Prof. Dr. Stefano Negrini is a Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) physician (University of Pavia, Italy) with a PhD in Biomedical Sciences (KU Leuven, Belgium). For more than 30 years he has practiced clinics and research in PRM, with specific attention to patients with spinal disorders and to the implementation of evidence-based medicine in clinical practice. He is a full Professor of PRM at the University “La Statale” in Milan, Italy. He is the Director of the Laboratory of Evidence-Based Rehabilitation at the University & Research Hospital Galeazzi Sant’Ambrogio and the Scientific and Medical Director of ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), both in Milan. He is an Associate Graduate Faculty for the program Master of Health Science and Doctor in Philosophy (PhD) in Health Science at Ontario Tech University, Canada. He is the founder and Director of Cochrane Rehabilitation and is currently Co-Chair of the Cochrane Council. He is actively working in several PRM scientific societies: International Society of PRM; European Society of PRM; Advisory Board (Past-President) of the international Society On Spinal Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT); and National Scientific Secretary of the Italian Study Group on Scoliosis and spinal diseases (GSS). He is the Italian delegate of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) PRM Section and a member of the European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine.