Rose Marie Pignataro

Rose Pignataro, PT, DPT, PhD, CHES, CWS is a tenured professor and Assistant Director of the Physical Therapy Program at Emory & Henry University in Marion, Virginia. She has been a practicing physical therapist for more than 30 years, with board certifications in wound management and health education. Dr. Pignataro has a doctor of physical therapy and masters of health education from Stony Brook University, a bachelors of physical therapy from Hunter College, City University of New York, and a PhD in public health from West Virginia University. Her areas of concentration include health promotion and wellness, health inequities in rural areas and among people with disabilities, and the use of patient-centered communication strategies to promote effective self-management of chronic pain and other chronic health conditions. Her clinical practice and research agenda are influenced by her lived experience with chronic pain due to Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Peripheral Neuropathy