Dr. Roane has been practicing rheumatology since 1993. He received his M.D. degree from Oral Roberts University School of Medicine, and did his residency training in Internal Medicine and rheumatology fellowship in the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio and Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He served as a rheumatologist in the Air Force for 4 years, and then 17 years in private practice in Montana until he moved to the Jacksonville area with his family in 2016. Dr. Roane is board certified in rheumatology and is a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology. He is also a Certified Clinical Densitometrist through the International Society of Clinical Densitometry, an expert in reading and evaluating bone density studies. “I like my patients to feel like they’ve been listened to and their concerns taken seriously. I feel that educating my patients on their level, so that they understand their disease and its treatment, is one of the most important things I do.”