Professor Dvorák completed his medical degree at the University of Zurich and subsequently trained in Neurology in Bern, Switzerland.

For many years he pushed the frontiers of knowledge in spinal disorders together with Professor Panjabi at Yale University.

From 1994 to 2016, Prof. Dvorak held the position of FIFA’s Chief Medical Officer focusing on sports injuries. During this time, he was instrumental in the genesis of a whole range of prevention programs, such as the 11+ warm-up for football/soccer players, which has reduced the incidence of players’ injuries by up to 50%.

Today, Prof. Dvorak works as senior consultant to the Board of Schulthess Clinic in Zurich with a focus on healthy aging and prehabilitation programs for better and long-lasting results with joint arthroplasties. Prof. Dvorak’s research has received more than 78,000 citations on Google scholar with an h-index above 140.