesch is Board Certified from the American
Board of Internal medicine and the American Board of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.
He has been practicing in St. Petersburg
since 1984. Known as a kind and caring physician who listens to the needs of his
patients, most of his patients come from referrals of other satisfied clientele.
As we all know referrals are the highest compliment a physician can receive.
Dr Klemawesch was born in Florida in 1954. He acheived a Bachelor Degree in Chemistry
from Spring Hill College in Mobile Alabama and graduated medical school as an MD
from University of Alabama in Birmingham. In 1974 he attended Yale as an intern
for a year.
From 1975-1979, Dr K. served in the Army as a General Medical Officer as
Commander of Community Clinic, Crailsheim, Germany and later as Director of Outpatient Clinics
& Emergency Room at Noble Army Hospital in Alabama.
He returned in 1979 to University of Alabama as a resident for two years. In 1981
Dr Klemawesch took fellowship in Allergy-Immunology at Duke University in North
Carolina only to return to Univeristy of Alabama as the Chief Medical Resident and
Instructor in 1983.
During the years Dr Klemawesch has served the community well with his kindness and
generosity. As well as the five local major hospital affiliations, Steve has been
very generous to many of the local charities over the years. Some of his many acheivements
are listed on the right of this page.
His love of his work,
his gentle, caring nature and attachment to the personal side of everyone is a true
measurement to his success in life.
Published Scientific Articles:
Klemawesch, S.J., Buckley, C.E., “Pollen Lectin Interactions”, Journal of Allergy
and Clinical Immunology, 74: 71 – 76, 1984.
Klemawesch, S.J., “Penicillin
Allergy and Pseudo Allergy”,
Alabama
Journal of Medical Sciences, 21: 270 – 271, 1984.
Buckley, C.E., Klemawesch, S.J., Lucas, S.K., “Treatment
of Allergic Rhinitis with a New Selective Antihistamine; Terfenadine”, NER Allergy
Proceedings, Vol 6, No. 1: 63 – 70, 1985