Dr. Schmitzberger has a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Computation as well as a Master of Science in Bioinformatics from Stanford University. He served in the Austrian Military as a medic. He completed his medical studies at the Charité University in Berlin where he also received his scientific doctorate. He is currently an emergency medicine physician at the University of Michigan and a fellow for resuscitation science. He holds a fellowship of the academy of wilderness medicine. He is the associate medical director for the Genesee county Sheriff’s department paramedic division, serving Flint, Michigan. He has extensive experience in international medicine, having been active as team leader, medic and physician in numerous conflict regions (Burmese civil war, Syrian conflict, Afghanistan war, Venezuelan crisis, Ukraine war) as well as in medical civil actions in other regions.