Jiri Dvorak MD

Jiri Dvorak, MD is a Professor at the University of Zurich, Senior Consultant in Neurology at the Schulthess Spine Center in Zurich and Chief Medical Officer to FIFA. He is a Senior Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine and Deputy Editor of SPINE. He is widely published with 320 original articles and 48 books in different languages. His current research activities are focused on the prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases, harnessing the popularity of football within a larger project “Football for Health”. In 1994 he became the Chairman of F-MARC (FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre) and Chief Medical Officer to FIFA. He currently sits on the IOC Medical and Science Committee and is a member of the WADA Health, Medicine and Science Committee.

As FIFA Chief Medical Officer, he is responsible for the medical organization of the FIFA World Cups, including the past five. He has received numerous awards for his research work on the spine.