Rock G. Positano

Rock G. Positano holds dual roles as Associate Clinical Professor at Yale School of Public Health and faculty member at Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Lenox Hill/Northwell Health. He is internationally recognized for pioneering non-surgical foot/ankle treatments and co-directs HSS's Non-Surgical Foot and Ankle Service and Joe DiMaggio Heel Pain Center. His academic work includes a thesis on Foot Health praised by Yale's Public Health faculty.

• Education: DPM (New York College of Podiatric Medicine), MSc (NYU School of Medicine), MPH (Yale School of Medicine), BA (NYU)
• Research Focus: Musculoskeletal conditions, pandemic-related foot health, and public health interventions

Publications include over a dozen medical textbooks on foot orthopedics and a recent memoir Street Smart featuring prominent figures. He coined the term 'pandemic foot' during the Covid-19 crisis and established the Positano Scholarship Fund to support non-surgical medical education.

Outside academia, he serves as an executive music producer, collaborating with Grammy winners like Phil Ramone and releasing projects like the Cowsills' Rhythm of the World.