Dr. Robert Campagna lives with his wife Sarah and daughters Ruby and Lola in New York City. Sarah, also a physician, diagnosed herself and her daughters with Myotonic Dystrophy with a simple Google search after the family endured years of seemingly unrelated medical and neurologic problems. Since that diagnosis 10 years ago, the family has been closely involved with the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation, raising money for the cause, advocating on Capitol Hill, and participating in various research projects at several medical centers.

Dr. Campagna received his BA from Brown University. Prior to medical school, he was a Public Health Advisor with the Centers for Disease Control, and worked on one of the earliest epidemiological studies of HIV/AIDS. He is a graduate of Cornell University Medical College, and did his post graduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City and is the former director of the Cardiac Care Unit at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Now in private practice, he still maintains active teaching and training responsibilities at Cornell.