Michael J. Fischer is Austrian and was born in Basel, Switzerland. He received his MD degree from the University Innsbruck, Austria. He has board certifications in General Medicine (2004), Manual Medicine (2004), and Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (2008). The clinical focus lies on musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Michael Fischer’s main research interests are outcomes research and gait rehabilitation. He is currently the Chief Medical Officer of the VAMED Corp. and chair of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rehabilitation Research. He is also the medical director of a VAMED rehabilitation center for musculoskeletal rehabilitation in Kitzbühel, Austria.