Michael Schirmer, MD
Specialist in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
Assoc.Prof. em., Medical University Innsbruck
Private office: A-6060 Hall, Rossengasse 5
schirmer.michael@icloud.com, Mobile:+43 664 73686936
CURRICULUM VITAE
1978-1984: Medical studies at the Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck
1990- General Practitioner
1995- Specialist in Internal Medicine
1998- Sub-Specialist in Rheumatology
2000 Habilitation in Internal Medicine
Postgraduate Training
1996 - 1997: Research Fellow at the Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic and
Foundation, Rochester (Prof.CM. Weyand, MD PhD, Prof.JJ. Goronzy, MD PhD,
MN, USA)
Academic Positions at Medical University of Innsbruck (and Graz)
1997 - Staff member at the Department of Internal Medicine, now Clinic II
1999 - Head of a research group for rheumatic diseases, sponsored by the Austrian
Research Fund, the Austrian Science Fund, the Austrian Academy of Science,
the Ministry of Health, EU-Permides project and the Austrian Society of
Rheumatology
2000 - Associate Professorship at the Department of Internal Medicine
2006 - 2009 Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the General Hospital of the
Elisabethinen Klagenfurt, Teaching Department of the Medical Universities of
Graz and Innsbruck
Specific interests
Pathophysiological mechanisms of osteoimmunology and immunosenescence
Clinical focus on diagnostic approaches, management recommendations and quality aspects
Teaching for soldiers, students and post-graduate
Behcet’s related Projects
Organisation of 13th International Conference for Behcet’s Disease (Pörtschach 2008)
2022 - President of the International Society for Behcet’s Disease
Innsbruck, June 1, 2024